Country Politics Economics Cultural Changes United States Rapid economic growth caused the economy to shift towards conservative politics with the election of Republican presidents like Warren G. Harding and Calvin Coolidge. President Woodrow Wilson proposed the League of Nations as an international organization to prevent conflicts in the future. The United States did not join the League because the Senate refused to approve the Treaty of Versailles, which marked a return to isolationism.. The Roaring Twenties were a time of great economic prosperity for the United States, seeing the rise of consumer culture, increased industrial production, and a thriving stock market. The difficulties of the post-war adjustment gave way to a decade of prosperity during this time, laying the groundwork for the complexity of the …show more content…
Inflation was tolerated but was followed by hyperinflation, thus devastating the middle class, and this led to massive unemployment. Despite economic struggles, Berlin saw a cultural boom with advances in film, art, and architecture. Dadaism was an artistic and literary movement that questioned conventional aesthetics and bourgeois values; the Berlin cabaret scene and the Bauhaus design school all shaped German culture during the Roaring Twenties. Great Britain Great Britain underwent a period of political stability under conservative Prime Ministers like Stanley Baldwin and Ramsay MacDonald. The Conservative Party dominated national politics. One of the main political forces to emerge was the Labour Party. Women are now eligible to vote. The British economy experienced a brief recession in the early 1920s due to its war debts but later rebounded with the growth of industries like textiles, steel, and coal mining. The recovery was very slow, and it took them nearly 40 years to