Were the politics and culture of the 1920s a reaction to the Progressive Era and WWI?

As World War I was raging in Europe, a political and social revolution defined ... At first, there was little reaction to this nascent political movement, since at the time ... They were quick to align with the pressing union issues, especially labor ... . fundamentalism and nativism, the 1920s also witnessed a cultural transformation.

Since the political powers were unwilling or unable to address the rapid ... Era, and reform peaked during the period before America's entry into World War I in 1917. ... . The Progressive Era, which lasted from the 1890s to the 1920s, was an age ... foreign intrigues and cultural disturbances were felt by much of the American ...

The 1920s era went by such names as the Jazz Age, the Age of Intolerance, ... isolationism, and rejection of the progressive era`s governmental activism. ... He declined to run for reelection in 1929 and left politics for good. ... When weapons for World War I were no longer needed, there was a temporary stall in the economy.

But the 1920s were an age of extreme contradiction. ... A powerful women's political movement demanded and won the right to vote in 1920. Spurred on by the ...

Progressivism began as a social movement and grew into a political movement. ... Progressives lived mainly in the cities, were college educated, and believed that ... Progressivism ended with World War I when the horrors of war exposed ...

The 1920s, roughly the period between the end of World War I and the Great ... away from the reforms of the Progressive Era and focused on themselves. ... African Americans celebrated African American culture with the art, literature, ... were encouraged to work only within the home and to withdraw from political activities.