“It was crooked from the start.” The 1919 World series is known for the crooked plays by the now named “Black Sox”. In the 20s almost everything was crooked especially things like the cops. But there were also some great things in the 20s like the development of the car and radio. During the 1920s, the 1919 World Series was a very controversial topic; moreover, the 1920s saw major developments in the technology field. The 1919 World Series was between the American League’s own Chicago White Sox and the National League’s Cincinnati Reds. While most World Series have used the best of seven, the 1919 World Series was a best of nine formats. The MLB tried the best of nine formats to increase popularity of baseball and to make more money. The series is often associated with the “Black Sox Scandal”, when eight White Sox players got with gamblers to throw the World Series games. In August 1921, despite not facing criminal charges, the players were banned from Major League Baseball for …show more content…
A silent film is a film with no synchronized recorded sound and no spoken dialogue. Since there was no sound, dialogue was transmitted through gestures. Creators of the films would have used sound, but due to technical challenges, synchronized dialogue would not be possible until the late 20s. During the silent film era, a pianist or a theater organist would often play music to accompany the films. They would either play from sheet music or improvise.
In the 20s the motor vehicle came to represent the American dream, by offering astounding adventure. Cars fell in price drastically, that made many Americans able to afford them. The cars could be sold to a massively because they could be made cheaply, using the assembly line method. Henry Ford’s Assembly line brought the average price of a car down from $850 in 1908 to $250 in 1925. As a result, car factories paid their workers higher wages that many people sought