USA HISTORY

THE ROARING 20S 1920 1929

AMERICAN ORGANIZED CRIME OF THE 1920S

Question [CLICK ON ANY CHOICE TO KNOW THE RIGHT ANSWER]
The most significant reason Jazz gained popularity in the 1920s was due to this particular event.
A
The Great Migration
B
Harlem Renaissance
C
Jazz did not gain popularity
D
Prohibition
Explanation: 

Detailed explanation-1: -The beginning of the jazz music era in America started in the early 1920s after World War I. Americans sought joy from the dark times of the war. Jazz music quickly became popular because of its upbeat tempo and its ability to bring crowds from toe-tapping to learning a new style of dance called the Charleston.

Detailed explanation-2: -The Jazz age really started in the 1920s when the music became popular across the US and Europe. The “Roaring Twenties” with prohibition, speakeasies, flappers and music drove jazz into the mainstream and made overnight success stories of black musicians such as Louis Armstrong, Duke Ellington, and Count Basie.

Detailed explanation-3: -The emergence of jazz music as an art form coincided with the Great Migration. The result was an expansion of a localized African American music style that prior to the Great Migration had only existed in the marching bands of New Orleans.

Detailed explanation-4: -The Roaring Twenties were years of rapid economic growth, rising prosperity for many people, and far-reaching social changes for the nation. The period is sometimes called the Jazz Age, because of the new style of music and the pleasure-seeking people who made it popular.

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