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America in the Roaring Twenties (redirected from Introduction to the Twenties)

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 Anything Goes: America in the Roaring Twenties

The seductive glitter of 1920s America was, from jazz, flappers, and wild all- night parties to the birth of Hollywood

produced a dizzying array of writers, musicians, and film stars

 

 

 


 

Competing currents of the Roaring Twenties 

Change vs. Resistance to Change

 

 

Provincial vs. Cosmopolitan

 

Great Migration vs.  Race Riots

 

Harlem Renaissance vs. The KKK

 

Immigrants vs. The KKK

 

Prohibition vs. Bootlegging

 

Victorian Sensibilities vs. Modern Women

 

Scripture vs. Science

 

Liberals vs Conservatives

 

 



Change of the 1920's

 

Bloodied by the war and disillusioned by the peace, Americans turned inward in the 1920s. Shunning diplomatic commitments to foreign countries, they also denounced “radical” foreign ideas, condemned “un-American” lifestyles, and clanged shut the immigration gates against foreign peoples. They partly sealed off the domestic economy from the rest of the world and plunged headlong into a dizzying decade of homegrown prosperity. 

 

The boom of the golden twenties showered genuine benefits on Americans, as incomes and living standards rose for many. New technologies, new consumer products, and new forms of leisure and entertainment made the twenties roar. Yet just beneath the surface lurked widespread anxieties about the future and fears that America was losing sight of its traditional ways. 

 

Culture of the 1920s  A shared cultural identity    

 

Science and Technology Invention and Innovation

 

Consumerism   Advertising and Installment Buying

 

Literary Developments   Authors and Agitators

 

The Modern Woman Suffragettes and Flappers  Margaret Sanger

 

 

 



 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

The Roaring Twenties Incubator

 

 

 

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