1920's help?

Question

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The 1920's was not so much a "Roaring" decade but more a time period of inequality and reactionary policies and movements. to what extent is this statement accurate?


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Answer 1

Since the closing of the 20th Century, the 1920s has drawn close associations with the 1950s and 1990s, especially in the United States. The three decades are regarded as periods of economic prosperity, which lasted throughout almost the entire decade following a tremendous event that occurred in the previous decade (World War I and Spanish flu in the 1910s, World War II in the 1940s, and the end of the Cold War in the late 1980s). In the United States, this decade was known as the Roaring Twenties.

Despite the comparisons, however, there were a number of differences. Firstly, Weimar Republic Germany, like many other European countries, had to face a severe economic downturn in the opening years of the decade, due to the enormous debt caused by the war as well as the one-sided Treaty of Versailles. Such a crisis would culminate with a devaluation of the Mark in 1923, eventually leading to severe economic problems and the rise of the Nazis.

Second, the decade was characterized by the rise of radical political movements, especially in regions that were once part of empires. Communism began attracting large numbers of followers following the success of the October Revolution and the Bolsheviks' determination to win the subsequent Russian Civil War. The Bolsheviks would eventually adopt semi-capitalist policies-- New Economic Policy-- from 1921 to 1928. The 1920s also experienced the rise of the far-right in Europe and elsewhere, starting with Fascism in the world as an antidote to Communism.

The Stock Market collapsed during October 1929 (see Black Tuesday) and drew a line under prosperous 1920s


The Red Scare in the United States (1920-1921)
In the United States, peak of the Ku Klux Klan (about five million members)
In the United States, KKK auxiliaries established.
Irish War of Independence (1919-1921) and Irish Civil War (1922-23)
The Irish Free State gains independence from the United Kingdom in 1922
Marie C. Brehm becomes temperance movement leader.
Turkish War of Independence
Moderation League of New York worked for repeal of prohibition.
Polish-Soviet war
First Labour Government of Ramsay MacDonald formed in the United Kingdom
Kellogg-Briand Pact to end war
Prohibition leaders were at the height of their power.
The Qajar dynasty ended under Ahmad Shah Qajar and Reza Shah Pahlavi formed the Pahlavi Dynasty, which would later become the last monarchy of Iran.
Hitler publishes Mein Kampf, a book that foreshadows many of the events in the 1930s.
Mussolini became Italy's Prime Minister and started a fascist dictatorship.

Answer 2

America in the 1920's
THE USA IN THE 1920's. The USA was one of the victors in the First World War and it enjoyed a period of ... great prosperity in the 1920's, though there ...www.schoolshistory.org.uk/america -

Try this website and also there are sites about the Prohibition, the Jazz Age etc.

Answer 3

Well...women were fighting for their rights; the southern states were still quite segregated; booze was illegal, and gangsters made it available to all who wanted it. Skirts got higher, people's morals were questionable, and there was a pretty large gap between rich and poor.

I guess I'd have to say that the statement falls within the high percentages of accuracy.