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Roaring Twenties

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Meaning

Roaring Twenties

The 1920s, referring to the rapid economic expansion and modernization of the period.

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Examples

You know, the period of World War I and the Roaring Twenties were really just about the same as today. You worked, and you made a living if you could, and you tired to make the best of things. For an actor or a dancer, it was no different then than today. It was a struggle. James Cagney

There are always decades that interest people. For me, that's the Roaring Twenties. Ian Somerhalder

After The Roaring Twenties, it would be a decade before Cagney made another gangster film. Source: Internet

Rather than enlist a new designer as in previous years, the landmark hotel has broken with tradition and drawn on its rich Art Deco design heritage with a celebration of the Roaring Twenties. Source: Internet

Economic effects The Roaring Twenties brought a sustained period of economic prosperity principally to North America, but also to London, Berlin and Paris, with the end of the Depression of 1920-21 in the U.S. and a robust American economy. Source: Internet

McGilligan, page 79 The Roaring Twenties was the last film in which Cagney's character's violence was explained by poor upbringing, or his environment, as was the case in The Public Enemy. Source: Internet

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