America During The Roaring 1920's

The roaring twenties was something that America had never seen before. The United States became the richest and most developed nation in the world during this time period. Americans were mass producing things, had high wages, new goods for consumers, and many forms of entertainment. Some of the major changes that came with the roaring twenties were consumerism, the harlem renaissance, changing the role of women in the society, literature, sports, movies and radio, and transportations. Also, America was pro business, republican presidents Harding, Coolidge, and Hoover helped America return to normalcy and they kept taxes low so Americans could spend their money on more goods. Politics in the roaring twenties were rather non existent. The government was run by three republican presidents during this time (Harding, Coolidge, and Hoover). Republicans were pro business and they wanted the taxes to be cut significantly so that the consumers could spend their wages on new goods. Laissez faire means hands off, this was mainly saying that the government was not interrupting with business deals so that allowed more businesses to boom. Pro business reforms allowed no new progressive reforms. American had felt that the reforms had limited the influence of monopolies, cleaned up the cities, and regulated the economy
Movies, music, and sports were amongst the top entertainment. The Harlem renaissance was entertainment in the form of music by spreading the black culture. Jazz had mixed African and European musical styles into the American style of music. Louis Armstrong and Duke Ellington were some of the most popular jazz musicians at the time. One popular author during the time was Langston Hughes who often wrote poems and books about how African Americans should express their black pride. Harlem represented the new negro idea that African Americans should express themselves, conform to their culture and chase