The Twenties: The Jazz Age
The '20s were an exciting, exuberant time that came to a crashing end with the great Wall Street Panic

Volstead Act - Prohibition - 1929 Stock Market Crash - "Black Friday"
The Monkey Trial - Sacco & Vanzetti - Leopold & Loeb - Bootleggers
Flagpole Sitting - Speakeasies - Flappers - Marathon Dances
Movie Palaces - The Charleston - "The Jazz Singer" - Talkies
Five & Ten Cent Stores - "Babbitt" - Algonquin Round Table - Crossword Puzzles
Bobbed Hair - Cloche Hats - Silk Stockings - Roadsters - "Abie's Irish Rose"
Flappers - "The Lost Generation"

Calvin Coolidge - Warren G. Harding - Charles A. Lindbergh - Al Smith
Sigmund Freud - Clarence Darrow - Aimee Semple McPherson - Al Capone
Red Grange - Jack Dempsey - Babe Ruth - Ty Cobb - Bill Tilden - Will Rogers
H. L. Mencken - Eugene O'Neill - Dorothy Parker - Langston Hughes
George S. Kauffman - Edna St. Vincent Millay - F. Scott Fitzgerald
Louis Armstrong - Rudolph Valentino - Greta Garbo - Lillian Gish - Gloria Swanson
Clara Bow - Charlie Chaplin

Hit Parade's Favorite Songs Of The Decade

1920
  • I'll Be With You In Apple Blossom Time
  • Look For The Silver Lining
  • Margie
1921
  • April Showers
  • My Man
  • The Shiek Of Araby
1922
  • Chicago
  • Three O'Clock In The Morning
  • Toot, Toot, Tootsie!
1923
  • Charleston
  • That Old Gang Of Mine
  • There'll Be Some Changes Made
1924
  • Fascinating Rhythm
  • It Had To Be You
  • The Man I Love
1925
  • Always
  • Sweet Georgia Brown
  • Tea For Two
1926
  • The Birth of The Blues
  • Bye Bye Blackbird
  • Someone To Watch Over Me
1927
  • Me and My Shadow
  • Ol' Man River
  • S'Wonderful
1928
  • Button Up Your Overcoat
  • I Can't Give You Anythng But Love
  • Makin' Whoopee!
1929
  • Ain't Misbehavin'
  • Singin' InThe Rain
  • Star Dust

Chronologies & Timelines

973.9 Ame Ref
America in The 20th Century

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American Decades: 1920-1929

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Carruth, Gorton
The Encyclopedia of American Facts and Dates

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Carruth, Gorton
Encyclopedia of World Facts and Dates

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Chronicle of The 20th Century

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Clements, John
Chronology of The United States

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Grun, Bernard
Timetables of History

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Lupiano, Vincent dePaul
It Was A Very Good Year: A Cultural History of The U.S.

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Millennium Year by Year

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Trager, James
The Peoples Chronology

Popular Culture

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100 Best Songs Of The 20’s And 30’s

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Anglo, Michael
Nostalgia Spotlight On The Twenties

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Bayer, Patricia
Art Deco Architecture: Design, Decoration, And Detail From The Twenties And Thirties

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Blackman, Cally
The 20s & 30s: Flappers And Vamps

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Everyday Fashions Of The Twenties As Pictured In Sears And Other Catalogs

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Fashions Of The Early Twenties

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Hall, Carolyn
The Twenties In Vogue

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Horsham, Michael
‘20s & ‘30s Style

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Herald, Jacqueline
Fashions Of A Decade. The 1920s

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Mel Bay Presents Songs Of The Jazz Age

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Mordden, Ethan
Make Believe: The Broadway Musical In The 1920s

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Peacock, John
The 1920s

History

973.91 Alt
Altman, Linda Jacobs
The Decade That Roared: America During Prohibition

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Behr, Edward
Prohibition: Thirteen Years That Changed America

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Boardman, Fon Wyman
America And The Jazz Age: A History Of The 1920s

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Kyvig, David E.
Daily Life In The United States, 1920-1940

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Leinwand, Gerald
1927: High Tide Of The Twenties

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McCutcheon, Marc
Writer’s Guide To Everyday Life From Prohibition Through World War Ii

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Ness, Eliot
The Untouchables

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Patterson, Robert T.
The Great Boom And Panic, 1921-1929

363.41 Peg
Pegram, Thomas R.
Battling Demon Rum: The Struggle For A Dry America

973.91 Str
Streissguth, Thomas
The Roaring Twenties: An Eyewitness History

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These United States: Portraits Of America From The 1920s

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Time-Life Books
The Jazz Age: The 20s

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Walker, Stanley
The Night Club Era

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Wukovits, John F.
The 1920s

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Yancey, Diane
Life During The Roaring Twenties

The Great Crash

973.916 Blu
Blumenthal, Karen
Six Days In October: The Stock Market Crash Of 1929

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Hiebert, Ray Eldon
The Stock Market Crash, 1929

338.54 Kli
Klingaman, William K.
1929: The Year Of The Great Crash

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Thomas, Gordon
The Day The Bubble Burst: A Social History Of The Wall Street Crash Of 1929

Audiovisual

Video 921 Capone
Al Capone: Scarface

CD Popular Billboard 1920's
Billboard Pop Memories. 1920s

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One Woman, One Vote

Websites

The Authentic History Center

The Roaring 20s Links To Many Sites

World Book Online - Click Search tab; on right side of Search page under "Browse Options", select "Back in Time". Articles are can be viewed by title or by year.