THE ROARING 20S 1920 1929
1920S AMERICAN CULTURE
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Citizens were still angry about our involvement in World War I.
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Overpopulation and automobiles made city streets very busy.
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New fad and forms of entertainment swept across the country.
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The crowds that attended spectator sports were very noisy.
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Detailed explanation-1: -Many people believe that the 1920s marked a new era in United States history. The decade often is referred to as the “Roaring Twenties” due to the supposedly new and less-inhibited lifestyle that many people embraced in this period.
Detailed explanation-2: -The 1920s was the first decade to have a nickname: “Roaring 20s” or “Jazz Age.” It was a decade of prosperity and dissipation, and of jazz bands, bootleggers, raccoon coats, bathtub gin, flappers, flagpole sitters, bootleggers, and marathon dancers.
Detailed explanation-3: -In the Roaring Twenties, a surging economy created an era of mass consumerism, as Jazz-Age flappers flouted Prohibition laws and the Harlem Renaissance redefined arts and culture.
Detailed explanation-4: -Roaring Twenties fads ranged from the athletic to the ludicrous. One of the most popular trends of the decade was the dance marathon. New dance steps such as the Charleston swept the nation’s dance halls, and young Americans were eager to prove their agility.