The Roaring Twenties: A Time Of Confidence

Above all, the 1920s was a time of Confidence. America had never been so wealthy and most Americans saw no reason why the boom should not continue for a long time to come. This period in history demonstrated the confidence politically and economically, but these were not the only places were the United States felt they were self-assured.

The Roaring Twenties was a time of confidence for all Americans, and this confidence affected them both culturally and socially. Culture in America at the time could have been described by words, such as baseball, the radio, patriotism, and even music. At the time, the radio swept the nation, bring people the sweet sounds of music everywhere at any time. Radio shows sprang up and introduced people to new ideas, and new ways of thinking. Some radio stations brought radical ideas and malicious attacks on many people, manily politicians. In fact, Robert P. Shuler was a pastor in Los Angeles whom was kicked off the radio for slandering the government and public officials. The radio also broadcasted America’s favorite pass time, baseball. Baseball was apart of every household in the 1920s, and it brought joy to millions of people across the nation. “He honestly believed that he loved baseball… the game was a custom of his clan, and it gave an outlet for the homicidal and side-taking instincts which babbit called ‘patriotism’ and ‘love of the sport’ (H). The sport baseball gave hope to many Americans. Coming out of this gruesome war, the people needed something to turn their heads towards to forget about all the atrocities that the war brought with it. The passion Americans had for baseball was unlike any other, and anything baseball related… all of America was watching. This brought Amer...

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...e Americans came back from World War I experienced disenchantment with modern America and were unconnected from society, these people were known as The Lost Generation (O). This term was first coined by Ernst Hemingway to describe the atrocities witnessed by the soldiers in World War I, and whom came back to write literature. Among the people of the Lost Generation was Ernst Hemingway, F. Scott Fitzgerald, ad T.S. Eliot. The war was backed by the people who lived in the U.S. and did not go off to fight, only the soldiers know the true reality of the situation, and how horrible the war actually was and how the war changed them when returning to the United States.

After witnessing gruesome carnage the war brought along with it, the United States was ready to settle down and break off ties with all outside nations. The isolationist country the Unties States became