nineteen twenties

A daily chronicle of events from 1920 through 1924 in table format, which lists major events and developments in ten categories: world affairs; Europe; Africa and the Middle East; the Americas; Asia and the Pacific; U.S. politics and social issues; U.S. foreign policy and defense; economics and the Great Depression; science, technology, and nature; and culture, leisure, and lifestyle.

Photographs and text provide a historical overview of important world, national, and cultural developments of the 1920s, discussing prohibition of alcohol, the discovery of Tutankhamen's tomb, Charles Lindbergh's transatlantic flight, and more. Includes a chronology.

History of the 1920's from the collapse of Wilson and the New Freedom to the collapse of Wall Street and the New Era.

Twelve chosen illustrations, presented over four lessons, focus on the central themes in the history of the Civil War. Each lesson uses three of the illustrations to explore one broad topic in the overall story.

Seventeen-year-old socialite Gloria secretly longs to be a flapper, but now that she is engaged to Sebastian, she must leave her partying days behind, until her future is threatened by an alluring jazz musician who encourages Gloria to risk everything.

It was the roaring 20's in America---a lull between two world wars and the last gasp before the nation sunk into The Great Depression. Speakeasies, luxury cars, women's liberation, and a booming economy kept the country's mood on the upswing.

Contains excerpts from memoirs, diaries, letters, newspapers, speeches, advertisements, and other primary sources that provide eyewitness reports on the 1920s in America, and features introductory essays, chronologies, period illustrations and photographs, and brief biographies of key individuals.