Friday, June 19, 2009

Day 8 - The Roaring Twenties

Describe the Roaring Twenties or the Jazz Age. This age had both positive and negative implications for America. What were some of those positive and negative implications? Provide evidence to support your answer.
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  1. UnknownJuly 7, 2009 at 10:04 AM

    The Roaring Twenties is also called the Jazz Age, and was unlike any other time period in America to date. Young women started to dress and act brazen and assertive. They were called flappers. The economy was booming and people were happier and spent money easier. It se3emed everyone enjoyed the luxuries and entertainment offered at the time. There was an atmosphere of hope and promise for the future.
    Some of the positive aspects of the period were literature, art, and music. These all expanded greatly and fast. Many famous people came out of this time period. Scientific advancement grew in leaps and bounds, along with health and medicine technology. Credit was used more often, and the department store boomed. The automobile, radio, television, hair dryer, talking pictures, vending machines, hearing aids, and frozen food are just a few of the things that were invented during the twenties.
    The negative implications cannot be ignored, as they to also shaped this time period. There was prohibition which led to bootlegging, speakeasies and more family trouble as men spent more money on liquor than before. The government was also corrupt, and many officials could be bribed easily. The KKK showed growth, and racism was on the upswing. The biggest negative thing to happen during the roaring twenties had to be the stark market crash in October of 1929.
    Jessica Gregis

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  2. AnonymousJuly 7, 2009 at 11:09 AM

    Some of the positive things was the new music, mass production,credit.
    Negative things was the great depression, credit.
    Credit was both good and bad, because you could buy things but then it later lead into the great depression.

    Brandyn Coleman

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  3. huntbig36July 7, 2009 at 5:09 PM

    the roaring twenties were good and bad there was more of a underground life in the speak easies and stuff but people were also breaking alot more rules and crime went up and also there was new music and new dress styles for women but at the end of the twenties we started going in to the great depression and that was the worst part of the twenties

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  4. AnonymousJuly 7, 2009 at 5:53 PM

    The roarin twenties were good because people all were having fun. They were all happy most the time. They were also bad because they went into the great depression w. the stock market crash.

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  5. AnonymousJuly 7, 2009 at 6:30 PM

    This time called the roaring 20's was when many things were invented that would later make our future today greater. The inventions of radio broadcasting and television were invented and also the Model A car by Henry Ford. It was also a time for depression and crimes, the Great Depression was the bad impact on the roaring 20's as it ended that time period. Justin Greloski

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  6. eagles31July 7, 2009 at 8:24 PM

    The roaring 20's were good because alot of new things were invented and the people had more fun until the great depression then the stock market crashed and people were forced out of there homes cause they had no money so they had to live on the streets

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  7. AnonymousJuly 8, 2009 at 1:58 PM

    The roaring 20s was both positive and negative for America. It was a time when jazz was popular, women started dressing more provocative, and cutting their hair short. These women were called flappers. People were spending money and started using credit. A lot of new things like the model-t, the first translantic flight, and the movie happened.
    At the same time the KKK was rising. It was a time of prohibition so the people were illegally making and selling alcohol. Also the start of more strict immigration laws. There was a lot of cultural conflict going on.

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  8. UnknownJuly 8, 2009 at 6:48 PM

    The roaring 20's was a time of great prosperity in america. Some positive aspects were the rise in automobiles including the Model T, and there was also a rise in radio technology. Because of all of the economic prosperity, there was something bad bound to happen. The great depression struck in 1929 and caused the roaring 20's to take dive. When the stock market crashed, many americans lost everything which after that, they couldnt do many of the things they did when they did when the market was up.

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  9. AnonymousJuly 28, 2009 at 9:44 AM

    the roaring 20's was a time of great economic prosperity, There were many new trends, Women were more free, there was a general feeling of comfort and safety, the bad part was they were too comfortable and took too many risks, people took too many risks and killed the market

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