What was life like for most americans during the Roaring Twenties?
Roaring Twenties Social Issues, 1920-1929 The 1920s era went by such names as the Jazz Age, the Age of Intolerance, and the Age of Wonderful Nonsense. Under any moniker, the era embodied the beginning of modern America. Numerous Americans felt buoyed up following World War I (1914-1918). America had survived a deadly worldwide influenza epidemic (1918). The new decade would be a time of change for everyone — not all of it good. More………… http://www.u-s-history.com/pages/h1564.h… ////////// The “Roaring Twenties”. Most Americans were unconcerned about the dark side of life. They were too busy enjoying the prosperity of the 1920s. American industry had expanded during the Great War, making weapons, uniforms, equipment etc. This expansion continued after the war, helped by America’s massive reserves of raw materials and by high tariffs (import duties on foreign goods).Tariffs made foreign goods dearer, so Amer
