After World War I, prosperity and new ideas began changing life in America

New technologies helped create a mass culture shared by millions in the worlds

developed countries.

Labor saving devices freed women from time consuming household chores. Women

pursued careers in many arenas.

Radios brought news, music, and sports into homes throughout the western world. People

were listening to the same music and using the same stang.

Migrations from the rural south to the urban north. Jazz brought blacks and whites to the

same neighborhoods and clubs. Harlem, Renaissance elevated art, poetry, and music

created by African Americans.

Fashion was less conservative and rebellious young women became Flappers. Women

began demanding equality and the right to vote.