America in the 1920's

America in the 1920's

The 1920’s was a period of great change in America. It was a decade

which saw the development of mass production, cinema, jazz and the

introduction of prohibition. Indeed, the 1920’s have often been

described as ‘’the roaring 20’s’’ a time when life was good for all

Americans.

Qu. To what extent did America ‘’roar’’ for all Americans in the

1920’s?

America enjoyed a period of great prosperity in the 1920's, people

often called it ‘the roaring 20’s’ as things like mass production,

cinema, jazz and prohibition were introduced, these things had a huge

impact in America and many people benefited from the developments but

many did not.

One of the major developments that were brought to America during the

1920’s was mass production, it was first brought to America by a man

called Henry Ford from the car industry, Ford had revolutionized

American manufacturing by introducing the automated assembly line. and

he made cars so cheaply that thousands of ordinary Americans could

afford them. Mass production of the car industry stimulated the growth

of industries that produced parts of cars like tyres, glass, metal etc

then cars led to building of more roads and service stations and there

was an increased consumption of petrol. Also most people’s lives were

improved because they had more freedom to travel to more places than

they could have before.

Other consumers such as telephone and electricity industries boomed by

1930, two-thirds of all American households had electricity and half

had telephones. As more and more of America's homes received

electricity, new appliances followed like refrigerators, washi...

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...ar as such during the 1920s to some extent although America was more

the high life for the rich people more than the poor as they had more

money to go to out places and have fun where as the rural and urban

poor as they had to work really hard to a tiny amount of money they

would earn which would normally go towards food and shelter they

didn’t really have the extra cash to go out especially if they were a

big family they would have to pay for transport and for each person

and if they had a small child or baby they would not be able to take

with them they would have to pay for child care so most poor people

just stayed home with their families. Mass production did roar for

pretty much all Americans as all new technology was sold cheaply so

poor people were able to afford things to make their life that extra

bit easier.