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(7 pp). Bootlegged booze, flappers, installment
buying, the Model A, get- rich-quick schemes and
'The Great Gatsby' - for some, the 1920s was a
great party. But the decade was also a time of
swift economic change, technological innovation,
and a rapid rise in standards of living.
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ROARING TWENTIES Written by for the Paperstore, Inc., October 2000 Introduction According to Saxon, (1998), historians disagree on the degree of prosperity in the 1920s,
the role of advertising, and the nature of the "popular culture" of the decade, however, there is no doubt about the overall rise in consumerism in this decade. What
can clearly be seen in this period called the Roaring 20s is the international flavor the decade adopted. Coming off the heels of the Great War, the 1920s were to
be a time of healing, a time of reconciliation and a time of national focus, United States interests in internationalism were decreasing. Economic Changes and Progress White Bootlegged booze,
flappers, installment buying, the Model A, get- rich-quick schemes and "The Great Gatsby" - for some, the 1920s was a great party. But the decade was also a time of
swift economic change, technological innovation, and a rapid rise in standards of living. People of color The early twentieth century was fertile ground for the rise of Black social institutions
because of the development of Black neighborhoods in the context of an increasingly racist and segregated society. This rise was also influenced by the influx of immigrants from the
South who felt themselves to be in an alien environment. The mass press and available education acted as a stimulus to articulate a sense of social participation, and
the prevailing political culture of social improvement and activism, exhilarating the development of Black neighborhoods. These organizations provided needed social contact and solidarity that was almost impossible in society
at large, which was increasingly racist and dominated by whites. These clubs and institutions also provided a sense of moral purpose that contributed to ones sense of personal dignity despite
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