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== The Roaring Twenties ==

== The Roaring Twenties ==

The Roaring Twenties was the period from 1920 to 1929 when there was tremendous economic growth ''and'' remarkable cultural progress.  It was a period of great excitement and accomplishing in our nation's history on many levels:  in politics, business, literature and music.  It was a great time to be an American and there was a vibrancy in the country rarely seen before or since.

The Roaring Twenties was the period from 1920 to 1929 when there was tremendous economic growth ''and'' remarkable cultural progress.  It was a period of great excitement and accomplishing in our nation's history on many levels:  in politics, business, literature and music.  From 1921 to 1929, the Dow Jones Industrial Average (a measure of stock market performance) rose from 60 to an astounding 400, and increase of more than six-fold.  By comparison, the stock market today is ''lower'' than what it was in the year 2000.  Many millionaires were created in the 1920s.  But the good times were not merely about money.  The culture (music, literature, festivals, etc.) was vibrant also, and it was an exciting time to be an American.

Politically, the period started with the election of Warren Hardin as president.  He was a conservative who nominated four (4) conservative Justices to the Supreme Court, some of whom later invalidated key parts of President Franklin Delano Roosevelt (FDR)'s liberal New Deal.  Harding also supported Prohibition, which was a conservative Christian women's movement.  Harding opposed the League of Nations, which was a form of "world government" that conservatives today still dislike.  Harding opposed immigration, and with his support of the tightest restrictions on immigration in the nation's history.   

Politically, the period started with the election of Warren Hardin as president.  He was a conservative who nominated four (4) conservative Justices to the Supreme Court, some of whom later invalidated key parts of President Franklin Delano Roosevelt (FDR)'s liberal New Deal.  Harding also supported Prohibition, which was a conservative Christian women's movement.  Harding opposed the League of Nations, which was a form of "world government" that conservatives today still dislike.  Harding opposed immigration, and with his support of the tightest restrictions on immigration in the nation's history.