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The Roaring Twenties refers to the decade of the 1920s in Western society and Western culture. It was a period of economic prosperity with a distinctive cultural edge in the United States and Europe, particularly in major cities such as Berlin, Chicago, London, Los Angeles, New York City, Paris, and Sydney.
The Roaring 20s. The 1920s was a decade of prosperity, but there were also times when people did not have enough food. It was called the Roaring 20s or Jazz Age because people liked to drink alcohol, listen to jazz music and wear nice clothes. People were no longer focused on the hardships of war.
The Crash of 1929 | Image Gallery. The Roaring 20s. Share: Many Americans spent the 1920s in a great mood. Investors flocked to a rising stock market. Companies launched brand-new,...
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- Americans leave farms in favor of cities. Thomas Jefferson wrote that the United States was a nation of “yeoman farmers,” but by the 1920s, more Americans lived in cities than on farms for the first time.
- Indoor plumbing and sewer systems became common. Before the 1920s, most Americans were resigned to heading to the outhouse or to using a chamber pot, and washing weekly in a tub filled manually with water.
- The loosening of the corset. After centuries of confining their waists in tight corsets to give the appearance of a small silhouette, American women began finally ditching their corsets in the 1920s.
- The electrification of America. At the beginning of the 1920s, only 35% of American households had electricity. By the end of the decade, that figure would reach a whopping 68%; 85% of Americans living on farms were counted out of the tally.
The Roaring 20s is an American drama television series starring Rex Reason, Donald May and Dorothy Provine that was broadcast by the American Broadcasting Company (ABC) from October 15, 1960, until January 20, 1962.
No.overallNo. InseasonTitleDirected By11"Burnett's Woman"22"Champagne Lady"33"The Velvet Frame"George Waggner44"Vendetta on Bleecker Street"Earthquake measuring 8.6 on Richter scale strikes Xining, China in 1927 killing 200,000. Work begins on Mount Rushmore in the late 1920's carving the faces of George Washington, Thomas Jefferson, Theodore Roosevelt and Abraham Lincoln. It takes nearly 15 years to complete.
Sep 17, 2018 · Flappers romped through the Roaring Twenties, enjoying the new freedoms ushered in by the end of the First World War and the dawn of a new era of prosperity, urbanism and consumerism.
