Many Americans spent the 1920s in a great mood. Investors flocked to a rising stock market. Companies launched brand-new, cutting-edge products, like radios and washing machines. Exuberant ...

The 1920s, often called the “Roaring Twenties,” were a time of major change and excitement. After World War I, people were ...

With World War I in the rear-view mirror, a period of great economic growth was underway, along with the dawn of the Roaring Twenties and the Jazz Age—eras of great social change. Prohibition began as ...

The last two 'twenties' decades have strikingly parallel backstories that seemingly infected the public psyche and drove government policies towards the economy, immigration and financial markets.

“After WWI — the war to end all wars — there was a spirit of optimism and affluence that led to the Roaring Twenties. Some of the houses reflect that grandeur and exuberance,” Hays wrote i ...

“This place is really the last link to the Harlem Renaissance,” he says, in reference to the era spanning the 1920s and 1930s when African American literature, fashion and music ...

Society and culture were transformed. However, not all Americans lived the American dream. This video explores the economic boom and the Roaring Twenties through animation and archive footage.