The Roaring 20 Research Paper
The Roaring 20s The United States during the 1920s was a time of great financial prosperity and cultural and gender advancements. During the 1920s, America saw four different presidents: Woodrow Wilson, Warren G. Harding, Calvin Coolidge, and Herbert Hoover. The radio became wildly popular and helped connect one side of the country to the other through the sharing of ideas, fashion, and language. The 1920s, also known as the Roaring 20s, is my favorite era of American history because of the great leaps in culture and gender equality. To begin with, the 19th amendment, which guaranteed women the right to vote, was ratified August 18th, 1920. This was the end result of a decades long woman's suffrage movements, and a stepping stone to gender
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For instance, one of the biggest movements was the Harlem Renaissance, where black artists, poets, writers, musicians, and scholars escaped the oppressive Jim Crow laws in the south and traveled to Harlem to cultivate a new black identity. Additionally, one of my favorite musicians, Louis Armstrong, started his immense music career in jazz during this decade. In art, one of my favorite art styles, surrealism, became wildly popular in the early 1920s. Altogether, the different and new aspects of culture that were created started a divide between the past and the more modern day …show more content…
For example, The Great Gatsby by F. Scott Fitzgerald is a staple in American literature and film. In addition, my favorite childhood book, Winnie-The-Pooh by A. A. Milne, was published during this time period. Some profound writers who published hit novels during this decade include: Ernest Hemingway, Virginia Woolf, Edith Wharton, and T. S. Eliot. In continuation with American culture, the film industry underwent a massive transformation during the 1920s, with the emergence of the silent film. Warner Brothers Pictures was also incorporated in the early 1920s. Some prominent movie stars of the '20s include: Charlie Chaplin, Rudolph Valentino, and Greta Garbo. There is a change in almost every aspect of society, which makes for one of the most exciting eras of American
For instance, one of the biggest movements was the Harlem Renaissance, where black artists, poets, writers, musicians, and scholars escaped the oppressive Jim Crow laws in the south and traveled to Harlem to cultivate a new black identity. Additionally, one of my favorite musicians, Louis Armstrong, started his immense music career in jazz during this decade. In art, one of my favorite art styles, surrealism, became wildly popular in the early 1920s. Altogether, the different and new aspects of culture that were created started a divide between the past and the more modern day …show more content…
For example, The Great Gatsby by F. Scott Fitzgerald is a staple in American literature and film. In addition, my favorite childhood book, Winnie-The-Pooh by A. A. Milne, was published during this time period. Some profound writers who published hit novels during this decade include: Ernest Hemingway, Virginia Woolf, Edith Wharton, and T. S. Eliot. In continuation with American culture, the film industry underwent a massive transformation during the 1920s, with the emergence of the silent film. Warner Brothers Pictures was also incorporated in the early 1920s. Some prominent movie stars of the '20s include: Charlie Chaplin, Rudolph Valentino, and Greta Garbo. There is a change in almost every aspect of society, which makes for one of the most exciting eras of American