The Culture of the 1920s in America

In the 1920s and 1920s it was often called a roar and was an era of great change and enthusiasm in many areas of society. The world has finished the greatest war in history. World War I, the United States is almost wounded by war. After the war, the United States experienced peace and success for ten years. In the past decade, the United States became the richest country in the world (Trueman, 2000). In the 1920 's, Americans experienced a diverse era.

The 1920s brought a dramatic breakthrough between the US past and the future. Before the First World War, it still existed culturally and psychologically in the 19th century, but in the 1920's the United States broke the recent desire and came to a more modern era . The most vivid impression of that era was the banning of baffles and ballrooms, cinema and radio empire, alcohol and bans. Scientists cross the boundary between time and space, pilots fly people, women go to work. This country is full of confidence and abundance. However, the 1920s was an era of extreme contradiction. Unparalleled prosperity and cultural progress are accompanied by strong social unrest and reaction. In the same decade, I have witnessed that the decade of urbanism and modernism introduced KKK, alcoholism, bare childism, religious fundamentalism. The United States stands at the crossroads of innovation and tradition

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In the 1920s, a new American culture was born strongly influenced by various groups such as immigrants and African Americans. These groups contributed to the creation of new dance, music, literature and food in the United States. In the late 1800s, immigrants from North and South Europe, Asians, Mexico entered the United States with thousands. In the 1920s Puerto Rican, Indian, African American contributed to the multicultural composition of Harlem in New York. There are many populations in this city such as Italian, Polish, Russian. Many Asians call California home, but Mexicans settle in the Southwester region of the United States. Many people avoid economic and political turmoil and religious persecution for their country. Prospects of religious, economic and social opportunities