Essay

Description

The 20s were the years when it was against the law to drink, and the law was a bad joke because everyone knew of a nearby bar where liquor is available. These were the years in which organized crime dominated over the towns, and the police appeared impotent to do anything about it. Though jazz was forgotten, classical music spread all over the world, men such as Bix Beiderbecke, Louis Armstrong, and Count Basie became the Heroes of young people. In the 20s, the flapper was born, and with bobbed hair and short skirts symbolized America’s break from the past, maybe more than anything or anything else.