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What is the 19th Amendment?
This amendment gave women the right to vote.
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Who is Bill Gates?
Became the world's youngest billionaire at 31 & was taught to work hard & take nothing for granted. He then went on to become the richest man today.
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What are Flapper's?
As a women living the american dream, It is the name of the fashionable young women in the 1920s
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What is a dentist?
This job is considered to be the best job in the US today. A job in which a person is qualified to treat the diseases and conditions that affect the teeth and gums
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What is the Immigration Act of 1924?
This act was designed to identify "unfit" individuals attempting to immigrate into America.
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Who is John D. Rockefeller?
Some would say this man single-handedly achieved the American Dream. His business savvy mind led him to pursue ventures in the oil refining industry and he became America's first billionaire.
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What is Moonlight?
A movie showing struggle and hardship in America today won best picture in 2017
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What is a cashier?
Popular in the 1920s, especially for women. It is a job in which a person handles the cash register at various locations such as the point of sale in a retail store.
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Who were the Italians?
This race of people migrated to America in the 1920s in order to look for a new and better social/economic life.
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What happened in the year 1929?
Many people used the stock market as a tool to help make their dreams come true and strike it rich. In this year, the stock market crashed and destroyed many people's chance of achieving the american dream.
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Who is Kendrick Lamar
As a child growing up with struggles and poverty who recently came out with the new single humble.
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What is a college degree?
A degree given to students of a higher learning institution signifying required credits have been obtained in specific areas of study.
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What is Obergfell v. Hodges?
The case in which the court ruled that the Fourteenth Amendment requires a State to license a marriage between two people of the same sex and to recognize a marriage between two people of the same sex.
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What are bonds?
Nick Carraway was a respectful man of humble means. Some would say his family is the epitome of the american dream. Nick made his money by selling a debt security, similar to an IOU.
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What is the roaring twenties?
This was a boisterous era of prosperity, fast cars, jazz, speakeasies, and wild youth.
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What is a physician?
This practitioner is a professional who practises medicine, which is concerned with promoting, maintaining, or restoring health through the study of diagnosis etc. This is considered to be the highest paying job in the US.
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What is the emergency quota act of 1921?
The act in which newcomers from Europe were restricted at any year to a quota, which was set at 3% of the people of their nationality who lived in the U.S. in 1910.
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What is San Francisco?
Many Americans hope to strike rich and live in style, This city is the richest city in the US.
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What is the foxtrot?
Popular in the 1920s, it is a smooth, progressive dance characterized by long, continuous flowing movements across the dance floor.
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What are singers, dancers, and actresses?
Women had a significant role in entertainment jobs such as these.
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