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Why does historian Jonathan Zeitz call the 1920’s an ""Age of Convergence?""

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Many trends, some had been building for decades, converged to make 1920 very distinct

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In 1920s, on one hand there was lot of urbanism, prosperity and cultural advancemeny and on the other hand there was immense social unrest. Like there was rise of KU KLUX CLAN, navatism and religious fundamentalism. America converged on the point of tradition and innovation.

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