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﻿............................ ...The Roaring 1920's

ooo Even though my parents weren’t born in the 1920’s and my grandparents were still children, it didn’t seem as though the “Roaring Twenties” were THAT long ago … at least not until I begin to analyse the way life was then and compare it to life now. For instance, have you ever thought about what might have been considered a “modern convenience” in the 1920's; how did an education of the 20's compare with education today, and what was entertainment like during that time in our countries' history? Why are the 20's referred as “roaring”? Lets take a stroll back in time to get a feeling of what life was like in the 1920’s. Shall we?

MMM﻿MMMMM Modern Conveniences

MMM Mass production of products in factories was introduced in the 1920's. This new concept made it possible,in part,for the masses to buy goods that had never been made available to them in the past. Mass production also opened the doors to thousands of farm workers to come into the city and find new jobs in factories. This was a new and exciting era for the United States of America where you could feel the excitement caused by new technologies and opportunities! A whole new way of life was busting at it's seams!

A few of the new and modern conveniences to families were now the automobile, the telephone, and the radio. Never before did people have such rapid access to the world around themselves. They were now able to connect with each other more easily by traveling at faster speeds and with more convenience than ever before, by picking up a telephone and talking to a friend across town, and listening to the radio right from their living rooms. Life was now faster and more stimulating than ever before.

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<span style="background: #e2cc9d; color: maroon; font-family: 'Courier New'; font-size: 18pt; line-height: normal; margin: 0in 0in 0pt;">Did you know that the original motor for the Model T could run on either a hemp-based fuel or gasoline? When gasoline became a more economical option, Henry Ford dropped the hemp-based option and <span style="background: #e2cc9d; color: maroon; font-family: 'Courier New'; font-size: 18pt; line-height: normal; margin: 0in 0in 0pt;">manufactured only gas fueled engines.

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<span style="font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif'; font-size: 18pt;">Listening to <span style="background: #e2cc9d; color: maroon; font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif'; font-size: 25pt;">radio <span style="font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif'; font-size: 18pt;"> was a new experience in the early 1920s and soon became a significant part of life providing news and entertainment to the masses in their homes.

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<span style="font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif'; font-size: 10pt; line-height: normal; margin: 0in 0in 0pt;">The movement of the population from the rural areas to the cities brought about a new emphasis on providing students with the technical skills needed for jobs in business and industry. American colleges and universities, both public and private, also experienced huge increases in numbers of students, which, in turn, swelled the need for teachers, facilities, and funding, especially toward the end of the decade.

<span style="font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif'; font-size: 10pt; line-height: normal; margin: 0in 0in 0pt;">New classes in the sciences, physical education, home economics, geography, and industrial arts expanded the curriculum from the traditional focus on the Three Rs (readin', ritin', and' rithmetic).

<span style="font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif'; font-size: 10pt;">the average number of school days in session per year increased from 161.9 to 17 //<span style="font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif'; font-size: 10pt;">2.7, //<span style="font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif'; font-size: 10pt;"> and the average annual teacher's salary rose from $871 in 1920 to $1,420 in 1930. <span style="color: #3f8d3f; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS'; font-size: 15pt; line-height: normal; margin: 0in 0in 0pt;">Have you ever wondered what the ratio was of students to teachers?

<span style="color: #3f8d3f; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS'; font-size: 15pt; line-height: normal; margin: 0in 0in 0pt;">What did children eat for lunch, and how did they get to school? For answers to these questions and more, please click on the following link.... <span style="color: white; font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif'; font-size: 23.5pt;">...  <span style="color: #442213; font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif'; font-size: 10pt;">﻿ <span style="color: blue; font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif'; font-size: 10.5pt;">[] <span style="color: white; font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif'; font-size: 24pt;">....... <span style="color: white; font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif'; font-size: 23.5pt;">.

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<span style="background: #a4cdea; font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif'; font-size: 10pt; line-height: 115%;">T he Bob hair doo - Helmet hats- raised hemlinesFlappers and The CharlestonBlack Bottom

<span style="background: maroon; color: #efc66c; font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; font-size: 21pt; line-height: 115%; margin: 0in 0in 10pt;">. ~ E n t e r t a i n m e n t ~.

<span style="background: silver; color: black; font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif'; font-size: 15pt; line-height: 115%; margin: 0in 0in 10pt;">1st Movie with Sound - The Jazz Singer <span style="color: blue; font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif'; font-size: 10pt; line-height: 115%; margin: 0in 0in 10pt;">http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bkyvstNrkHo media type="youtube" key="NGu9S0GeGps" height="390" width="480"

<span style="background: #87c0e8; font-family: 'Courier New'; font-size: 18pt; line-height: 115%; margin: 0in 0in 10pt;">Economic overview of the 1920's.

<span style="background: #87c0e8; font-family: 'Courier New'; font-size: 18pt; line-height: 115%; margin: 0in 0in 10pt;">This was a time of great prosperity for the middle class in the United States of America, regardless of the economic stresses that were being experienced in other parts of the world. <span style="background: #87c0e8; font-family: 'Courier New'; font-size: 18pt; line-height: 115%; margin: 0in 0in 10pt;">As industrialization (which created more jobs and better wages) along with new technologies (such as the automobile and radio) increased, many were investing in the stock market in what seemed to be an endless time of prosperity. The USA, for a time, seemed untouchable.

<span style="background: #87c0e8; font-family: 'Courier New'; font-size: 18pt; line-height: 115%; margin: 0in 0in 10pt;">When considering all of this, we can easily look back into time and see why this decade is referred to as the Roaring 20's.