The 1920’s "America's Golden Age"

The 1920's saw a development in the music industry, a new genre was emerging. That new genre was named Jazz. Although Jazz developed in the 1910's it did not hit mainstream success until the 20's came along. The height of Jazz was during 1925 and would stay on top until the 1960's.

Artists such as Luis Armstrong and Joe "King" Oliver put Jazz on the charts during mid and late 1920's. Both Louis Armstrong and Joe "King" Oliver won grammys for their contribution to the advancement of Jazz into American pop culture. Their music, that consisted of a fusion of saxophone, trumpet, trombone, etc., influenced a whole generation of Americans and continues to do the same today.

A popular idea during amongst social activist of the decade saw alcohol as an American scar that needed to be addressed. For activist their goal wouldn't have been achieve unless they got Congress to pass an amendment forbidding the manufacturing and distribution of alcohol. Many groups began meeting and discussing the negative effects alcohol had on society and the modern day household. In order to stop public disorder and violent conduct amongst family households the groups ordered an amendment to prohibit alcohol in America.

That amendment would be called "Prohibition" and it began in January 16th, 1919. Some say thanks to Prohibition mobs and gangsters rose to the challenge of supplying alcohol to the fiening Speakeasys of America. The mobsters and leaders of the mafia saw the oppurtunity that prohibition created and this meant crime and violence would rise from here on out. While suffering prohibition for many years and the perks that went with prohibition America finally repealed and made alcohol legal again it was the only Amendment in the Bill of Rights to be repealed.

While prohibitionwas in stalled thousands of Speakeasys were raided and their alcohol confiscated along with the mobsters that supplied the alcohol. There was really no way anyone could release information about a Speakeasy because if they did the "fuzz" would raid the entire block looking for it. During the entire course of this era 12,ooo Speakeasys were raided by the police and federal agents.

Baseball during this era saw an increase in popularity due to the likeliness of Babe Ruth and company, but mainly all baseball fans remember Babe Ruth and his jinx on the Red Sox most of all. Known as "Babe," "the Bambino," and "the Sultan of Swat" but his real name is George Herman Ruth, Jr. Though the jinx on the Red Sox baseball club is over, the memory of Babe Ruths game is not even today he is still one of the best to ever play the sport. The average-modern day baseball fan should personally thank Babe Ruth for the contribution and the advancement of America's past time. Always and forever will he be known for holding on to he most home runs in a single season record for the longest may he rest in peace.