Table of Contents

Unit XI

The Roaring Twenties, 1921 to 1933

Fall Semester

• Colonialism, 1607-1763

• Independence, 1763-1789

• The Federalist Era, 1789-1801

• Expansion, Sectionalism, and Reform, 1801-1820

• Expansion, Sectionalism, and Reform, 1820-1841

• Expansion, Sectionalism, and Reform, 1841-1850

• The End of Compromise, 1850-1865

• Reconstruction, 1865-1877

• The Gilded Age, 1877-1901

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• The Progressive Era

• The "Roaring 20s"

  • The Twenties

  • Crash and Great Depression

• Big Government and World War

• The Conservative 50s

• The Liberal 60s

• Crisis of Confidence, 1969-1981

• The Reagan Revolution, 1981-1989

• A New World Order, 1989-present

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Resources

• Books & Periodicals

• Calendar of Events

• Internet Resources

• Movies

• Media

• Music & Dance

• Political Cartoons

• Quotes

• Study Aids

“They were careless people, Tom and Daisy – they smashed up things and creatures and then retreated back into their money or their vast carelessness, or whatever it was that kept them together, and let other people clean up the mess they had made.”

-         F. Scott Fitzgerald,

The Great Gatsby, Chapter 9

Speakeasy scene from "Horse Feathers" with the Marx Brothers (1932).

The 1920s – or "Roaring Twenties", as they have been popularized in literature and film – was a period of wealth and prosperity.  Flushed with the success of having helped defeat Imperial Germany and the Austro-Hungarian Empire in World War I, and enjoying a booming economy, the United States was ready to enjoy the good life.  Optimism was the creed of the day, and people felt that the future held unfettered opportunities.  Long before the economic crash of late-1929, however, cracks were already beginning to form.  A prescient individual would have recognized that the United States was poised on the precipice of great change, and that it was about to pass through a crucible which would test its mettle, before emerging on the other side stronger than ever.

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