1920s

The decade we often refer to as the 1920’s was a time of great change in the United States. ….. This became the first time in American History that more people lived in cities than on farms. In fact, cities such as New York and Chicago became the center of the new, modern society. One of the most notable aspects of the twenties was Prohibition, the ban of alcohol by the 18th Amendment. Along with prohibition came gangs and an increase in crime. Arguably the most well-known crime of the era took…

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…

Dalton Cherry Ms.Mowery American Lit 4/29/2018 Clothing in the 1920’s Back in the 1920’s clothing was very different from what they are today. Especially the clothing that women and children wore and the certain looks they tried to appeal to like the flapper look for women and the Gangster looks of the men. It is more appropriate to dress the way people did back in the 1920’s. To start, roughly 100 years ago women and children often dressed in short skirts and bobbed hair. Even the boys of this…

begins. The 1920’s were a new door of opportunity and was a fresh start to many people. This opened many doors for the people, to be able to climb the social ladder, and work hard and gain massive amounts of money. The people of this time period worked hard and made the 1920’s a time of enlightenment. Despite many critics arguing that the 1920’s were predominantly a time of hardship, it was…

The American society in the 1920’s went through a great number of changes. The rising prosperity led to a lot of the younger generations in America living different lifestyles, loosing their traditionalist backgrounds. The boom and post war situation had also caused a significant rise in the immigrant population. All of these changes were received differently by most Americans, which lead to conflict, or in some cases extreme intolerance. One of the most influential promoters of racism was the…

During the 1920s, the general public of America began to question the “old way” of thinking and introduced new ideas to society in terms of sciences and religion; in conclusion, a great debate about the future took place. A group of people, the fundamentalists, believed and hoped the American tradition would revive the Christian influence that the country once possessed before World War I, by strengthening family values, promoting a Christian lifestyle, and interpreting the Bible as a literal,…

During the golden age of the 1920’s, glamour and vice were a cultural mindset and practice. Advances in technology and the film industry led to a lifestyle of extravagance and materialism which came hand in hand with the consumption of alcohol. Prohibitionists believed that alcohol was America’s curse and source of all evil. With the passing of the eighteenth amendment, purest activists hoped to achieve a decrease in sin and misconduct amongst the American people, however, the prohibition was…

1920 Roaring I. When you think of the word roaring you think of the 1920s. The roaring twenties was the period right after WW1.The people of this time were hoping for a new change to come ahead and bring a period of happiness instead of the gloomy period once before. The 1920 was truly roaring because of the women activists, arts and culture, and inventions. II. The first reason to prove that 1920 was roaring is the women activists. Women became more involved in visual arts as more than a…

The 1920s changed politically, socially, and economically, through the Palmer Raids, jazz, and strikes, respectively. First, the 1920s changed politically through the Palmer Raids. The Palmer Raids were a series of raids conducted by Attorney General A. Mitchell Palmer in hopes of exposing Communists, socialists, and anarchists. Mitchell wanted to hunt them down because Communists, people who support a government that controls all aspects of life, socialists, people who support the…

The Jazz Age created an impact in modernizing the United States based on technological advances, artistic achievements, and prosperity. During this period, technological advances became something major in the 1920’s. The Jazz Age was a time period where there was drama and political change. The radio, phonograph and automobile were created during this period, enhancing the way people communicated and got around. Music, in this case jazz music, was a big accomplishment and changed the way in…