The 1920s. The very name conjures images of flappers with bobbed hair, jazz music spilling from smoky speakeasies, and a general air of rebellious optimism. But beneath the surface of this glittering decade lay a complex tapestry of profound economic shifts, vibrant cultural explosions, and seismic social transformations that forever reshaped America. It was an era that roared, not just with revelry, but with the thunder of progress and the whispers of change.
To understand the Roaring Twenties, we must first cast our minds back to the somber aftermath of World War I. The