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The 1920s was the Jazz Age. Jazz music spread like wildfire from the dance halls to the

radio. Originating in black communities in New Orleans around the turn of the century, jazz slowly moved its way north and became an international phenomenon thanks to the radio.

Along with jazz went the ‘crazies’ when people would do crazy things for fun such as sitting on top of a flag pole for as long as possible; marathon dances that went on until everybody had dropped

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Leading up to the 1920's African Americans were treated very poorly and had no respect. Before the 1920's the African Americans had been slaves for generations. It wasn't until 1909 that the National Association for the Advancement of Coloured People was founded in New York by prominent black and white intellectuals For the next half century, the association would serve as the country's most influential African-American civil rights organisation. In the 1920's the Harlem Reneissance flourishes. The literary, artistic, and intellectual movement fostered a new black cultural identity. During the 1920's the Negro people set out for a better life and some say this is what helped shape America. Traditionally the black lived in rural areas in the southern east states however during the 20's they started to move into cities (north) and more popular areas. In the 1920's the blacks were not aloud to vote as this law was not put in place until 1965.

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In the 1920's America experienced a rise in wealth -their prosperity increased. These were due to several reasons. One reason was that more people were buying goods made in America. People that experienced this booming prosperity included automobile businesses, as well as construction businesses. This was partially due to the tariffs that were put in European goods, that made foreign goods more expensive to buy. More Americans were wealthy ad could afford luxurious goods such as cars. When the car was invented, the mass production assembly line made cars quick and cheap. This was because the assembly line contained unskilled workers - they just had to perform a small easy task for one part of the car. These workers were not wealthy, and did not get paid much. As more cars were made quickly and cheaply, more people bought them, and therefore the automobile business experienced a great increase in prosperity.The mass production of automobiles also opened up new job opportunities and businesses to do with cars. For example, if there were cars, people had to work at petrol stations, service stations, road building. Also parts for cars were needed : leather, steel, metal, so those industries boomed and experienced wealth too. Other luxury items that Americans indulged in included Radios, Telephones and Fridges.

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The 1920's was a time of great wealth for America. However, towards the end of the 1920's, everything went downhill.The day the Stock market crashed (October 29, 1929,

was the official beginning of the Great Depression. As stock prices plummeted, with no hope of recovery, panic set in and the US was thrown into despair.Many people tried to sell their stock but no one was buying. The stock market, once seen as the best way to be wealthy,quickly became the pathway of bankruptcy. However, the stock market was only the beginning. Many banks had invested huge amounts of their client's saving's in the stock market, but these banks were forced to close after the stock market crashed. With a few banks closing down, many American's became panicky and afraid that they would lose their saving s, so they withdrew all their cash. With mass amounts of people withdrawing cash, this caused more banks to close. When banks closed, clients could not receive or recover any of their cash. People who sis not get to the bank in time, also became bankrupt. Many people became poor and struggled in this period. The way people survived this period was basically learning to save their rations, and by growing their own food. People that could grow their own food (small farmers), were a lot better off than most people. Others had to move on, or if they didn't move on, stick together and help others out to survive.

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When the prohibition was introduced in the 1920's, this caused a lot of men to sell alcohol for a lot of money illegally.

Gangsters used violence as well as their money to keep their power and high reputation.

They even made a fashion statement - everyone knew them from they well known black suits.

In the 20's gangsters were ruthless criminals and became very famous because of their actions.

One famous gangster in the 20's was Al Capone. He made over 60 million dollars from just selling alcohol.

Another famous gangster in the '20's was called Dion O'Banion. He was the leader other North side Gang in Chicago. He ran a flower shop, that was actually a disguise for a liquor shop.

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During the 1920's Wall Street (America's stock market) boomed! With mant new people and investors buying shares to make more profit the only problem was that Wall Street was 'over-heating'. People were becoming overconfident that they were buying shares in imaginary companies.  Many were buying shares 'at the margin’ (a person could get a loan of up to 90% to buy shares) expecting to make enough profit to repay the loan when the shares were resold. Unfortunately the Wall street crashed in 1929

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Cars were a luxury item before war. As a result of mass production methods however, cars like many other goods became a lot cheaper.

Mass production in factories needed assembly lines to be build, where each work can concentrate on a small job only. A great example of mass production was Henry Ford's factory. This factory used production methods to produce a car every 10 seconds! One of Henry's most famous famous example of this method was the Model T car, which he used mass production to make.

During the 1920's vehicles that were mass produced became very common throughout the USA and Canada.

The automobile industry's effects were widespread. Suburbs expanded away from the public transport routes. People now had freedom to socialise and travel in ways that had not been previously possible. Roads had to be build, which required more job opportunities. Petrol, leather and rubber industries also boomed in this period.

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In the 1920's production of consumer goods rose dramatically. New methods of mass production meant that a wider range of goods became available on a never before seen scale. At this time people had more money to spend. One reason for this was that at this time there was an indroduction for hire-pirchase systems. This meant that people could buy items they wanted by paying them off over time, with some interest. Hire-purchase meant that people could buy basically whatever they wanted - but this put them into a lot of debt.

Goods such as toasters, vacuum cleaners and refigerators were high on demand.

The more people that bought good, the more jobs emerged.

Industries that provided raw materials for these type of goods also rose.

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In the United States Prohibition was a nation wide ban on selling, producing, importing and transporting alcohol. This remained in place from 1920 to 1933. Four reasons why Prohibitation was induced include:

1. National mood: When America entered the war in 1917, most of the nation turned against drinking. The Anti-Saloon Leauge also argued that drinking alcohol was damaging American society.

2. Practical: Banning alcohol would boost supplies. These include supplies of important grains such as barley.

3. Religious: Drinking alcohol was against God's wishes.

4. Moral: Lots of people agreed that it was not right for some American's to be enjoying alcohol while young male American's we at war fighting for their country.

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The Ku Klux Klan was founded in 1866. By the 1870's the KKK had spread through most of southern states. After a period of decline, white Protestant nativist groups revived the Klan in the early 20th century, burning crosses and staging rallies, parades and marches denouncing immigrants, Catholics, Jews, blacks and organized labor. '

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The Hollywood motion-picture industry also emerged during the 1920s. Silent films had

been popular in America for some years, but 1927 saw the first feature film ‘talkie’ (sound synchronised motion picture) with the release of The Jazz Singer. This was the first ever full- length film to contain spoken words. By 1930, over 100 million Americans a week were going to the movies. Actors and actresses like Charlie Chaplin, Mary Pickford and Rudolf Valentino became ‘stars’ and were known all over the world.

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A influential innovation of the time was the radio, which became the first mass broadcasting medium. The advertising industry blossomed as companies began to deliver their sales pitches via the airwaves to all the families who gathered nightly around the radio.

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In 1920 the 'Women's Bureau' of the Department of labour was ordered to collect information about women in the workforce and safeguard good working conditions for Women

On August the 26th 1920 the Amendment to the Constitution, granting women the right to vote, is signed into law by the secretary of the state Bainbridge Colby.