THE ROARING 20S 1920 1929
1920S AMERICAN CULTURE
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They supported the expansion of education
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They advertised the latest artwork and literature
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They provided Americans with a shared experience
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They encouraged the development of new technology
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Detailed explanation-1: -With the radio, Americans from coast to coast could listen to exactly the same programming. This had the effect of smoothing out regional differences in dialect, language, music, and even consumer taste. Radio also transformed how Americans enjoyed sports.
Detailed explanation-2: -MOVIES. The increased prosperity of the 1920s gave many Americans more disposable income to spend on entertainment. As the popularity of “moving pictures” grew in the early part of the decade, “movie palaces, ” capable of seating thousands, sprang up in major cities.
Detailed explanation-3: -The radio and movies allowed Americans, for the time being, to overlook the racial and cultural differences and work with the immigrants to create a working class political coalition.