2. In the 1920's America enters a wild and confusing era of history often called the "Roaring Twenties." During this period there is a boom in industrial growth and in the Stock Market, a "return to normalcy" in politics that really meant a return to the idea that business interests should dominate the government, as well as many changes in American culture.
3. For the first time in American history, the 1920 census showed that there were more people living in urban areas (cities) than in rural areas (country). This change could be seen in the conflict over values including differing ideas and reactions to Prohibition, to the idea of evolution and its addition to school curriculums, and to the changing roles of women in society.
4. Of course, the "boom" of the 1920's did not benefit all people equally - African Americans, who suffered under Jim Crow segregation and continuing discrimination, were not included in the "boom," but began to express their own point of view in a movement called the Harlem Renaissance.
5. Farmers, who still made up just under half of the population, did not benefit at all from the economic boom of the 1920's and instead fell further and further into debt
