Dramatic Transformation Of The 1920s

In 1920s America, a new era had begun; The Roaring Twenties. The 1920s were named the roaring twenties due to many factors surrounding how America works. Americans at the time began to discover new things to do and new ways to act. They began to partake in new activities and created new things to do. Doing this transformed or changed many different aspects of their lives. In the 1920s America transformed significantly because of the booming economy, immigration, and pop culture. To start, the economy transformed from a bear market to a bull market. The dramatic transformation is shown in the stock market chart from stock charts about bull and bear markets. This chart demonstrates the rapid leap of the economy throughout the 1920s. One thing that encouraged this drastic

Nativism, division, and racism negatively affect the current immigrants in America and the people who wanted to immigrate to America. In the 1920s, a red scare came, which caused Americans a big scare of communism and anarchism. They feared the new immigrant coming from western Europe attacking America. Due to all this fear, Americans started to take precautions such as the Emergency Quota Act in 1921. The Quota Act restricted the number of immigrants coming in from certain countries, restricting immigrants from coming in. Moreover, another example that made immigrants trying to get into America a harder time was the National Origins Act was passed in 1924, which restricted even more immigrants from coming and essentially excluded Asians. This was a major setback amongst those who were able to come and created an even larger idea of nativism. Another thing that restricted immigrants from coming to the US was the literacy tests used. The literacy test set back many immigrants from coming to the US because immigrants needed to be able to read and write English to pass it and not all immigrants were able to do