Roaring 20's :::

Decades in United States History

Web Sites

The Roaring Twenties
overview of the period with many excellent sites compiled by a history teacher.

Jazz Age Culture
Flappers, Jazz, and links to much more

1920's Timeline Jazz AGe
Click each year to see events, movies and other happenings

WWW-VL: HISTORY: USA: 1920's
Links to history, events and culture of the '20's  

Temperance and prohibition
a history of the temperance movement and the prohibition period

Votes for Women
the struggles of the suffragettes and the passing of the 19th amendment

Clarence Darrow, Leopold and loeb and the Scopes Monkey Trial flapper Decor
Interior Design in the Flapper Era includes the Romantic, the Exotic and the Extravagant.

Houdini
The life and times of America's greatest magician

AL Capone
Chicago's most famous gangster and his illegal activities during the prohibition era

American Cultural History 1920-1929

Roaring 20's Art and Culture

Harlem Renaissance

Flapper Fashion

Ladies Fashion of the 1920’s

1920 Beauty

Men's Fashions of the 1920's

The Mold That Changed the World
The discovery of Penicillin

Automotive History  1920-1929

1920’s Era Automibiles—Photographs and Ads

American Woodie Cars—1 920-1929

Economic History of the Roaring Twenties

Film History of the 1920’s

D.W. Griffith and His Stars

Charlie Chaplin

Buster Keaton

Rudolph Valentino

The Roaring 1920's Concert Extravaganza
sound clips of music from the '20's

A History of Jazz

Library Resources  

BOOK/AV Catalog--look for books and videos.

American History

PBS Search for video clips

World Book

BIOGRAPHY RESOURCE CENTER  
Easy way to get background before you search on the WEB.

American Heritage Magazine (paper format) Located at Circulation Desk.  Search magazine’s index for your topic.

 

Last Updated: March 09, 2005