Roaring 20s (jan 1, 1920 – oct 27, 1929)
Description:
-great economic expansion in the U.S. from new technology and automobiles. Henry Ford and the Model T-automotive sales led to the growth of many other industries
-the idea of the 'new woman': shorter skirts, new haircuts, women in more public jobs, wore more visible makeup
-more than 1million Americans were playing in the Stock Market and it was unregulated
-summer of 1929 - shares hit an all-time high, but people started to worry and sell their shares
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Date:
jan 1, 1920
oct 27, 1929
~ 9 years and 9 months