ROARING TWENTIES

• when was the roaring twenties?

  1920s
• why was it known as the roaring twenties?

  the dramatic improvements in living and economic conditions
• average wages rose by over 11% for industrial workers in the 1920s, and the average working hours were reduced from 47 to 44 hours per week
• what was the roaring twenties also known as?

  Jazz Age
• what was jazz?


  a form of African-American music that had emerged out of the slave music of the 19th century
• who were famous jazz musicians?

  Louis Armstrong, Duke Ellington
• how many cinema tickets were sold in 1922?

  $4 million per week