How the 1919 World Series Effected Life In The 20s
The 1920s was a rough era for America. It had many events and things that made it a
rough time in history and difficult to live in that day and age. One of the major events that set off
the 1920s depression era was the 1919 World Series. For many reasons it did not help find
happiness inside the 1920s. This essay will show how the 1919 World Series began the difficult
One of the major ways the 1919 World Series affected life in the 20s is the way people
viewed baseball for the decade. Baseball was one of the most popular sports of that time. Since
the World Series was thrown, people lost respect for the sport. Since it was such a popular sport
after the scandal everyone started to not like it anymore. It led many players to be banned from
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As one player says in the New York Times “I never did anything I regretted so much in
my life.” That was Joe Jackson of the White Sox. This quote shows that many people were
affected by the scandal and it changed the way people viewed baseball for the Decade. That is
the first way I believe the 1919 World Series affected life in the 1920s
The second way I believe the 1919 World Series affected life in the 1920s is because it
was what a lot of people depended on for the happiness when times were tough. Baseball was
and still is a super popular sport and very well known throughout America. Since everybody
expected the 1920s to be a great decade, the World Series sort of led it off as a bad decade. Many
people possibly could of just stopped following the sport and that could make the baseball
players lose money. That would make the baseball players lose money because they get paid
mostly on their popularity. Also people of the time were already In a bad position financially