Roaring Twenties Arsenteva Denisova This

Roaring Twenties Arsenteva, Denisova

• This era saw the large-scale use of automobiles, telephones, motion pictures, radio, and electricity; commercial, passenger, and freight aviation; as well as unprecedented industrial growth, accelerated consumer demand, plus significant changes in lifestyle and culture. The media focused on celebrities, especially sports heroes and movie stars, as cities rooted for their home teams and filled the new palatial cinemas and gigantic sports stadiums. In most major countries, women won the right to vote

Social and cultural changes in the roaring twenties began in the largest cities: Chicago, New Orleans, New York, Philadelphia, Paris and London Chicago New York

M U S I C • The most popular genre of music was jazz. This era is known for many famous jazz singers and musicians such as Louis Armstrong, Duke Ellington, Sidney Bechet, Jelly Roll Morton, Bix Bayderbek, Bing Crosby. Other popular musical trends of that era - the blues, one of the most famous singers of which was Bessie Smith. Another was a popular country style.

F A S H I O N For young girls wearing short skirts, short haircut and listen to jazz was both fashion trends and social position, shocking break with the traditional values of the Victorian era with its corsets and long skirts, closing legs. In vogue felt hats. A popular was the use of cosmetics, which had previously been considered an attribute of prostitutes.

Women's rights • At this time, there is a real feminist revolution. Women gained the right to vote, joint education of children and young people of both sexes have been introduced in schools and universities. Women began to have sex without marriage. They began to drink alcohol and smoke. At the same time, the American notion of family virtues in general have not changed. It was believed that all the respectable women should

• By the 1920 s, a special Eighteenth Amendment to the United States were forbidden to manufacture, sale and importation of alcoholic beverages. Since the consumption of alcoholic beverages is not forbidden, trafficking and sale of steel monopoly of organized crime, which significantly increased its revenue and contributed to its spread in US society. One of the leaders of the American criminal organizations at the time, became a symbol of the American Mafia and the era of the roaring twenties, was the famous Al Capone. As a result of prohibition, gangsterism grew. Men like Al Capone of Chicago murdered their way up the organized crime network. In addition to being a ruthless thug, Capone (nicknamed "Scarface"), had an uncanny knack for evading the police and the justice system. It wasn't until 1931 that he was finally sent to prison for tax evasion, of all things!

In 1918, World War One was over and people were tired of bad times. Americans wanted to enjoy life. . . and how could they not?