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The economic boom and the Jazz Age were over, and America began the period called the Great Depression. The 1920s represented an era of change and growth. The decade was one of learning and exploration. World War I had left Europe on the decline and America on the rise.
Just so, what major events happened in the 1920s?
10 World-Shaping Events That Happened in 1920
- The League of Nations was established.
- America had a de-facto woman president.
- America sustained the worst terrorist attack in its history.
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- Women gained the right to vote.
- The Constitution was twice amended in a single year.
- The “Lost Generation” began its transformation of American literature.
- Industry. It was not all boom for American industries.
- Agriculture. For many American farmers, life in the 1920s was a constant struggle against poverty.
- Social problems. People who were wealthy in America were extremely rich, but few people shared in this prosperity.
- Racism.
Thereof, what was popular in the 1920's?
Pop culture during the 1920s was characterized by the flapper, automobiles, nightclubs, movies, and jazz. Life moved fast as a new sense of prosperity and freedom emerged at the end of World War I. Products were manufactured in mass-produced packaging.
In 1920 the U.S. census showed, for the first time, that a majority of Americans lived in cities of 2,500 people or more. The 1930s: Decade of Depression. By 1933, 14 million Americans were unemployed, industrial production was down to one-third of its 1929 level, and national income had dropped by more than half.