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    The Roaring Twenties F. Scott Fitzgerald once stated,“The parties were bigger, the pace was faster, the shows were broader, the buildings were higher, the morals were looser, and the liquor was cheaper” (“30 Famous The Great Gatsby Quotes”). The time after the war known as the Roaring Twenties harbored change for not only the economy but for the people also. Credit materialized, becoming available for citizens to use on new products such as the vacuum cleaner and the washing machine which allotted

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    The Roaring Twenties There are many factors that led to the Roaring Twenties, also known as the Jazz Age. In beginning of the Jazz Age, the United States had just ended World War I. After the war, many Americans had confidence in themselves, leading to economic growth. They used the war technology to their businesses. In addition, Americans wanted to prosper differently than their ancestors and parents. They did not want to save up money but just live life to the fullest. Soldiers also were very

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    Many components led to the 1029s or “Roaring Twenties”, known as an age of dramatic change. The time period was filled with prosperity and advancements in technology that shaped what we have now in the present. For example, more American lived in cities rather then farms, wealth increased, new discoveries were made and many more factors contributed to this. The period became known as roaring because extreme changes in culture, technology, music, art, architecture, dance, and fashion happened. The

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    All that changed because of the 1920s, which is also referred to as the Roaring Twenties. It was called the Roaring Twenties because many young people danced, listened to music, and rebelled against the norms of society. Something else that happened during the Roaring Twenties was that women changes the gender role of women. They changed it by changing their look, dancing, and gaining rights. Prior to the Roaring Twenties, women did not wear makeup or cosmetics. Cosmetics were not accepted in

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    The Roaring Twenties: Decade of Transition and Transformation The 1920s or The Roaring Twenties played an important role in American History. It’s past and future experienced a dramatic change, because of how entrenched america was physiologically and culturally, but in the 1920s it seemed to break its evocative attachments to the recent past and escort in a more modern era. The most scintillating impressions of that era are flappers and dance halls, movie palaces and radio empires, and Prohibition

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    Adrian Oxendine The Roaring Twenties was a very memorable decade. The Roaring Twenties is considered a popular decade and there are several reasons why. This era is characterized by organized crime, popular music, and a new type of woman. Alcohol was not always legal. The 18th Amendment stated that liquor was not allowed to be sold. This caused people to begin committing crimes. Gangsters and the mob became popular in the Twenties. These gangsters would illegally sell alcohol and guns. This was

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    The Roaring Twenties best known for a time of change because of prosperity and the major changes in the society. People were able to afford cars , luxury valuables , host big parties , and be rich. One of the reasons for this change was because of the stock market that led to people becoming rich. Investing in stocks was one of the biggest and brightest thing you could do at that time if you wanted to become rich. Companies and investors would buy the most stocks to make more money than anyone else

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    The Roaring Twenties Daily Life The 1920s were called the “Roaring Twenties” or the “Jazz Age” in North America, the “Golden Age Twenties” in Europe and “Années folles” by French speakers all because this era was a period of sustained economic prosperity with emphasis in each name of the era’s social, artistic and cultural change. A time when there was a revolution in almost every part of daily human life where more and more people were moving from the countryside to the city in search of wealth

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    The 1920s in America is often regarded as a decade of debauchery, characterized by glamorous gangsters and fashionable flappers, and its decadent reputation is largely deserved. The glitzy image of the “Roaring Twenties” primarily arose from the influx of bootlegged alcohol incited by the Eighteenth Amendment (Prohibition) and the film industry driving a newfound boom in pop culture. Prohibition had far-reaching economic consequences, as it unintentionally created a vast market for illicit substances

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    Fashion of the Roaring Twenties and The Sixties Fashion is the style prevalent at a given time. It usually refers to costume or clothing style. Everybody has to wear clothes, making fashion a part of everyday life. The way someone dresses says a lot about his or her personality, age, culture and experience. At times of economic or social change, fashion often changed. The 1920s and the 1960s are big eras were economic and social change were happening. They are both largely known for their fashion

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