The Roaring Twenties was the most transformative decade in American history. It was an explosive time of great change where traditional methods clashed with innovative mentalities. It was a time when young people were breaking boundaries in everything and the thing to do on Friday nights was to swing dance to jazz artists like Bessie Smith and Duke Ellington. The 1920s were a time of prohibition, prosperity, and ultimately downfall. How did the social revolution of the Roaring Twenties lead to social, economic and political changes in the 20th century? The 1920s were an era that would dominate the rest of the 20th century. New technologies have transformed the social norms of daily life. The invention of the automobile provided a feeling of autonomy and freedom unlike any other invention in history. The first invention to buy was the radio, where never before had an entire population been able to spontaneously listen to news throughout the country. In 1920, the first radio station KDKA went on the air in Pittsburgh. Consumerism gained momentum as radio brought massive changes to political conventions and businesses, which welcomed a new way of broadcasting the latest politics and commercial advertisements. The 1920s were the first decade of the century when the use of electricity in homes began to become widespread. By 1930, more than two-thirds of American homes had electricity. The growing interest in electrical appliances was due to the average purchasing power increasing by thirty-two percent between 1914 and 1928. Additionally, industries were able to meet the growing demand by increasing productivity through scientific management techniques such as assembly. line, which divided production into smaller...... middle of paper ......nts toward equality for African-American citizens. Additionally, one of the difficult political issues of the 1920s was the prohibition of alcohol. Congress passed the Volstead Act to ban alcohol to reduce crime, domestic violence, and poverty. However, the law did exactly the opposite. The Americans ignored the ban and created speakeasies, which were bars that illegally sold alcohol in secret and where Americans smuggled alcohol from Canada or Mexico. Crime increased as Al Capone and his gangsters waged war against rival gangs to control alcohol sales in what became known as bootlegging. The imposition of a ban actually led to a massive breakdown of law and order and had to be repealed in 1933 by the Twenty-first Amendment. Above all, ignorance of the prohibition laws caused adolescents to further reject the values ​​of previous generations and gave rise to a new youth culture..