Roaring Twenties (1920s)

The Roaring Twenties is a term sometimes used to refer to the 1920s in the United States.

It is an era where American people start to live a consumerism way of life and where flapper redefined modern womanhood.

Consumerism
A lot of American people started to spend more money on fancy things, and the industrial aspect grew fast because of the demand for products. But sixty-percent of Americans still lived under the poverty line.

The Changes in Women's Role

1. Working women increased by 25%
2. In 1920, all women were given the right to vote
3. Women started to wear different and more convenient clothing for their new activities.
4. "Flapper" started to smoke in public
5. Women were given the right to  divorce their husband, and the divorce rate doubled.

Economic Boom

• The damaged countries that joined World War I demanded for American products.
• Isolationism

Isolationism

The republican government under President Harding and Coolidge kept out foreign add airs and limited foreign competition by implementing high import tariffs.