THE ROARING 20S 1920 1929
1920S AMERICAN CULTURE
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Americans spent money on flights to Europe, South America, and Asia
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Americans spent money on leisure and entertainment, such as listening to the radio and going to the movies.
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Americans invested heavily in the railroad industries whose power continued to grow into the 20th century
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Americans saved vast amounts of wealth which contributed to the Golden Age of Prosperity in the 1930s
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Detailed explanation-1: -The prosperity of the 1920s led to new patterns of consumption, or purchasing consumer goods like radios, cars, vacuums, beauty products or clothing. The expansion of credit in the 1920s allowed for the sale of more consumer goods and put automobiles within reach of average Americans.
Detailed explanation-2: -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-3: -The 1920s was a decade of profound social changes. The most obvious signs of change were the rise of a consumer-oriented economy and of mass entertainment, which helped to bring about a “revolution in morals and manners.” Sexual mores, gender roles, hair styles, and dress all changed profoundly during the 1920s.
Detailed explanation-4: -More activities included playing board games, watching movies, listening to the radio, and reading. They played a lot of board games as families, like using the Ouija board and playing Hokum and Tiddledy Winks. They watched movies now because they started playing movies with sound that was made in 1923.