The 1920s was “For many Americans, the growth of cities, the rise of a consumer culture, the upsurge of mass entertainment, and the so-called "revolution in morals and manners" represented liberation from the restrictions of the country's Victorian past. Sexual mores, gender roles, hair styles, and dress all changed profoundly during the 1920s. But for many others, the United States seemed to be changing in undesirable ways. The result was a thinly veiled "cultural civil war," in which a pluralistic society clashed bitterly over such issues as foreign immigration, evolution, the Ku Klux Klan, prohibition, women’s roles, and race. ” The United States closed the doors to all breweries, distilleries and saloons which was the beginning of Prohibition.
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During the “1920's fashion trend were clothes that provided freedom of movement with looser fitting clothes and defined by the adoption of the chemise or camisole, the loose-fitting undergarment which replaced the confining, tight-fitting corsets of the Victorian era.” Women had fought for their freedom and their rights and they wanted to express themselves. They went from stylish wigs and Victorian hair up-dos to the new “bobbed” hairstyles and wearing shorter dresses and the fringed flapper dresses. “To popularize smoking among women, advertisers staged parades down New York's 5th Avenue, imitating the suffrage marches of the 1910s in which young women carried "torches of …show more content…
When people mention the “Roaring 20s” and the “Jazz Age” they think of flappers and music. No one thinks of the inventions that really sprung us through the age of technology. The 20s also brought us the first spectator sports. “Team sports flourished, however, Americans focused on individual superstars, people whose talents or personalities made them appear larger than life. Knute Rockne and his "Four Horsemen" at Notre Dame spurred interest in college football. Professional football began during the 1920s. In 1925, Harold "Red" Grange, the "Galloping Ghost" halfback for the University of Illinois, attracted 68,000 fans to a professional football game at Brooklyn's Polo Grounds.” America’s Sport “baseball” was then introduced to the American public though there was a scandal and baseball sort of just disappeared but then “baseball soon regained its popularity, thanks to George Herman ("Babe") Ruth, the sport's undisputed superstar. Up until the 1920s, Ty Cobb's defensive brand of baseball, with its emphasis on base hits and stolen bases, had dominated the sport. Ruth transformed baseball into the game of the home-run hitter. In 1921, the New York Yankee slugger hit 59 home runs--more than any other team. In 1927, the "Sultan of Swat" hit 60 home runs.” There would be a lot of disappointed sports fans out there if Baseball had not made its famous
During the “1920's fashion trend were clothes that provided freedom of movement with looser fitting clothes and defined by the adoption of the chemise or camisole, the loose-fitting undergarment which replaced the confining, tight-fitting corsets of the Victorian era.” Women had fought for their freedom and their rights and they wanted to express themselves. They went from stylish wigs and Victorian hair up-dos to the new “bobbed” hairstyles and wearing shorter dresses and the fringed flapper dresses. “To popularize smoking among women, advertisers staged parades down New York's 5th Avenue, imitating the suffrage marches of the 1910s in which young women carried "torches of …show more content…
When people mention the “Roaring 20s” and the “Jazz Age” they think of flappers and music. No one thinks of the inventions that really sprung us through the age of technology. The 20s also brought us the first spectator sports. “Team sports flourished, however, Americans focused on individual superstars, people whose talents or personalities made them appear larger than life. Knute Rockne and his "Four Horsemen" at Notre Dame spurred interest in college football. Professional football began during the 1920s. In 1925, Harold "Red" Grange, the "Galloping Ghost" halfback for the University of Illinois, attracted 68,000 fans to a professional football game at Brooklyn's Polo Grounds.” America’s Sport “baseball” was then introduced to the American public though there was a scandal and baseball sort of just disappeared but then “baseball soon regained its popularity, thanks to George Herman ("Babe") Ruth, the sport's undisputed superstar. Up until the 1920s, Ty Cobb's defensive brand of baseball, with its emphasis on base hits and stolen bases, had dominated the sport. Ruth transformed baseball into the game of the home-run hitter. In 1921, the New York Yankee slugger hit 59 home runs--more than any other team. In 1927, the "Sultan of Swat" hit 60 home runs.” There would be a lot of disappointed sports fans out there if Baseball had not made its famous