History Of The Roaring 20's

After World War 1, America had to demobilize and revert back to a peace time economy. During the 1920’s, it was viewed as a prosperous economy since there was a new labor force due to demobilization, new inventions, and a new infrastructure. Also moral spirits were high since America along with the Allied Powers defeated Germany and the Great War was finally over. However, America began making many economic policies and decisions that will eventually lead up to the Great Depression.

One of the most interesting and influential time frames in the history of America was the 1920’s, or the Roaring Twenties. The Roaring Twenties was in the decade of the 20’s (1920 to 1929) and was called the “Roaring Twenties” because people in America just boomed. World War I just ended and people prospered because of it. The society was like a well-oiled machine, with everyone dancing and using similar slang, and a lot of people enjoyed it. Not everything was great, because this was also the time where prohibition of alcohol came into play, and the Ku Klux Klan gained popularity as a result. Even though all of these were prevalent at the time, how did the Twenties affect history as a whole?

The 1920’s are commonly referred to as the Roaring Twenties. Many factors during the time played significant roles in earning the decade this name. Economic conditions and developments in the arts and entertainment were some of the most impacting among these factors. Economic conditions and developments in the arts and entertainment helped create the reputation of the 1920’s as the Roaring Twenties. Economic conditions gave people a feeling of economic prosperity. They also allowed people to buy a lot of things on credit. Developments in the arts and entertainment created a culture of free expression by granting women the ability to express their opinions more clearly than they were able to in years prior and encouraging jazz and dancing.

In 1919, World War I had finally come to an end, leaving most of the world in a post war depression. However, in countries like Canada, the decade ahead would be filled with amazing growth and change in many ways. The 1920s were an exciting time in Canada because of the economic prosperity, technological, social and cultural revolutions and growing political responsibility and change in policy that country experienced. These economic, social and political changes really made the 1920s in Canada “roar”.

Two topics I enjoyed learning about most this semester were The Roaring 20’s and The Great Depression. Both units intrigued me, but The Great Depression was my favorite. Prior to starting the unit in class, I recently read The Grapes of Wrath. The novel helped my understanding during the unit because I was already mostly familiar with Hoovervilles, starvation of the people, the hopelessness, etc. Throughout my English class we went into deep discussion about the main topics just like we did in ours. I can’t imagine living during The Depression and it makes me rethink how I look at life. In our generation, we take many things for granted and after experiencing what those innocent people went through, we rarely go through anything as bad as The

The twenties saw tons of changes in mindset and showed everyone in the world that nothing was impossible if you put your mind to it. Seemingly impossible feats were accomplished in the twenties like the first ever liquid fueled rocket launch and the invention of a miracle drug. But those were not the only things that were happening then. Fashion was changing, it was more acceptable for women to show skin. Rules changed, the 18th amendment made the drinking of beer illegal, sparking the widespread desire to do just that. And the movie world was flipped upside down, leaving the first ever cartoon synchronised with sound. All of these changes had big

The dawning of the 1920’s in America left a need in the citizens’ hearts to return to a state of normalcy after the devastating effects of the Great War. However, the new era of isolationism spawned a cultural revolution that can only be described as anything but “normal”. Heavy losses over seas left Americans turned off to problems occurring outside of United States borders. As the citizens’ averted their eyes from the problems of the world, they were left to focus their attention of forming the spectacular sense of moral freedom of the decade. The economy flourished as well.Wall Street became an enormous success as the introduction of credit dazzled the American people. The colossal factories which had supplied weapons and war machinery now churned out the automobiles, radios, and abundant excitement which would go on to define the era. The isolationist attitude also led away from the idea of the “whole” and people found themselves focusing on their own needs and wants, which emphasized the adolescent nature of the United States. The post-war, isolationist minds of Americans in the roaring twenties focused on the dream of total freedom as they strove towards liberation in their daily lives, and were represented by the authors of the modernist fiction era.

In the Roaring Twenties, Canada changed for the better as it was a time of happiness after the war. Happiness was not the only thing that came in this time, industries began booming like “Foreign demand for Canadian raw materials increased after 1926. There was a better market for the traditional resources, like wheat and timber, and increasing demand, especially from the United States, for new resources like pulp and paper and base metals.”(Canada A) This finding indicates that Canada was doing well since it was a new country it had many resources to share like it’s large amount of lumber of the west. It also helped as industries begun to advance quickly rising the demand for the resources. The many resources like metal, and wood boomed which increase Canada’s economy. Canada didn’t just change, but it society did too. Canada society was more accepting as it

During the 1920s, there occur several social and political changes occurred. For the first time, Americans began to step out of their comfort circles. Nicknames for the decade, such as “the Jazz Age” or “the Roaring Twenties,” in a way express all of the excitement it was like to have lived through out such a time. As the economy boomed, wages rose for most Americans and prices fell, resulting in a higher standard of living and a dramatic increase in consumer consumption. More and more people began to go out and live life under a new light and experiment with new things.

The 1920s has been often been referred as the New Society. “They are stronger. They are rich. They hire and fire the politician, the old judges…the college president” (1) was what Dos Passos’s said about the people in the 1920s. The roaring twenty has flappers which just meant young, confident, sexual women. This was all new for the people in the 1920 because they have always thought of the women following rules and staying home. Another term that was during the roaring twenty was speakeasies which is just nightclubs that sold liquor. Liquor at this time was legal and unwanted. A lot of companies such as Henry Ford’s company forbid having alcohol in work area.

Of all the time periods I could choose from, I would choose to be born into the roaring 20’s. The roaring 20’s were a post world war era associated with an economic boom in the United States, and that subsequent wealth led to a time when society changed in such a way as to correlate with the massive changes occurring in the US. Even though this wealth couldn't last forever, as shown through the Great Depression which began in 1929, the country itself underwent advances that forever changed the course of its history. Teen girls began to rebel against what was considered proper society by following new, up and coming fashion trends that showed more skin than their parents could handle, causing a domino effect of rebellious children and

The Roaring 20’s was a time of political change, prohibition, and the movement of people from farms to cities. All of this happened very fast and it was a time of great change for the developing United States.

The 1920s influenced the world as we know it today. Many important historical events that occurred during this decade, such as the stock market crash and prohibition, altered U.S history and world history intensely. The fashion and hairstyles of the 1920s made an impression on fashion and hairstyles of the 21st century. One of the most familiar symbol of the 1920s is the flapper. Entertainment was also changing; movies became extremely popular during this era. The 1920s was filled with music, dancing, and movies. The 1920s was known for the automobile, low prices and generous credit made cars affordable luxuries at beginning of the decade. The 1920s were an age of dramatic social and political change.

What came to be known as the Roaring Twenties was a time of economic prosperity following the First World War. At the crest of Jazz Age, when traditional norms were tested and culture was displayed through music and literature, American consumerism was at its peak. From Ford’s automobiles to the smallest of household appliances, from houses to stock market bonds, the average American used credit to purchase all of these appliances. However, at the height of this consumerism, the wealth gap amidst the affluent and the impoverished refused to contract in size. At this moment, 0.1 percent of the elite acquired the same total income as 42 percent of the Nation’s population. With the average personal debt rising and the overproduction of consumer goods too stubborn to decrease; on October 29, 1929, otherwise known as Black Tuesday, the stock market crashed. Unlike others before it, this crash impacted a significant amount of the Nation’s population; predominantly due to its prosperity within the last decade as a result of foreign market advantages during the First World War. Black Tuesday came to be known as the event that set in motion what was the worst economic collapse in history, the infamous Great Depression, which lasted over a decade. Former President of the United States, Herbert Hoover, passed it on as “a passing incident in our national lives.” As a result of his belief in rugged individualism, Hoover concluded that it was not up to the federal government to try and

During the era of the Great Depression, economic downfall committed an end to the great prosperity of the ‘Roaring 20’s’, and farmers continued to spiral deeper into an already formed economic pit. As prices of crops plummeted during the ‘Roaring 20’s’, the era of the depression continued to strain any hope of economic prosperity for farmers as prices of crops depleted over five times the original value; farmers continued to lose faith in the already depleted market of agriculture. Though, in order to fully comprehend the impact the depression imposed upon farmers, understanding the changes of the proceedings of daily life, hardships faced, effects relating to changes in physical and mental and financial behaviors, and the disposition of