The Roaring Twenties, sometimes stylized as Roaring '20s, refers to the 1920s decade in music and fashion, as it happened in Western society and Western culture.

The 1920s (pronounced "nineteen-twenties"; often shortened to the " '20s " or the " Twenties ") was a decade that began on January 1, 1920, and ended on December 31, 1929.

Nov 28, 2025 · The Roaring Twenties is a colloquial term for the 1920s, especially within the United States and other Western countries where the decade was characterized by economic prosperity, …

May 24, 2019 · In the last year of the '20s, Richard Byrd and Floyd Bennett flew over the South Pole, the car radio was invented, the Academy Awards made their debut, and the murder of seven members …

Apr 14, 2010 · Starting in January 1920, the United States became a dry country. Prohibition banned the manufacture and sale of alcohol in an attempt to civilize unruly Americans (and some other reasons). …

By 1929, American families spent over 20 percent of their household earnings on such items as phonographs, factory-made furniture, radios, electric appliances, automobiles, and "entertainment." …

The 1920s was the first decade to have a nickname: “Roaring 20s" or "Jazz Age." It was a decade of prosperity and dissipation, and of jazz bands, bootleggers, raccoon coats, bathtub gin, flappers, …

Nov 8, 2025 · Life in the 1920s was defined by many cultural, political, and economic developments. Jazz music and flapper fashion defined the era's sound and look. The Harlem Renaissance brought …

In 1913, Ford built an assembly line to create the 'Model T' automobile. Using assembly lines made production much cheaper and increased production and sales. Many other factories copied this …

With the end of World War I and the passage of the Eighteenth Amendment, Americans entered the distinctive 1920s — an era of Republican leadership, nationalistic and fundamentalist movements, …