The end of the roaring 20’s came on October 29, 1929. Known as the Stock Market crash or Wall street crash, it began a new age, the great depression. Millions of stocks became worthless and wiped out millions of investors. The Great depression was the worst economic downturn in the history of the industrialized world and it lasted from 1929 to 1939. What really urged the depression on was a large... » Continue Reading
The roaring 20s were a dramatic social, economic and political change. Many Americans moved to big cities and the wealth in America doubled. People had extra money and could spend it on nice clothing. Young women wore flapper dresses, had short bobbed hair, and drank. There was less pressure to be ladylike. The roaring 20s were also called the jazz age because jazz was developed and became popul... » Continue Reading