Shift In American Culture In The 1920's
The 1920s saw a huge shift in American culture, as evidenced with a prohibition against alcohol, a rise in organized crime, and dramatic changes in music and fashion. While the law’s the impact on alcohol consumption was debatable - as many people still found places to drink - its effect on organized crime was much more than pronounced. And the more money the mob made on supplying liquor to those clandestine bars, the less law enforcement seemed able to police them (Yancey, 25).
This run to the underground was also felt in fashion, with the introduction of the “Flapper” style: a woman with a bob cut and a quickly receding hemline in her skirt. And America also saw a shift in musical tastes with the proliferation of jazz (seemingly at
the expense of classical music) championed by musicians such as Louis Armstrong, Bix Beiderbecke and Count Basie. With all of these changes, to some it seemed as if the mores of American culture tilted on its axis in less than a decade. (Yancey, 25).
This run to the underground was also felt in fashion, with the introduction of the “Flapper” style: a woman with a bob cut and a quickly receding hemline in her skirt. And America also saw a shift in musical tastes with the proliferation of jazz (seemingly at
the expense of classical music) championed by musicians such as Louis Armstrong, Bix Beiderbecke and Count Basie. With all of these changes, to some it seemed as if the mores of American culture tilted on its axis in less than a decade. (Yancey, 25).