The Roaring Life of the 1920s
The 1920s, also remembered as the "Roaring Twenties," was an era of extreme wealth and cultural flourish: a Ford Model T in every driveway, the sound of radio broadcasts in every household and the first talking motion pictures at the cinema, baseball hero Babe Ruth in the ballpark and celebrity pilot Charles Lindbergh on every headline of newspapers. As young Americans in the nation's cities begin to reject traditional social traditions by embracing a modern urban culture of freedom—drinking illegally in speakeasies, dancing the Charleston, and listening to the rhythms of jazz music.