... presentation of Mickey Mouse and "Steamboat Willie." Baseball also became popular in this decade as the spirit of cities rooting for their home teams grew. When, in 1927, Babe Ruth scored sixty home runs, baseball became America's national sport. In the twenties, the advancement of communication and technology improved modern entertainment and culture in the United States. The 1920s was ... ...

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... colors. The invention of the radio led to music and sporting events. People could now here music and listen to sports. Baseball, boxing, golf and college football became famous sports. Babe Ruth, Al Smith, Taft, Bobby Jones also became very famous. Besides the refrigerator other house old inventions were also invented such as the vacuum cleaner and commercial laundries. Woman had time ... ...

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... . Henry Ford perfected the assembly-line production to where this famous Rouge River Plant was producing a finished automobile every ten seconds. Sports were buoyed by people like home-run hero Babe Ruth and boxers Jack Dempsey and Georges Carpentier. In 1929, when the bull market collapsed, 26 million motor vehicles were registered in the United States, or 1 car per 4.9 Americans. New industries ... ...

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... five thousand courses across the country. Spectator sports attracted even more attention. Boxing drew huge crowds Baseball attendance soared. More than 20 million fans attended games in 1927, the year Babe Ruth became a national idol by hitting 60 home runs. On college campuses, football became more popular than ever the popular yearning for excitement led people to seek vicarious thrills in all ... ...

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... transportation, but a national obsession that made life a lot easier. With this increase in leisure time, people turned to sports, music, dancing, and creative ways to get around prohibition. People like Babe Ruth, Jim Thorpe, and most of all, Charles Lindbergh, became household heroes. Also, among the cultural changes was the transformation of the role women held in society. With the help of ... ...

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... . Not only people, but full sports actually became extremely popular such as college football. It would still be no comparison however, to baseball. The ultimate player of the 1920's was Babe Ruth of the New York Yankees. Hoards of fans poured into the Yankees stadium to see him hit home runs. He was the star of baseball and set a record that wasn ... ...

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