Vol. 36, No. 10
May 18, 2020
The Roaring Twenties
Unlike the impression modern-day history books present, the Roaring Twenties boomed when government was muted and sputtered when government interfered. ...
Crossword puzzles. Speakeasies. Jazz music. The Charleston. Massive increase in wealth. Babe Ruth. Jack Dempsey. Charles Lindbergh. Flappers.
This was the Roaring Twenties, now 100 years ago, when American life changed dramatically in a very short period of time. It was a decade in which government largely got out of the way, and the economy boomed, leading to innovations we benefit from — and, in some cases, suffer from — yet today.
In analyzing a “decade,” certain events tend to “bookend,” if you will, the beginning and the end of that period of time. For example, the culture of the “Fifties,” another decade known for its rapid lifestyle changes and economic prosperity, largely begins with the end of the Korean War and ends with the assassination of President John F. Kennedy in 1963.
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