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What were the 1920's like compared to previous years?
What kind of swanky music was in?
What singers/groups were popular?
What nifty dances were being done?
What was the whole ordeal with dance marathons?
What were the 1920's like compared to previous years?
What kind of swanky music was in?
What singers/groups were popular?
What nifty dances were being done?
What was the whole ordeal with dance marathons?
The Roaring Twenties were a period of UNMATCHED economic prosperity with new cultural trends. Jazz music blossomed and spread in part due to the implementation of large-scale radio broadcasts. New dances emerged with the jazz music. The dances were not in favor with the older generations as they were seen as a little provocative or scandalous. A new woman emerged as well, the "flapper", with bobbed hair, short skirts, and doing all the new, scandalous social norms.
