2007-03-21 04:47:54 · 4 answers · asked by Fibonacci01123 3 in Arts & Humanities ➔ History
People-
Calvin Coolidge- vice president
Warren G. Harding- president
Marcus Garvey- influential black rights speaker
Al Capone- Gangster of the 20's
Henry Ford- First Car Maker
Babe Ruth- Baseball hero who was a stat leader in the 20s
Rogers Hornsby- Baseball hero who was a stat leader in the 20's
Ray Chapman- Only MLB player to have a fatal accident during game. He was hit in the head with the pitch and died 12 hours later.
Things-
Flappers
Swing dance
Pez (they were invented in the 20's)
Bright red lipstick
Radio shows
Dance marathons
2007-03-21 05:04:58 · answer #1 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
We have a lot of things that can be traced back to the roaring 20's. Freedom for women to smoke, to work, to attend colleges, to go to bars, to date openly and to dress in clothes that were not meant to cover them up like they should be ashamed fo their figures. Business boomed right up to the stock market crash. Government learned that they would have to exercise control over the free market to keep it accessible to small manufacturers and to police the stock market so that it would not crash again. Businesses found that to make big money they had to appeal to the middle class and produce applicances, clothing and cars that the mass would purchase. Labor laws started and the Union movement started its struggle to establish work place rules and fairness. Education became more accessible to more people, not just the wealthy. Then of course the crash came and everything was put on hold until prosperity returned years later. FDR's social policies were based on the experiences of the Depression years and the start of social welfare and food programs is a result of what happened in the 20's. Great question. Hope I have helped. Love to watch movies on TNT channel from that era.
2007-03-21 14:02:10 · answer #2 · answered by Tom W 6 · 1⤊ 0⤋
Cinema is one of the great legacies of the 1920s.
* 'Metropolis' - Fritz Lang (1927)
* 'Battleship Potemkin' - Sergei Eisenstein (1925)
* 'America' - D. W. Griffith (1924)
* 'Napoleon' - Abel Gance (1927)
2007-03-21 12:00:22 · answer #3 · answered by WMD 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Look good
Live Large and go broke in 1929
2007-03-21 11:50:52 · answer #4 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋