This era was known as the Roaring Twenties. During this age the youth distrusted their elders because of the world war, which caused them to rebel against them. So the music got jazzier and the women became more independent. They cut their hair short, shortened their skirts, drove motorcars, went out with out a man to look after them, and stayed out and partied all night in protest against suffrage. The women won when in 1920 they were given the right to vote. This age gave women the sense of independence and they liked it! It was not only women rebelling during the twenties but the whole younger generation. Marathon dances came about where people would dance until they couldn't dance anymore. People would tie themselves to the wings of planes or see how long they could balance on a flagpole. During the twenties Prohibition was enforced but that did not stop the people from getting alcohol. This is the era when gangsters, like Al Capone, came about. They would provide alcohol to clubs and bars. Al Capone was the most notorious of them all. He controlled Chicago in the twenties and at the peak of his sales made $60 million dollars a year!
The dance craze took over during the twenties, but that's no surprise we had won the war! People were celebrating winning World War I weeks before Armistice. Winning caused for a new style of dance and sound. Anything before the war was old news. The Fox Trot was the only survivor since it came out only a few months before the beginning of the war. This style became a favorite along with the Charleston, the Texas Tommy, and the Brazilian Samba. The Fox Trot evolved into a smoother style compared to its ragtime debut, and also the Toddle branched of from the Fox Trot taking a bouncier style than the original dance. The Texas Tommy simplified the two-step into one easy step. The music of jazz took over this era. The new sound was appealing to all the youth but to the adults it was evil. They believe it caused drunkenness and deafness. But to the youth it was a fresh new sound especially with the introduction of the saxophone and its sultry sound. Sadly this age came to an end with theWall Street Crash in 1929.
This is my favorite era. If I could live anytime it would be in the 20's. People rebelled more than ever at this time, the main cause prohibition. The government banned the manufacturing and selling of alcohol. Anyone could see this would not go over well. Drinking is a past time in America. When man gets home from work a lot of time they just want a nice cold one to relax. By banning alcohol it just caused Americans to drink more. People always want what they can't have. This is also the cause of gangster like Al Capone. He made most of his money by distributing alcohol. He ran the streets of Chicago before ending up behind bars of the coast of San Francisco. During the loose and fun of pre-war tuned more into sex appeal. The girls were sassier a long with the dancing. The saxophone provided a sultry feel that added to the sexiness of this era. This era was about new things from dance to music to past-time activities.
This is my favorite era. If I could live anytime it would be in the 20's. People rebelled more than ever at this time, the main cause prohibition. The government banned the manufacturing and selling of alcohol. Anyone could see this would not go over well. Drinking is a past time in America. When man gets home from work a lot of time they just want a nice cold one to relax. By banning alcohol it just caused Americans to drink more. People always want what they can't have. This is also the cause of gangster like Al Capone. He made most of his money by distributing alcohol. He ran the streets of Chicago before ending up behind bars of the coast of San Francisco. During the loose and fun of pre-war tuned more into sex appeal. The girls were sassier a long with the dancing. The saxophone provided a sultry feel that added to the sexiness of this era. This era was about new things from dance to music to past-time activities.
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