Why did America get richer in the 1920s? A number of factors contributed to America's ... Although there were a number of real-life tycoons who amassed tremendous wealth during the so-called Roaring ...

It grew rapidly and had almost five million members in the mid-1920s. It drew its membership from all walks of life, from the richest ... alcohol abuse and un-American ideas.

It had that "ballyhoo" spirit so typical of the 1920s. In one way ... The Jazz Age glorified city life. Americans — including many African American sharecroppers from the South — were leaving ...