How Did Prohibition Affect The Roaring 20s
Julia Audiffred
American Literature-8
Walsh
December 08 2016
Prohibition and the Roaring 20s
The roaring 20s was a crazy time for all Americans. Many of them started moving out of their comfortable farms and into big, busy cities. “For the first time more Americans lived in cities than in farms (history.com Staff).” The whole nation's wealth was affected, mostly in a good way. “The wealth of the nation doubled between the years 1920 to 1929 (history.com Staff).” The Roaring 20s influenced Americans in many ways, one of those being “the new woman”, another being “the birth of mass culture”, ,third “the jazz age”, and lastly, prohibition.
First, the new woman impacted Americans because she represented an image of how women felt inside but never …show more content…
An example of that technology was the model T, which was a type of car designed in the 1920s and they were all designed exactly the same. “Of all the new appliances to enter the nation’s homes during the 1920s, none had a more revolutionary impact than the radio (digital history).” The radio gave people something to do during the day when they were stuck at home. “The very first thing to go on the radio was an election night made by the radio station KDKA, the radio announcer told about 1,000 listeners that Warren Harding had beating James Cox in the race for the White House (1920s Radio).” This was an easier way for them to relay messages to people and that way everybody could hear the same news at the same time instead of several weeks later you finally get the news from a friend. Another major invention, a close second to the radio, was the phonograph. The phonograph was a record player. This allowed Americans to listen to their favorite music whenever they wanted to.
Third, the jazz age impacted Americans because since they now had cars they had more freedom. The radio also impacted the spread of jazz“The rise of jazz coincided with the rise of radio broadcast and recording technology (the jazz age).” More freedom made it easier to do things such as dance “the Charleston, the Cake Walk, the Black Bottom, and the Flea Hop (history.com Staff).” Most people loved to dance so as the
American Literature-8
Walsh
December 08 2016
Prohibition and the Roaring 20s
The roaring 20s was a crazy time for all Americans. Many of them started moving out of their comfortable farms and into big, busy cities. “For the first time more Americans lived in cities than in farms (history.com Staff).” The whole nation's wealth was affected, mostly in a good way. “The wealth of the nation doubled between the years 1920 to 1929 (history.com Staff).” The Roaring 20s influenced Americans in many ways, one of those being “the new woman”, another being “the birth of mass culture”, ,third “the jazz age”, and lastly, prohibition.
First, the new woman impacted Americans because she represented an image of how women felt inside but never …show more content…
An example of that technology was the model T, which was a type of car designed in the 1920s and they were all designed exactly the same. “Of all the new appliances to enter the nation’s homes during the 1920s, none had a more revolutionary impact than the radio (digital history).” The radio gave people something to do during the day when they were stuck at home. “The very first thing to go on the radio was an election night made by the radio station KDKA, the radio announcer told about 1,000 listeners that Warren Harding had beating James Cox in the race for the White House (1920s Radio).” This was an easier way for them to relay messages to people and that way everybody could hear the same news at the same time instead of several weeks later you finally get the news from a friend. Another major invention, a close second to the radio, was the phonograph. The phonograph was a record player. This allowed Americans to listen to their favorite music whenever they wanted to.
Third, the jazz age impacted Americans because since they now had cars they had more freedom. The radio also impacted the spread of jazz“The rise of jazz coincided with the rise of radio broadcast and recording technology (the jazz age).” More freedom made it easier to do things such as dance “the Charleston, the Cake Walk, the Black Bottom, and the Flea Hop (history.com Staff).” Most people loved to dance so as the