Society began to crumble and people abandoned their homes and moved east
To the discovery of America, the " New World"
In the speech written in the Gettysburg Address Lincoln was defending civil rights. He was equally defending freedom and dedicated his speech to all the soldiers who lost their lives defending freedom and their beliefs. Lincoln also mentioned fundamental American rights, such as the United States being a country "by the people and for the people." His speech is one of the best known speeches in American history and marked one of the end points of the Civil War and the defeat of the Confederate Army by the Union Army.
During the 1920's The United States went through a thriving economic period (until 1929) and this caused Americans to spend more money in leisure, including sports and different types of entertainment and activities.
Because of all these things, sports became a national pastime and people could follow different sports by:
- Attending games
- Following teams in the newspapers
- Reading about teams in magazine reports
- Listening to games on the radio
