ter living through an overall period of booming business and higher wages for workers. Many Americans began investing in the stock exchangein the hope of having a prosperous return, while others chose to make their fortune insuch illegal activities as bootlegging. As fortunes were earned, and fortunes were lostthe reality of the American Dream was sinking in. The dream of coming to the countryand making it big came true for some Americans, but to others, it was not as sweet.Many lost all they had while trying to make it. People came to the United States havingthe idea that no matter what happened, they were going to make it. There dreamswere however short-lived as the so called American Dream surrounded them and suckedthem into the dark side of reality. Those who were not perceptive enough to see thatbusiness was risky, failed. In this era, Americans soon learned that the American Dreamwas not all it was cracked up to be. The Twenties showed a revolution in art, literature and music, which greatly reflectedthe nations changing values. Americans found new ways to entertain themselves,enjoying new dances such as the Charleston, popular for the time, and watching suchsporting events as baseball, and boxing. Famous people emerged in the Twenties leaving their mark on history, just as new inventions were created revolutionizing even the simplest of activities for years to come. The Twenties were a fabulous decade outlined by a booming economy, and big business finding new ways to become bigger. New stores were popping up all over the nation and stores that were already around, grew into chains which stretched the length of the United States. All of these outstanding events, people, inventions, and happenings occurred only to be overshadowed by the Stock Market Crash in 1929. The Crash was the worst in the countries history and blanketed its negative effects over the positive happenings of the previous decade. The Crash, which carried the Gre...
