Roaring 20's Research Paper
The 1920's was a big start to the changing of the U.S. cars are becoming more and more popular as they have been around for 15 years now and people are beginning to trust and afford them, During the 20's and for the first time in history more people are living in cities than living on farms in the country. The nations economy is booming and the its wealth will have doubled from 1920 to 1929. Chain stores are becoming more popular and for the first time in history people on the west coast are buying the same things people are buying on the east coast. People are also starting to listen to the same things because the radio is becoming popular. They are starting to talk the same way across the nation because communicating is becoming easier and more common. I have heard that the Roaring 20's was just a big party but from what I have been reading the 20's was more hard work than anything but for a select bunch of the population the 20's was just a big party but that wasn’t the case for most of the U.S.
The 1920's was a big turning point for woman and woman's rights, right at the beginning the 19th amendment was passed and woman were given the …show more content…
People were buying radio's, washing machines, vacuum cleaners. Radio's really hit the market hard because they started with 1 radio station on Pittsburgh and within 3 years there were more than 500 radio stations nationwide.
Another big part of the 20's was Prohibition, on January 16, 1920 at 12 A.M. the federal Volstead Act closed every tavern, bar and saloon in America and made it illegal to sell any intoxicating beverage. So now people are selling it under the table and people are still drinking the same if not more. I think that prohibition is like marijuana today because there are a lot of people who smoke marijuana and some states have even legalized it although the majority have
The 1920's was a big turning point for woman and woman's rights, right at the beginning the 19th amendment was passed and woman were given the …show more content…
People were buying radio's, washing machines, vacuum cleaners. Radio's really hit the market hard because they started with 1 radio station on Pittsburgh and within 3 years there were more than 500 radio stations nationwide.
Another big part of the 20's was Prohibition, on January 16, 1920 at 12 A.M. the federal Volstead Act closed every tavern, bar and saloon in America and made it illegal to sell any intoxicating beverage. So now people are selling it under the table and people are still drinking the same if not more. I think that prohibition is like marijuana today because there are a lot of people who smoke marijuana and some states have even legalized it although the majority have