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= Ups & Downs! =

The Roaring Twenties definitely lived up to its name because it was filled with both prosperous and disastrous events. The Harlem Renaissance provided a new outlook on the African American culture. African American arts flourished in music and literature (“Harlem Renaissance”). The Harlem Renaissance gave African Americans a positive uplifting because everyone, including whites, enjoyed the new art forms, such as jazz and blues. Moreover, women also changed their influence on society. For many years women were limited in their rights; however, in 1920 that changed in the United States as the nineteenth amendment was ratified (“woman suffrage”).

On the contrary, some unfortunate events resulted during this era, such as prohibition. The eighteenth amendment, also known as the Volstead Act, prohibited the manufacture and sale of alcohol to achieve perfection. This revealed a new type of criminals, bootleggers, and many others in protest (“prohibition”). Another major event during the decade was the stock market crash in 1929, kwon as Black Tuesday. Many lost confidence in the stock market and began selling their stocks (“Great Depression”).



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