Today, the 1920s are known in popular memory for speakeasies, flappers, bootleggers, and jazz. Americans look back on the decade with nostalgia, but few understand the economic policies that contributed to the prosperity of the times. Often, the economic growth of the 1920s is discounted as the product of rampant speculation and the great achievements of the decade are presented as a false prosperity that had to end.

In this unit, that myth is explored as students analyze economic data and policy decisions and measure the impact of both individual and government impacts on the economy. Some questions explored in this unit are: What kinds of policies lead to the economic growth of the Roaring Twenties? How had war impacted the United States economically? & What types of human actions were influencing the economy during this time?

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