THE ROARING TWENTIES

JAZZ ERA

• Louis Armstrong, Duke Ellington
• Rhapsody in Blue: 1924
• Blossoming, improv,freedom music
• Dancing music, spirited feeling

PEOPLE LIKED JAZZ

• Musicians in clubs played for dancers
• Not strict, showed the freedom, plethora
• Radio helped spread music
• Various styles, solos,amazingness

THE 1920'S

• US's wealth doubled in 9 years
• Mass consumer society
• Public awareness increased
• Automobiles mass produced
• Technology improved

WOMEN

• World War I
• Gained the right to vote
• New women called "Flappers"
• Women wanted to work

PROSPERITY

• Coolidge cut taxes
• WWI style industry
• Prosperity passed some by
• Farmers depression

PROHIBITION

• What lead up to it
• Temporary prohibition WWI
• 1919-1933
• Government struggled to enforce
• Crime rose

PROHIBITION

• Support decreased
• 1966
• Brewing idestry
• Effects

BIBLIOGRAPHY

• umn.edu, nytimes.com, classicnotes.net
• york.cuny.edu, indiana.edu
• history.com/topics/roaringtwenties
• bbc.co.uk/schools/gcsebitesize/history
• historpedia/personal-group-identities

BIBLIOGRAPHY

• www.history.com
• www.history.howstuffworks.com
• pbs.org