1920s Music Influence

The 2013 musical hit, “Blurred Lines” by Robin Thicke, brought in roughly $16,675,690. This just goes to show how much money is spent and invested on, in music today (Feeney). Music has been a part of the United States culture for a long period of time, while African Americans were enslaved, they used music quite frequently as a means of self- expression. The African music combined with the European music had a major influence on jazz. During the Civil War the troops created music together, this helped them learn how to work together and better understand how to get along, this just goes to show that music is not just a form of entertainment but also a way to bring people together (Carlin 6,9). In the 1920’s music was affected by prohibition,

In 1919, the 18th amendment was ratified, the 18th amendment prohibited the making of all alcoholic beverages, also known as prohibition. The prohibition era was very violent and secretive, the prohibition did not last long and ended in 1933 due to the 21st amendment. Soon after the ratification of prohibition, the 19th amendment went into effect in 1920, this amendment allowed women the right to vote. It was a long, tough battle for women to gain suffrage, and took many years, but women across the United States were very consistent. Between 1920-1929 the United States could be considered very wealthy at the time, most all of it was lost due to the economic crash of 1929. This major loss of money was one of many factors leading to The Great Depression (1929-1939), The Great Depression hit the United States economy hard and altered life for everybody during that time. Billions of dollars were lost due to the economic crash, this sped up the global economic collapse, causing the United States to rebuild in certain aspects in later

Without African Culture jazz might not have become what it is today, African Culture brought a new style to the musical world, in the 1920’s people could see the increase of black culture, including music. African music brought many factors to the production of jazz, including African drum beats. The idea of jazz was helped with different cultures sharing more ideas about music. With new music brought new women, “flappers”, “flappers” were women who were more independent than past generations. They brought a new look to the 1920’s, started doing different things that women normally wouldn't have done, and they always knew the latest dances. Different types of women were not the only thing new in the 1920’s but different entertainment was also new. New entertainment helped to spread the jazz music across the United States. By the end of the 1920’s more than 12 million families had radios in their home, movie theaters started to become more popular, and jazz bands started to perform at dance