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The Roaring Twenties

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What kind of labels has society given us? Throughout history, we have been divided and controlled by those of higher social hierarchy. In the late 18th century, the term “status” began to replace classifications such as “rank” and “orders” as the principal means of organizing society into hierarchical divisions. This led to an increase in the significance of wealth and income as indicators of position in the social hierarchy. The 1920s, a decade known as the “Roaring Twenties” because of an economic growth after WW1 that led to the United States to go through a period of economic boom. The economic boom led many Americas to own luxury items such as automobiles, refrigerators, microwaves, and so on. Despite that, not everyone benefited from

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