Areli Perez
History 112
#11697
October 30, 2014
Prosperity and Disillusionment of the 1920’s
The 1920s in American history mark a decade of great prosperity, and are referred to as the Roaring Twenties. Although there was the Recession of 1920-21, America was able to pull through this time and during the decade was able to have a low unemployment rate and a steady economy. The Roaring Twenties mark an era of great prosperity with many “modern” world ideals and cultures coming into society. The Modern Nation was being introduced to new cultures such as celebrating the individual and new pleasures, establishing an urbanized country with new technologies rather then one focused on agriculture and the “New Era” politics. The Modern Nation …show more content…
New technologies both advanced farmers with machines such as tractors and but also hurt the farmers as new factories were being opened in urbanized areas with more opportunity of employment and pay. Southern farms were separated into smaller farms and “these yielded less and less of a living, and it said that they will never yield a good living until once more they are integrated into large units” (Hollinger et al., 2011, p. 241). With the growth of factories and the industrial industry, farms would become suburban areas in cities. The decline of agriculture and incline of the urban nation would prove to be a difficult time going well into the Great Depression and beyond. The “New Era” politics was claimed by the Republicans in office during the 1920s and “mostly meant the return of an older vision of minimalist government, individualism, and a less internationalist foreign policy” (Oakes et al., 2012, p. 706). The politics of the “New Era” were meant to attract voters based primarily on the political candidates and not the political party, which they were apart of. The new politics attracted a low voter turnout. Foreign policy in the 1920’s was established to avoid any new conflict since Americans were, “eager to reduce the size of the military” (Oakes et al., 2012, p.
History 112
#11697
October 30, 2014
Prosperity and Disillusionment of the 1920’s
The 1920s in American history mark a decade of great prosperity, and are referred to as the Roaring Twenties. Although there was the Recession of 1920-21, America was able to pull through this time and during the decade was able to have a low unemployment rate and a steady economy. The Roaring Twenties mark an era of great prosperity with many “modern” world ideals and cultures coming into society. The Modern Nation was being introduced to new cultures such as celebrating the individual and new pleasures, establishing an urbanized country with new technologies rather then one focused on agriculture and the “New Era” politics. The Modern Nation …show more content…
New technologies both advanced farmers with machines such as tractors and but also hurt the farmers as new factories were being opened in urbanized areas with more opportunity of employment and pay. Southern farms were separated into smaller farms and “these yielded less and less of a living, and it said that they will never yield a good living until once more they are integrated into large units” (Hollinger et al., 2011, p. 241). With the growth of factories and the industrial industry, farms would become suburban areas in cities. The decline of agriculture and incline of the urban nation would prove to be a difficult time going well into the Great Depression and beyond. The “New Era” politics was claimed by the Republicans in office during the 1920s and “mostly meant the return of an older vision of minimalist government, individualism, and a less internationalist foreign policy” (Oakes et al., 2012, p. 706). The politics of the “New Era” were meant to attract voters based primarily on the political candidates and not the political party, which they were apart of. The new politics attracted a low voter turnout. Foreign policy in the 1920’s was established to avoid any new conflict since Americans were, “eager to reduce the size of the military” (Oakes et al., 2012, p.