Roaring 20s

The Roaring Life of the 1920's

  • The New Urban Scene

    The New Urban Scene
    Cities where booming and starting to grow populated and what where small towns turned into major areas. People began to be judged by what they have and what they don't have, rather than what they do as person.
  • New Work Opportunities

    New Work Opportunities
    Despite women working successfully during the war, many employers began to replace them with men after the battle was fought. Businesses believed that men still had the responsibility to be the main financial supporters, turning many female colleges toward "women professions." Women continued to earn less less than men, and never rose to manager level jobs. Inequality and discrimination became a clear pattern in the business world for women's daily lives.
  • The Changing Family

    The Changing Family
    Planed pregnancy was a new idea and birth control was a new medication that woman could take.There where clothing items that where already made and there where more food options like canned food. Woman got more rights within marriage and focus on kids for work was gone.
  • School Enrollments

    School Enrollments
    The rate of kids going into school bean rise during this time period, going from 1 million to 4 million. What kids and teens where taught began to become helpful in the real world and collage courses where being taken seriously
  • The Harlem Renaissance

    The Harlem Renaissance
    Within this time period, Americans began to recognize the contributions of Africans in society. There was a burst of culture, streets were flooded with jazz music, popular African performers, and admirable African writers for literature. Life for African Americans was continuing to flourish as they shared their