Reviewing the Roaring Twenties

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Create review material on Roaring 20's, for middle school students that have difficulties reading

The 1920s, referred to as the "Roaring Twenties," was a transformative decade characterized by profound social and political changes in the United States. This period marked a shift where, for the first time, more Americans inhabited urban areas than rural ones, fueled by a doubling of national wealth between 1920 and 1929 that fostered a burgeoning consumer culture. Key themes include Prohibition, a legal ban on alcohol that led to the rise of speakeasies and organized crime; Jazz, a music genre emerging from African American communities that significantly influenced both national and global culture; the Great Migration, where millions of Black Americans relocated to northern cities to escape systemic oppression, igniting a cultural renaissance; and Flappers, symbolizing a new wave of female independence and rebellion against conservative societal norms. Together, these elements defined a dynamic decade that permanently reshaped American society.