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An odd medley of jazz and fundamentalism, complacency and indignation. Is this a fair description of America in the 1920s?
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Oliver Anthony 10 N History Essay An odd medley of jazz and fundamentalism, complacency and indignation. Is this a fair description of America in the 1920s? The above statement tells us that the USA in the 1920s was a mixture of different things, by using the word medley. Pre 1920 jazz was mainly listened to and enjoyed by the black community, but this dramatically changed after 1920. Fundamentalism is where a person believes in the literal truth of the holy bible and how god created life on earth. In society there were many factions who were complacent and indignant. Jazz music was now ever becoming a white person's music. Young white folk liked jazz as it was radical sexy and explicit. Jazz was popular with young whites because it was promoted by radios, records, magazines and towards the late 1920s in the cinema. With jazz came new dances such as the...
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