This revision sheet provides an overview of the Roaring 20s. It simplifies:

• the country’s natural resources, the economic impact
of the First World War, mass production and the car,
the Republican Presidents’ policies
• why some groups including farmers and “old”
industries did not benefit from the economic boom
• how popular entertainment developed, including:
• the radio, cinema and television
• speakeasy culture and the Jazz Age
• the Great Migration of 2 million African Americans
from the South to the North
• famous African American artists including Louis
Armstrong, Duke Ellington and Bessie Smith.