The 1920s were a moving time in American History. American was on its way to becoming more modern that it had ever been before. The looks, jobs, way people dressed were on their way to changing dramatically. The Roaring Twenties was one of the most bursting decades of the century.
The most familiar image of the “Roaring Twenties” is most likely the flapper: a young woman with bobbed hair, short dresses, who had more freedoms that previous generations. For most women in the nineteen twenties did not pick up these forms of activities, however they did still get some freedoms. They could vote: the 19th amendment that was added to constitution gave the women the right to vote in the 1920s. Women could finally get out of the home work and …show more content…
During this time in history, many Americans had some extra money to spend, which for the most part was spent on the new and improved home appliances, like the pop-up toaster. The “Roaring Twenties” was in fact a time to be rich.
“Due to the wealthy, the explosion in new mass-production industries fueled by the spread of technologies like electricity and the assembly line provided many opportunities for profitable investment, and the stock market began its famed ascent, the Dow Jones Industrial Average peaked in 1929 at a value more than six times as high as in 1921.” (Economy in the 1920s)
Sometimes, money was also spent on the new and upcoming fashion lines, like the famous ready-to- wear clothes. Along, with these new and fascinating products, the consumers also bought the radio. Allowing, radio stations to begin their business. Three years after the first radio station, the Pittsburgh’s KDKA hit the airways in 1920, over 500 stations became available with a touch of a button. With these new and important products, the most important consumer product was born during the 1920s, the automobile. With extremely low prices the Ford Model T, became readily available in the 1920s. These automobiles were in such high demand, they essentially became a necessity to the American population. “In 1929, there was one car on the road for every five Americans” (“The Roaring Twenties”). With such high demands for the automobile, …show more content…
With so many expansions with the freedom of the American people, some of their freedoms were taken away. The 18th amendment to the United States Constitution, ratified in 1919, had the legal ban of any manufacturing or sale of “intoxicating liquors.” At around midnight on January 16, 1920, the federal Volstead Act closed every tavern, bar, and saloon in the United States. From that point on, it was illegal for anyone to sell or distribute “intoxicating liquors” with more than 0.5 percent alcohol. However, Americans did not always follow this newly enacted rules. Liquor was being sold underground, with this happening people normally went to illegal distributors, instead of the original bars that were once readily available. “These illegals hangouts, where alcohol could be purchased or traded, were ran by bootleggers, racketeers, and other organized-crime figures such as Chicago gangster Al Capone” (“The Roaring Twenties”). “To many white Americans, prohibition was a way to assert control over the immigration masses who crowded the cities.” Most of the time, for the people who thought drinking any form of alcohol was unruly and should not be done, pushed for more laws to be put in place. Because these groups of people believed that eliminating alcohol would eventually turn the time back to the earlier and more comfortable way of life
The most familiar image of the “Roaring Twenties” is most likely the flapper: a young woman with bobbed hair, short dresses, who had more freedoms that previous generations. For most women in the nineteen twenties did not pick up these forms of activities, however they did still get some freedoms. They could vote: the 19th amendment that was added to constitution gave the women the right to vote in the 1920s. Women could finally get out of the home work and …show more content…
During this time in history, many Americans had some extra money to spend, which for the most part was spent on the new and improved home appliances, like the pop-up toaster. The “Roaring Twenties” was in fact a time to be rich.
“Due to the wealthy, the explosion in new mass-production industries fueled by the spread of technologies like electricity and the assembly line provided many opportunities for profitable investment, and the stock market began its famed ascent, the Dow Jones Industrial Average peaked in 1929 at a value more than six times as high as in 1921.” (Economy in the 1920s)
Sometimes, money was also spent on the new and upcoming fashion lines, like the famous ready-to- wear clothes. Along, with these new and fascinating products, the consumers also bought the radio. Allowing, radio stations to begin their business. Three years after the first radio station, the Pittsburgh’s KDKA hit the airways in 1920, over 500 stations became available with a touch of a button. With these new and important products, the most important consumer product was born during the 1920s, the automobile. With extremely low prices the Ford Model T, became readily available in the 1920s. These automobiles were in such high demand, they essentially became a necessity to the American population. “In 1929, there was one car on the road for every five Americans” (“The Roaring Twenties”). With such high demands for the automobile, …show more content…
With so many expansions with the freedom of the American people, some of their freedoms were taken away. The 18th amendment to the United States Constitution, ratified in 1919, had the legal ban of any manufacturing or sale of “intoxicating liquors.” At around midnight on January 16, 1920, the federal Volstead Act closed every tavern, bar, and saloon in the United States. From that point on, it was illegal for anyone to sell or distribute “intoxicating liquors” with more than 0.5 percent alcohol. However, Americans did not always follow this newly enacted rules. Liquor was being sold underground, with this happening people normally went to illegal distributors, instead of the original bars that were once readily available. “These illegals hangouts, where alcohol could be purchased or traded, were ran by bootleggers, racketeers, and other organized-crime figures such as Chicago gangster Al Capone” (“The Roaring Twenties”). “To many white Americans, prohibition was a way to assert control over the immigration masses who crowded the cities.” Most of the time, for the people who thought drinking any form of alcohol was unruly and should not be done, pushed for more laws to be put in place. Because these groups of people believed that eliminating alcohol would eventually turn the time back to the earlier and more comfortable way of life