Twists and Turns of the 1920's

Depression Era Project.

Throughout the 1920’s there were many bad times and many good times. From things like Flappers, women who began to do things that were considered “Un-lady like”, to the Stock Market crash all the way to the election of Franklin D. Roosevelt, the 20’s and 30’s were full of twists and turns. Even the fact that Herbert Hoover, who was beloved during WWI, was beaten by newcomer Franklin D. Roosevelt was a surprise. Though, after the Stock Market had crashed FDR’s election and his many new policies was probably the best thing that had happened to America at the time, it seems other things, like Prohibition, Flappers and Speakeasies, tended to take the spotlight instead.

There were many good things that occurred in the 1920’s. Firstly there was the rise of the Flappers. These women had many things on their minds and being subjected to a stereotype was not one of them. They began to do things that made men of that time drop their jaws in shock. They began to go out and dance in clubs, they would smoke just like the average adult male of the time, they drank and cussed and they even decided to go out and gamble. They were surely shifting the women stereotype of the time in a whole new direction when they decided their husbands shouldn’t be the only ones having fun. “At the edge of their own independence, women produced another form of her self-abiding image. In the 1920s, a new woman was born.” (Rosenburg para.1) But Flappers weren’t the only big thing to happen in the Roarin’ 20’s, no there was much more going on back then. For the first time in American history the average middle class family began to have disposable income, or money that they didn’t have to use on necessities. These families started to b...

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...Franklin Delano Roosevelt’s first 100 days in office, when he unveiled his New Deal to combat the Great Depression, his plans met with both skepticism and support.” (Bolden para.1) And in his inaugural address he is quoted as to saying, “This great nation will endure as it has endured, will revive and prosper, and the only thing we have to fear is fear itself.” (Gaur para.4) Shortly after FDR gave his New Deal, in which he promised to get the economy back on track, and get the unemployed new jobs, he had employed over 19 million people.

The CWA, or Civil Works Administration, was mainly created to help employ the unemployed Americans. In order to employ these people it had them build or repair roads, parks and airports. The CWA ended up providing work to around Four million Americans and improving the physical and psychological state of Americans in the process.