The Roaring Twenties was a period in American history of dramatic social, economic and political change. For the first time, more Americans lived in cities than on farms. The nation’s total wealth more than doubled between 1920 and 1929, and gross national product (GNP) expanded by 40 percent from 1922 to 1929. This economic engine swept many Americans into an affluent “consumer culture” in which people nationwide saw the same advertisements, bought the same goods, listened to the same music and did the same dances.
Culture War Small Town (Conservative Republican)
- Against
- Drinking
- Evolution
- Immigrants
- Women’s Rights
- Old
- Victorian Morals
Big City (Liberal Democrats)
- Modernism
- Young
- Flappers