1920 s'more
Learn about some stuff that happened in the 1920's
The roaring 20's
The roaring 20's was an economic boom that had a positive effect on the daily lives of many (but not all Americans). New technologies such as the automobile,the airplane, the radio, and new appliances improved people's lives. However, some such as sharecroppers,farmers,and under paid factory workers were not able to enjoy this rising standard of living.
Sharecroppers were not able to enjoy the roaring 20's
The Wright brothers invented the first airplane
The airplane was a poular machine in the 1920's
More sharecropping
Bootleggers
Many people started to break the rules and they made beer and other products with alcohol in them.
Wood alcohol
Wood alcohol was like poison it could make people blind and it could also kill them. One reason that people made wood alcohol was that most of all the other alcohol was destroyed.
Speakeasies
Speakeasies were illegal bars were people could drink alcohol.
Jazz
Jazz was very popular in the 1920's. Jazz is happy sounding music. Sometimes Jazz musicians make up songs as they go along.
The 19th amendment let all women vote
The harlm renosance
The Harlem renosanse was a re birth for black art,dance,and music.
Guglielmo Marconi invented the radio
Mass media helped big business, they could advertise a sport and get people to like that sport and buy tickets to go see it.
The radio helped create commen American culture by broadcasting sports and getting people to like them and play them.