________ developed slowly in the 1920s, beginning with the use of planes to deliver mail.
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popular technology
Radio began to become a(n) ________ even before commercial broadcasting began in 1920.
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US Steel
________ made conspicuous efforts to improve safety and sanitation in its factories.
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Henry Ford
________, for example, shortened the workweek, raised wages, and instituted paid vacations.
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Welfare capitalism
________ affected only a relatively small number of workers in any case.
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1920s
The "new professional woman "was a vivid and widely publicized image in the ________.
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Jazz Singer
The addition of sound to motion pictures- beginning in 1927 with the first feature- length "talkie, "The ________ with Al Jolson- created nationwide excitement.
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American life
The automobile affected ________ in countless ways.
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American industrial workers
________ experienced both the successes and the failures of the 1920s as much as any other group.
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Mexican immigrants
________ formed a major part of the unskilled workforce throughout the Southwest and California.
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commercial radio station
The first ________ in America, KDKA in Pittsburgh, began broadcasting in 1920; and the first national radio network, the National Broadcasting Company, was formed in 1927.
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Welfare capitalism
________ brought many workers important economic benefits, but it did not help them gain any real control over their own fates.
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