Flappers were seen as traditional rule breakers. by listening to jazz, driving cars, smoking, drinking and dating flappers destroyed all traditional values that society was used to. this made people believe that their traditional values were under attack.

the increase of crime in the 20s due to prohibition was considered to attack traditional society values because crime was never really a big deal until the 20s, people weren't used to guns firing all over Chicago. people were used to the quiet life and it scared them that it was all changing so fast.

prohibition was an attempt to stop the 20s from breaking all moral standing that people had. Traditional values were being broken and people believed it was alcohols fault, so it was banned in 1920, only lasting till 1933 prohibition seemed to trigger some over most intense gang warfare history has ever seen, it basically brought the notorious gangster Al Capone to power in Chicago.

Babe Ruth was the first real American sports hero. Everybody knew his name, everybody loved him. before, nobody really when to see baseball or anything. that all changed because of the Babe

the Duke was one of the greatest artist of all time. he composed, wrote, played and toured with his big band style jazz across the country making him the face of the jazz music scene.

F. Scott Fitzgerald was a super star of the writing arts at the time. his works such as the Great Gatsby, This Side of Paradise, The Beautiful and Damned, and Tender is Night are considered to be American classics.

As an iconic writer Ernest Hemingway became a household name with his works. He was probably the most well-known author of the 20th century.

Edward Hopper painted "Nighthawk" in 1942 but in the 20s he was a poet, a still painted other workls that are notable today.