nineteen twenties

Primary documents help argue the pros and cons of a variety of issues which shaped the presidencies of Theodore Roosevelt, William Howard Taft, Woodrow Wilson, Warren G. Harding, and Calvin Coolidge.

Uses a full-color scrapbook format to tell the story of Frankie Pratt, a young woman living in the 1920s. After graduating high school, Frankie forgoes a college scholarship to help her widowed mother. When a mysterious man shows up and captures her heart, her mother helps protect her from the man's less-than-noble intentions.

For many Americans, the era known as the Roaring Twenties was a 10-year-long party, as Americans discovered jazz, flappers, flagpole sitting and talking movies. But it was also an era of lawlessness as crime bosses fulfilled the countrys thirst for alcoholic beverages that had been made illegal by the Eighteenth Amendment to the US Constitution.

Discusses how the United States experienced swift economic, technological, and social changes during World War I and the subsequent "Roaring Twenties." Features full-color and black-and-white photographs, illustrations, maps, a glossary, a chronology, a timeline, and further resources.

Discusses four major events of the 1920's: Prohibition, changing fashions, the Jazz Age, and the stock market crash of 1929.

Contains twenty essays in which the authors examine the significance of the 1920s in American history, discussing the rise of the consumer society, the effects of prohibition, changes in American culture, political repression, racism, the teaching of evolution, and the stock market crash.

Examines significant people and events in the history of the United States during the 1920s, covering disasters, entertainment, trends, politics, the arts, science and technology, sports, society, economy, fashion, and activities. Includes a time line, glossary, and photographs.

Discusses the fashions of the 1920s, including clothing and hairstyles, trends and fads, designers, and world events that influenced the fashion.

A collection of photographs and illustrations documenting the fashion trends of the flapper era, describing the dresses, haircuts, suits, and children's clothing that were popular in the years following World War I.