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America After WW1 After the war americas economy was booming, in the few years after that 1920 - america starts experienceing post war economic resession, people getting layed off, riots, boycotts, laybor issues, strikes, raccial violence, finally the Red Scare
 * Racial Violence
 * Strikes
 * Layoffs
 * Recession
 * Labor issues
 * The Red Scare
 * Warren G. Harding becomes president ( Promises to return things to normal )

Chapter 24 NEW ERA
 * Roaring 20's
 * The idea of lots of fun, parties, celbrating
 * The 20's was all about change and people took advantage
 * Decade of CHANGE!
 * Conservative vs liberalism

Dance Halls of the 1920's

Dance halls concsisted of jazz music, young men and women, and entertainment. People wentt to these dance halls because after the pro habition of alcohol there wasnt miuch to do in the cities and middle class men found it affordable yet romantic for a wife, girlfriend, or random female.

These halls influenced different cloth and hair styles, people were starting to experience shorter skirts, new hair styles, even new methods of dance. One of the many causes that drew people to these dance halls was the music jazz in the 20's was somthing different and also somthing that was easy to dance to.

These new dance styles such as the "jitterbug" were introduced and excuted by young couples who found the dances athletic, sensual, and entertaining. After a while some dance halls known as saw it fit to sell bootleg liquor and charge admission for single men to dance with hostesess, and soon after that the govt passed regulations setting new rules for the ballrooms which consisted of dress codes and decorum.

Alll races fflocked to these dance halls but usually african americans would go to clubs where their friends would join them or if they were to encounter each other at ono of these dance halls they usually would converse. Also immigrants who went to these events thought of it as a way to become an american.