The Jazz Age describes the period after the end of World War I, through the Roaring Twenties, ending with the onset of the Great Depression. Traditional values of the previous period declined while the American stock market soared.
The age takes its name from jazz music, which saw a tremendous surge in popularity. Among the prominent concerns and trends of the period are the public embrace of technological developments typically seen as progress ...
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The Twentieth Century of the Common Era began on January 1, 1901 and ended on December 31, 2000, according to the Gregorian calendar, (2000 was the first century leap year since 1600).
The Russian Empire, the German Empire, the Ottoman Empire, and the Austro-Hungarian Empire dissolved in the first...
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