1920s

rich was the stock market. Businesses that you invest your money in will soon have to pay you more if they blow up in sales. Ford was the major automobile in the 1920’s, mostly because they were a monopoly in their field. The investors made money and spent it one particular thing, alcohol. I know this might be a “bad thing” in the 1920’s, but alcohol prohibition basically made America even more infamous and rich. Prohibition made americans want to drink even more, and they would stop at anything…

As the turn into the roaring twenties woman were starting to feel more free in their everyday lives. Women started to have often outings and drink throughout the course of the whole day was normal. In priors years to the twenties women were seen as respectful figures and relying on their husbands, but as the turn of the decade women started to wear scandalous clothing and not care what others thought of them. Along with wearing scandalous clothing women also had a lot of different outfits for…

moms make dresses from feed sacks. Bartering becomes a way of life. People move across country in hope of work. The Great Depression entraps the nation. Money changes everything. In the 1920’s, America was prospering. America was booming. Americans were living large. Nearly every family had a car, by the end of the 1920s an unthinkable thought at the beginning of that decade. Everything was about to change. The stock market crash of October 29, 1929 brought easy times to an abrupt end. By 1932,…

portray different characteristics of the traditional woman growing up in the 1920’s. Females began to challenge the society and the government. This change was upsetting for people, especially for men, because they were realising that they were losing their long-term dominance over the female gender. Daisy is in an unhappy relationship, in which she has no say and is immobile. Relationships like these were normal in the 1920’s and women were dominated by their husbands and unhappy with their…

The 1920s earned their moniker—the "Roaring '20s"—through the decade's real and sustained prosperity, dizzying technological advancements, and lively culture. The decade marked the flourishing of the modern mass-production, mass-consumption economy, which delivered fantastic profits to investors while also raising the living standard of the urban middle and working-class. But for the large minority of Americans who made their livelihoods in agriculture, the decade roared only with the agony…

The 1920’s, also known as “The Roaring Twenties” was a period which consisted of rapid lifestyles, jazz, excess money, intellectual movements and a fast pace in technological progress. A boisterous era, it also boomed in literature and was a time of literary creativity. Some of the works that give an insight into the culture and life during the 1920’s are “The Great Gatsby” and “Bernice Bobs her Hair”. The Great Gatsby focuses more on the bigger picture of the 1920’s. On the surface, The Great…

The “Jazz Age”, 1920s, was one of the best decades for America. During the 1920s, there were lots of advances to society; including radios, Ford cars, the stock market, and women’s voting rights. Many hard working people were prosperous with “New Money” because of all the new businesses and industries being created, but not everyone was happy with these advances. Wealthy people that never had to work to become rich, also known as “Old Money”, did not like the new generation of wealthy people…

The New American Girl In the passage from “Babbitts and Bohemians: The American 1920s” by Elizabeth Stevenson, the flapper girl is the main focus. During the 1920s, the flapper was suddenly there. With her, she brought new styles and manners. People either loved the new American girl or loathed them. Either way, the flapper left just as fast as she came. Although she was only here for a short period of time, she had an immense influence on the 20s that burned into history and remains influential…

tremendous change and excitement. Along with the many advancements in technology came a variety of different trends and attitudes of the American society. The Eighteenth Amendment banned alcohol, but the government failed to enforce it. During the 1920s many bootleggers and speakeasies were established to secretly obtain and sell alcohol. Many people who became bootleggers and owners of these speakeasies became very wealthy. F. Scott Fitzgerald’s The Great Gatsby demonstrates many of the…

the Great Gatsby By: Isaiah Aguilera The 1920s was a decade of exciting social changes and profound cultural conflicts. 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 United States’s Victorian past. Sexual mores, gender roles, hairstyles, and dressing all changed profoundly during the 1920s. But for many others, the United States…