The Boom in the US. There are many reasons why it was called the Roaring Twenties.

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The Boom

The boom in the American economy is in its 106th month – the longest expansion ever in U.S. history. After the First World War America was a completely different country. The twenties was a very unusual time period in American History. The twenties were a time of fun and partying. There are many reasons why it was called the Roaring Twenties.
Most of the American people were living a great life and were able to afford luxury items, even though this didn't apply to every one many believed that it was excellent and exciting a time of great hopes.

In the twenties, industry took a very big step. It nearly doubled. Not only did industry grow so did science, fads, laws, beliefs, arts, social lives changed, sports and the various different news from around the globe. The twenties were a jam-packed decade.

The work week had dropped from 60 to 48 hours. For the first time, the Americans considered play as important as work. The weekend family outing and vacation had become things workers expected it. Huge numbers of people had radios went to the movies, watched TV and owned a car.

Entertainment

The entertainment of the 1920's is completely different from the entertainment nowadays. The 20's were known as the "Jazz Age." This decade was known as the "Jazz Age" because jazz was very popular and just starting to show off the talents. This could have also been known as the turning point in music. There were many different people who changed music and the way people look at it.  Apart from Jazz, there was a wide range of entertainment then, such as Radios, sports and Cinema.
   

The 1920s saw the growth of the culture of consumerism--many Americans began to work fewer hours, earn higher salaries, invest in the stock market, and buy everything from washing machines to Model T Fords. The culture of consumerism of the 1920s changed the politics of American society and set the tone for American attitudes about money in coming decades.

Jazz

   

    Jazz was also introduced in the ‘20s.

Louis "Satchemo" Armstrong was one of the people who helped change the music of the 1920's.  He was very well known through the decade.  He has dramatically changed music and has made it better.  Louis Armstrong, not only changed music but also made one of his most famous recordings.  This recording was West End Blues, from 1925 to 1928.  When Louis was little, he started practicing his musical talents before and after school.

Another person to change musical history was Duke Ellington.  He is known as American's greatest composer.  Duke's real name is Edward Kennedy Ellington.  He got his nickname from a classmate who admired him.  When Duke was young, he began taking piano lessons.  He disliked them very much.  Later, he joked that he continued to play the piano to attract girls, because he said that girls were attracted to piano players. 

When Duke was 19 years old, he started playing at high school dances.  When he played at the concerts, he composed his own songs to play.  One of his songs was Soda Fountain Rag.  To impress the ladies in the crowds, he would slick his hair back and dress "snazzy."  After a few years of this, he moved to New York. 

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In New York, they were in great need of performers.  He then played in many clubs and dance halls.  He then started his own band.  Even when Duke started, the people could tell a difference in his music from other artist's music.  Duke often traveled around to different places.  This way his music became known all over the world.  During his touring around the world, Duke composed thousands of songs.  Duke Ellington was considered one of the most famous music artists of the decade and century.

There were many entertainers during the 1920's. Charlie Chaplin is known as ...

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