The Roaring Twenties

The Roaring Twenties The 20's were a time of sweeping changes for America. During this time lots of new things were introduced into American culture. This era also was the first to have a rapidly growing middle class set on raising it's standard of living. Americans in the 1920's wanted to improve their standard of living. There were many new inventions that people wanted to have to make their life easier. Some of the new …

…to law and to the enforcers of law. African Americans made their make in this decade with new music and with their writers and poets in the Harlem Renaissance. Writers criticized all of the new way the common people of America lived their lives. Also mass-media thing such as the radio, movies, and advertisements shaped how people dressed and acted. In short this decade truly has earned the right to be called "The Roaring Twenties".