The 1920s

The 1920s had many names, "The Roaring Twenties", "The Era of Heroes", and "The Jazz Age", all names given to the time of change. It was full of all types of people from flappers and bootleggers to African American poets and musicians. American citizens were ready to trade in old traditions for more modern ones. In a political aspect women were given the right to vote in the United States. Also the eighteenth Amendment was passed, banning the selling, transporting, or manufacturing of alcohol.

Not only was there a changes in politics, but also a change in the way Americans lived. Most woman were cutting their hair, smoking, drinking and dressing risky, these woman were known as flappers. Some men were becoming bootleggers, people who smuggled liquor into the country. African Americans were migrating to the north, many to New York to contribute to the Harlem Renaissance. The country was also changing from rural to an urban country. There was also new technology, there was now a portable car radios and movies were now up and running for people to get away from reality for a while.

There were also very famous people that came out of the 1920s. There were writers, such as F. Scott Fitzgerald who wrote The Great Gatsby and Langston Hughes a very popular writer and poet in the Harlem Renaissance. Charles A. Lindbergh was the first person to fly alone across the Atlantic Ocean. And Babe Ruth, was a legendary baseball player. All of these people and more mad up the "Era of Heroes."

Works Cited

Ayers, Edward L.. American Anthem. Orlando: Holt, Rinehart and Winston, 2007.