Examine the contested nature of the 1920s

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Question: Examine the contested nature of the 1920s. Indeed, Eric Foner describes this era as a decade of "culture wars." In what ways was this a decade of both great change and great tension? What was new about the 1920s? How did life for Americans change during this era? What tensions existed in the country and how might they have been exacerbated by the changing times? Why might the 1920s have transformed the way Americans thought about the country and its future?

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