"Alone in Unquiet Darkness": 1920's

The 1920's is also known to us as the "roaring twenties". Through out the twenties there were flappers, advances in technology and changes in the government. The government mad changes in the military forces. they had to decide if they were going to follow the plan of disarmament like they public favored. After World War II the military found that they mad advances in airily attack so, to extend theses advances they created the "aircraft carrier" so they would become dominate on land and sea.

The twenties earned its nickname from new different styles that came about during this decade. These styles contradicted those of the generations before them and had this young generation believing that they were different. The most influential style that came about during this time was that of the flappers. A flapper not only dressed differently, they also adapted many other negative traits such as smoking, bad language, selfishness and immorality. Flappers stereotypically wore there hair bobbed with knee-length dresses, long beaded necklaces and heavy amount of make-up. These young women were usually associated with jazz music and 1920 dancing such as the Charleston.

During the decade of the roaring twenties, made advances in technology such as silent movies. These movies were a past time for people so that they could get away from everyday life. The first movie theaters that came out were called Nickelodeons. The silent movies were accompanied by live piano music, they also provided a huge amount of entertainment for audiences everywhere. thought these movies were indeed incredible they soon came up with talking-picture technology. This was a major advancement in technology because they not only used them for entertainment but also for propaganda so that more people would go into a branch for the military. With the creating of these movies it soon created companies that dealt with this entertainment industry which soon created new jobs for people.