Social Changes In The 1920s

As a nation coming out of a devastating war, America faced many changes in the 1920s. It was a decade of growth and improvements. As immigrants fled from Europe, the economy improved, and new machines offered convenience and luxury from the kitchen to the streets. However, with all change comes opposition. The 1920s revealed a conflict between traditional America and the new attitude and lifestyle through the changing role of women, continued dominance of Christian values, and racism.

After World War One, the United States went through a decade full of industrial, economical, and social growth. This decade is known as the Roaring 20s. The 1920s was a time of important historical events and technological advancement. The development of consumer goods, such as fridges, typewriters, radios, and cars, created jobs and helped the American economy grow. However, not everyone was able to enjoy the advancement that the boom had assured. Although there were many wealthy people, there were still many people who could not afford to live luxurious lives. Many immigrants were not welcome into to United Stats. Prejudice and racism were spread throughout the country. In spite of the prosperity of the 1920s, the

President Wilson was worried too much about the war and then he had a heart attack. That was why problems after war were solved badly. The prosperity economy began going down significantly. The candidates of the Republic party were Warren G. Harding and Calvin Coolidge that they easily defeated the candidates of the Democrat party who were James M. Cox and Franklin d. Roosevelt. After the law and the United States government had changed, that was the first time that women could join in voting for American president. In entire 1920’s, personal businesses were given many encourages from the United States government, included loan for building, exchanging post agreements, and grant. For example, transportation law 1920 said that personal business

The 1920s is notorious for being a good time, with its reputation of being full of fun parties and extravagant living. Those wealthy enough were able to enjoy that along with all the other changes in American culture. In the 1920s the use of installment buying, credit, and stock market investments became a typical part of life. Technology that improved home life, like vacuums and radio, were desired, and these shifts in culture added to the stigma that good times would continue forever. The American people were not aware that common habits in the 1920s would lead to the Great Depression in the 1930s, during which unemployment reached over 25%, the economy struggled, and the fun times ended. The Great Depression was caused by experts that encouraged

Following World War I, Americans were left with scarce amounts of job openings and a poor economy. Several were left fearing the communists, who the Americans believed were going to overthrow the government. This caused Americans to resent those who were not accepting to return to the “traditional” American values. With the 1920’s, there came both a rise in conservatism and liberalism, but only one was revolutionary, described by Merriam-Webster.com as,”Constituting or bringing about a major or fundamental change.” Furthermore, different presidents advocated for different political stances. Republican Presidents, Warren Harding and Calvin Coolidge, advocated America to have a conservative government and return to normalcy, while Republican

The Jazz Age which is also referred to as the Roaring Twenties began after World War I took place and lasted until 1929, when the Great Depression began. The 1920s opened up a world of change to Americans; some did not approve and others, especially those in the big cities, celebrated with music and dance every day. There were numerous inventions that were being created throughout the 1920s and because of nationwide advertisement; people all over America were able to buy all the same stuff as one another. But unfortunately, times were different for those that lived in Colorado.

The nineteen twenties can be summed up as one of the most important improvements on theatre, paintings, music, building, and culture.

The 1920’s, also known as the “roaring twenties” consisted of multiple movements and changes in attitudes about the formerly traditional values society held during this time period. Shifts with women's suffrage, equality amongst races, and the ending of traditional household roles were prevalent through the years, sparking controversy between those who valued the old and those who valued the new. Significant changes amongst the way women’s suffrage and traditional household values were viewed began to occur during the twenties (Document B). Women were finally seen on the same playing field as men, and although they weren’t considered “equal” by any means, they were making notable progress.

The 1920’s were a time of change. New ideas were becoming more readily experimented with and even accepted by large portions of the population. Some of these included jazz music and the fight against the alcoholic prohibition. The radical idea I will focus on in this paper, however, is Evolution. It is a theory that had been around for over half a century before the 20’s but had only more recently caught on in the US. It contradicted the Christian theory of Divine Creation as described in the Bible. This caused many religious fundamentalists to fight against it. They took their battle to the law books, and they were challenged by pro-evolution modernists in the Scopes "Monkey Trial" of 1925.

The Roaring Twenties were a time of great change economically, socially and politically. The American culture was "roaring" in terms of style and social trends, but also the economy was "roaring" as well. The 1920s made a huge impact on the world. There were many ways in which society has changed during the 1920s. Three ways in which society has changed in this time would be the booming economy, entertainment, and prohibition.

The 1920s, also known as the Roaring 1920s were a time period where things changed in the US. After World War 1, there was a lack of inspiration in the US, according to the lost generation with the rising racial tension to the everyday roots for employement, things were not great during the early 1920s. In the late 1990ss, labor unions were popular during the war fought back for their rights with the increased number of strike in 1919. Largest included General of all workers in Seattle and Strike of the entre American Steel industry, which affected 100 of 1000s workers and consumers. Those workers returned to work when the owners threatened them of violence. Due to that unemployment in 1920-21 had increased by 11% but things changed after the changes made by Commerce Secretary, Herbert Hoover, as he convinced Industrial leaders to voluntarily increase wages and production to remove the economy from the debt of World War 1.

The 1920’s was a great and important decade for the United States. After World War I, the United States went through events and changes that, overall, made the United States a much better place to live. New advances in technology and industry improved American life in more ways than just one. Americans had better wages during this time, more leisure time, and overall, had a better life than ever before. In addition, the 1920’s advocated social and cultural change as well. During this time period, the United States did not return to Normalcy, and instead developed attitudes that changed the life of the people of the United States forever thanks to social changes, cultural changes and changes in technology.

Politics: Politically, the 1920s could be described as pro-business and anti-union. These two main principles of our political time period directly contrast that of the error of reforms pre-war America was in. Coming into this decade, the war has come to an end and now the U.S believes it is time for a hedonistic interlude. A time of less reforms and more business. Post-war America is a start of a new chapter for our young country which obviously comes with its own set of problems.

The Women’s Christian Temperance Union was the next large collection of people to have influential power towards prohibition. While the WTCU group was formed mostly around women promoting the prohibition of intoxicating liquors, their movement soon grew to encompass political and social reforms, such as suffrage. The WTCU group was successful at creating an educational program promoting the ills that came along the consuming of alcohol. This in turn led to several campaigns of fighting prostitution and labor issues while trying to improve sanitation, public health, and international

The Roaring Twenties was full of social changes such as women gaining the right to vote and younger women changing the way they acted which completely shocked their parents whom were resilient to change. Due to all of the economic changes people started getting paid more and prices plummeted. That caused the cost for cars to drop drastically then in turn and made people even more mobile. People were buying more and living more of a luxury lifestyle. Radios and motion pictures, also called movies or television, were some of the new forms of mass media. This was just the beginning to an awesome decade. At the end of the decade things took a turn for the worst, The Great Depression started. People were getting fired and had to quit the luxurious