features of the roaring twenties

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growing cities
more people lived in the cities than in the countryside, skyscrapers were built to show that cities were thriving and moving with the modern times
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wages
wages were rising and the average working week fell from 47 to 42 hours meaning people had more money to spend on entertainment
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jazz
jazz became popular and black artists like louis armstrong became famous
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cinema
95 million people a week were going to the cinema by 1929
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talkies
in 1927 th
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wages were rising and the average working week fell from 47 to 42 hours meaning people had more money to spend on entertainment

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wages

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jazz became popular and black artists like louis armstrong became famous

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95 million people a week were going to the cinema by 1929

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in 1927 th

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