8/3/2019 The Roaring Twenties Were a Period of Time Referring to the Years of 1920

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The Roaring Twenties were a period of time referring to the years of 1920-1929. Duringthis time the United States were basically at rest, it was after the war so the country was still

recovering. Although the war was over people in these years were still uneasy and feared asecond, World War. Throughout the twenties roles for women changed and a rebellious attitude

arose from the Prohibition. The twenties brought about many changes in culture and for most it

was called the Harlem renaissance. The years between 1920 and 1939 were an overall period ofhappiness and will change America forever.Throughout history woman were often undermined and mistreated and were forced to do

whatever male figures told them to do. It used to be said that a womans place was in the hometaking care of the house and the family, but in the twenties women started getting new roles in

society. With new roles came new rights, one of the first rights women received was the right tovote, thanks to the nineteenth amendment being ratified in 1920. Even though it was legal for

woman to vote they still felt unwelcomed at elections. Also women were able to join the workforce doing jobs like nursing and teaching. Women were stepping out in society. Typically

during the early nineteen hundreds woman were the ones who took care of the family, raised thechildren and cooked and cleaned. When the twenties started to roll around roles were reversed.

The men started taking care of the house and home. In the twenties not all women were in theroles of being a wife or mother. Many women began to rebel against society. These women were

known as flappers. Flappers were women who dressed and behaved in a risqu manor. Theyoften shocked society by raising hemlines, wearing makeup and even started drinking and

smoking. Flappers became a symbol of the 1920s.Flappers were not the only rebellious people during the roaring twenties with the start of

Prohibition. Prohibition was the outlawing or the ban of alcohol. Many people believed alcoholcaused unhappiness. They thought that it caused instability in the household so it was banned by

the eighteenth amendment. Before the twenties more than half of the states have tried to put aban on alcohol. In 1919 the United States ratified the eighteenth amendment and then the

Volstead Act enforcing the amendment. Many Americans thought the amendment to beunnecessary and still secretly made alcohol. This was known as bootlegging. Bootlegging

eventually led to speakeasies or illegal bars where alcohol was sold. One famous bootlegger wasAl Capone, one of Americas first gangsters.

Following Prohibition was the Harlem Renaissance, a culturally diverse artisticexplosion. During the twenties it was known as the New Negro Movement. Throughout the

Harlem Renaissance American arts changed drastically, jazz was created, a new form of art wasadapted, and many new authors arose from all over the country. Marcus Garvey was a Jamaican

journalist who founded the Universal Negro Improvement Association and African CommunitiesLeague and promoted the Back to Africa movement.