Timeline for Roaring 20s Project - Yola

Timeline

The Roaring Twenties

Prohibition- January 16, 1920

The 18th Amendment outlawed the manufacture, sale, and transportation of any alcohol for nearly fourteen years. Due to alcohol being illegal, Americans turned into bootleggers, suppliers of illegal alcohol. Prohibition made a bigger contrast between rural and urban areas because the people that live in urban areas are more likely to ignore the laws.

Women in the 1920s-1922

During the 1920's women challenged conventions of dress, hairstyle, and behavior. These women were called flappers, a young, bold, rebellious woman. Most women had jobs during this time but some wanted more professional jobs but businesses remained prejudiced against them. Although the 19th Amendment gave women the right to vote in all elections in 1920 some still didn't vote.

Organized Crime-1925

Prohibition helped lead to the development of organized crime. Bootlegging organizations moved into illegal activities, including gambling, prostitution, and racketeering. One gangster who rose to the top of Chicago's organized crime network was Al Capone, nicknamed "Scarface."

Arts and Literature-April 10, 1925

Arts like Surrealism and Art Deco came to the world during the 1920's. Two Harlem Renaissance writers, Langston Hughes and Zora Neale Hurston weren't involved in the "Lost Generation." Fitzgerald, Hemingway, Stein, and Cather were "Lost Generation" writers who grew disgusted with American society and exiled themselves to Europe.

New Technology-1925

Radios, automobiles, the assembly line and vertical consolidation were some of the new technologies during the 1920's. The assembly line helped Henry Ford sell less expensive cars and his success came partly from vertical consolidation. Radios were one of the entertainments that Americans used during this time.

The Jazz Age-1927

The Roaring Twenties can also be called the Jazz Age because jazz became so strongly linked to the culture during this time. The center of jazz music was Harlem, a district in Manhattan, New York, and Flappers heard the music in the clubs they would go to. Two pioneers, Duke Ellington and Louis Armstrong made important contributions to jazz music.

New Entertainment-October 6, 1927

Growth of the mass media helped form a common American popular culture during the 1920's. "Talkies" were introduced in 1927 along with the newspapers growing in size and circulation. The radio barely existed before the 1920's and it soon had tremendous growth.

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