1921+p3


 * 1921 **

** 1. **** Bandage and Adhesive- created by Earle Dickson ** ** 2. **** Polygraph- created by John A. Larson ** ** 3. **** The finding of Insulin to help people with diabetes- found by Sir Frederick Banting **
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 * Inventions/Advancements in Medicine **
 * The polygraph was invented during 1921 so that people could truly tell if someone is lying or just confessing to end the torture. The Band-Aids today were different during 1921; people back then would just cut the amount they needed. The Band-Aid helped keep their cuts clean and protect it. Insulin was created to help prevent diabetic deaths. Scientists also experimented on dogs to see if the insulin would help prevent diabetic shock and death.

** Rise of Leisure Time and Mass Media

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 *  White Castle was founded in the year 1921 in Wichita, Kansas. Due to the publishing of //The Jungle,// an article revealing the unsanitary preparations of the meat products, people were hesitant to eat at the restaurant. Due to the success in Wichita White Castle expanded to other parts of the United States. For the Orange Crush and Coca Cola advertisements these showed how there was different ways for them to sell their products. They were really concerened with the way it was layed out. The wrestler add showed how peple knew about events they wanted to go see. It helped people know who was the person to go watch that night.
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Major Headlines The Tulsa Race Riot was one of the worst in U.S. History. It destroyed thirty-five blocks nit he hunt of all of the African Americans in a town known as Greenwood. U.S. biologist, Thomas Hunt Morgan found that you carry hereditary information in your chromosomes. In 1921 is when he first came out and told the rest of the world what he found. ** Major Sports Figures ** __ **Babe Ruth** __ **- One of the greatest sports players of American History. During 1921 was considered his best season ever, he hit 59 home runs, batted .376 and his slugging average was .846. Babe Ruth set many records that are still in play today 457 total bases, 119 extra base hits, and 379 times on base.** **African Americans** ** Running Citation 
 * __Ku Klux Klan Violence throughout Southern US__ **
 * __What Can You See in Your Chromosomes?__ **
 * __Glasses in the Majors?__ **
 * George Toporcer was one of the first baseball players to wear glasses other than a pitcher. He is also known to be a light hitter. **
 * __John Lincoln Green__- A football defensive lineman for the National Football League for the Philadelphia Eagles. During his years playing football he went to the Pro Bowl **
 * __ Zora Neale Hurston- __ Became the most popular female authors in the United States, who wrote about the positive side of black Americans. Hurston attended Howard University and had her first writing published during 1921. **
 * __ James Langston Hughes- __ in 1926 he published his first book of poetry and later on created a critical essay called “The Negro Artist and the Racial Mountain” soon becoming a defining piece during the Harlem Renaissance. **
 * __ Bessie Coleman- __ She became the first person to receive an international pilot’s license. She was also the first black woman pilot and stunt aviator.
 * Famous Women in 1921 **
 * __ Eunice Shriver- __ she was famous for her work in the Special Olympics **
 * __ Hannah Szenes- __ Became an SOE agent or Special Operations Executive **
 * __ Violette Szabo- __ She was a spymaster during the SOE (Special Operations Executives). She reorganized a resistance network that helped smash the Germans close to Cherbourg. **
 * __Suzanne Lenglen-__ She was considered the most famous female tennis player. She was the first female tennis celebrity and the first international sportsperson. Lenglen became the Wimbeledon singles champion six times one year in including 1921. She also won the Wimbledon women’s doubles title during 1921. **