Its hard to believe, I have been alive, for 1/2 that time. Someone born in 1850 lived pretty much the same as someone 500 years prior. Its not just time that is flying, it is the advancement in technology. I think we have been in the singularity since 1875.
Among other things, the 1920s was a time when women first got obsessed with slender figures. (When you think of a flapper, you think of a thin girl.) The new fashion business had a lot to do with it, but so did Hollywood.
$260 for a car was pretty cheap for the time. That is around $4000 in todays dollars, but the average new car is around $30,000. It was much easier to afford a car then. The start of prohibition probably felt great for the organizations who worked for years to pass it. Its failure and eventual repeal must have been very deflating.
I know, just what you wanted, more essay from me, but all I'll say, is the top price cars were the Dorris, Daniels, and Peerless. Dorris $8,000 from factory, Daniels $10,000 from factory, and Peerless, 26,000 at their highest factory car (mind you, factory is not tampered with/coachbuilt, meaning it came from the factory made by unskilled workers--as in not artisans, and that was the final price). Some fella put Alligator skin as a California top (attachable hard top--or soft top in this case) over there Chalmers sport sedan. Oh and don't forget, these cars had 130-140 wheelbases (from wheel to wheel in inches), and a height averaging of a 6'5 roof. Massive and I mean MASSIVE vehicles. I think I have just the example too.
Maybe, but back then it was made under very simple goal-sets. No emissions, no safety features, and you were lucky to buy one without a hand crank to start. You were basically buying a fast lawnmower.
Honestly the 2010's can be defined by so many things that nothing can actually define it besides the internet and smart phones rising to prominence. Tech age? Who knows.
There was a really popular movie and movement in the south during this time, Ku Klux something, they came out with a very popular film and there membership was at an all time high. If I was a guessing man, I'd guess African American people had a horrible experience especially in the south.
3600 for a brand new car adjusting for inflation... shoot... long cry from prices today. Though modern cars today come with much more than those of 100 years ago.
@@longwlenguyen4214, And also Kennedy got assassinated and we got into Vietnam and it wasn't really all that great. Yeah after the 1950's the U.S. got in a really messy state and it took until the 1980's when good times came back and it was like that for another two decades until the 2000's when the U.S got into a another really messy state once again.
Imagine buying a car for $260 dollars man I wish the economy and inflation never changed and things were still like that now in 2021.... instead gas is now almost $4 a gallon 😒
The 1920s people lived better lives than people in 2020. The ROARING Twenties was a GOOD time to live in. The CORONA Twenties, however, is a NEUTRAL zone.
@@matthewstahl2487 I mean we are in the first year, the whole 2020s won’t be about COVID, but COVID will define the first and/or second year of 2020s, but after this year and pandemic ends, who knows, maybe we might party all day every day and have great pop culture, economic booming again, optimism about the future, etc.
@@wbnxd5856, And then again the year 1920 was also like this. But when the middle of the 1920's came my god it was like a party over there. Hopefully the 2020's could be the same thing.
The title suggests a description of daily life in 1920s America, with anecdotes and first-hand accounts. The video is more of a summary of the main political and economic events of that decade.
I'm not going to waste my time on the video, but came here looking for comments such as this. The average UA-camr is too young to do videos on what life was like in the 80s and 90s...the idea that someone could do a video on the day to day life of people in the 1920s is a bad joke. Not impossible, but most YT channels are in a hurry to make as many videos as possible, so it's extremely unlikely that any of this type of video is going to be more than lightly-researched fluff at best, and much more likely highly inaccurate.
This never ending cycle is present in every empire in history and it is brilliantly summarised in this quote; Hard times create strong men. Strong men create good times. Good times create weak men. And, weak men create hard times.
@Joe Blow your a product of your times, choices circumstances, and other such things, just like me. That's how the human mind is created, through memories of what happened.
Looking at history and charting a people's success and failure as a nation normally coincidences with the leadership. It's hard to get alot of good leaders in a row or good leaders don't normally reign as long as you'd think. EU3 AND 4, how many duds did you get before Charles the VIII the kickass? And then his son is another dud.
Extreme leverage in the stock market brought about the Great Depression. It almost happened for the same reason in 2008. The U.S. Gov't is proceeding down the same path. And it won't end well if we the people don't stop voting for representatives that are giving the wealthiest tax breaks. The TAX CODE is our biggest obstacle to relieving Nat'l debt.
The two things I found most interesting that during this time because they invented cars and made history bu showing others that things were possible to make.
Not following through with the right way to reconstruct the south, after the death of Lincoln, tarnished any positives would be seen, in the next century.
Impressive historical recap! If you're curious about the untold stories and hidden events that shaped the U.S., my channel dives deeper into these fascinating topics
@5:01 From Wikipedia: The first "film of sound" was actually not 1927's "The Jazz Singer," but rather one exhibited in Paris in the year 1900 (possibly "Cyrano de Bergerac?)!
Who’s watching for lockdown hw
😂
I am
Yep
Nope I'm just watching cuz my dad said how bad life would be for me 100 years ago
Me
A footnote that turned into an entire video
Basically like every video on UA-cam
It's hard to think this was 100 years ago...
Its hard to believe, I have been alive, for 1/2 that time. Someone born in 1850 lived pretty much the same as someone 500 years prior.
Its not just time that is flying, it is the advancement in technology. I think we have been in the singularity since 1875.
Short, sweet and full of information. Great video.
Among other things, the 1920s was a time when women first got obsessed with slender figures. (When you think of a flapper, you think of a thin girl.) The new fashion business had a lot to do with it, but so did Hollywood.
3:45 "However the implications of debt were ignored to maintain the American standard of living."
Uh oh...and we're only in 2021.
This was informative and interesting. Thanks!
$260 for a car was pretty cheap for the time. That is around $4000 in todays dollars, but the average new car is around $30,000. It was much easier to afford a car then. The start of prohibition probably felt great for the organizations who worked for years to pass it. Its failure and eventual repeal must have been very deflating.
I know, just what you wanted, more essay from me, but all I'll say, is the top price cars were the Dorris, Daniels, and Peerless. Dorris $8,000 from factory, Daniels $10,000 from factory, and Peerless, 26,000 at their highest factory car (mind you, factory is not tampered with/coachbuilt, meaning it came from the factory made by unskilled workers--as in not artisans, and that was the final price). Some fella put Alligator skin as a California top (attachable hard top--or soft top in this case) over there Chalmers sport sedan. Oh and don't forget, these cars had 130-140 wheelbases (from wheel to wheel in inches), and a height averaging of a 6'5 roof. Massive and I mean MASSIVE vehicles. I think I have just the example too.
Maybe, but back then it was made under very simple goal-sets. No emissions, no safety features, and you were lucky to buy one without a hand crank to start. You were basically buying a fast lawnmower.
Anyone here for history homework? 😂
hahaha yes
@@animalcrossingcharacter_ex9717 yes
No, just curious
Yes
Nah, just curious tbh. I was searching up 1922 stuff because I wanted to know what it was like 100 years ago.
The narration was sound mate.
am I the only one come here for learning english?
The 2010's? As it stands right now the surge of political fringe groups and the slow, but steady decline of democracy
of the republic and our freedom
Honestly the 2010's can be defined by so many things that nothing can actually define it besides the internet and smart phones rising to prominence. Tech age? Who knows.
Is it just me or does the 2010's sound kinda similar to the 1910's?
Meh, you'll be fine, everything is a cycle, just hang on and eventually you'll get good leaders
Background score on point.
Awesome car pictures 🙂
How was it like for the U.K during 1920s.
i was there one word dreadfull mate
imagine life in another 100 years or even a thousand so many things we will never see
Loved history my favorite subject
What will the 2010's be remembered for? TikTok xD
Sad! 🤤😅
Great video. Could you please recommend a book on the African American experience during this decade?
There was a really popular movie and movement in the south during this time, Ku Klux something, they came out with a very popular film and there membership was at an all time high.
If I was a guessing man, I'd guess African American people had a horrible experience especially in the south.
A horrible experience obviously.
@@Kruppt808 That’s why millions of them migrated up north during the first half of the 20th century.
I feel the 2020s will end in disaster just like the 1920s
Looking at this, history is repeating itself. There is wild wage inequality currently, as there was back then.
whos watching this for history work ?
3600 for a brand new car adjusting for inflation... shoot... long cry from prices today. Though modern cars today come with much more than those of 100 years ago.
Do you even know what was in those cars of 100 years ago you just assume didn't have anything in them.
My teacher is making me watch this
Did you see that the size of that cup though???
After that good time the great depression started
Sure did.
Like a hangover.
@Chloro Phill Then Nixon fucked up and we got the oil crisis, and now we depend on the Arabs more than ever all thank to Nixon.
Yeah I hope they enjoyed life before the depression
@@longwlenguyen4214, And also Kennedy got assassinated and we got into Vietnam and it wasn't really all that great. Yeah after the 1950's the U.S. got in a really messy state and it took until the 1980's when good times came back and it was like that for another two decades until the 2000's when the U.S got into a another really messy state once again.
Felt like the Osage Reign of Terror definitely deserves a spot in this video
Imagine buying a car for $260 dollars man I wish the economy and inflation never changed and things were still like that now in 2021.... instead gas is now almost $4 a gallon 😒
Title Edit- What was life like for the wealthy in 1920 America.
What will the 2020's hold?
Wow! It's funny how history rhymes
Look up, Turning Theory, as it relates to the Generations and how they fit History.
YOU SHOULD HAVE TOLD HER NOBODY EVER HEARD HER BUT,US THE GIRL WAS GRIEVING NOBODY SHOULD BE GRIEVING THIS WAY
Wat
Awes
1920 is from 100 years ago!!!!!
The 1920s people lived better lives than people in 2020. The ROARING Twenties was a GOOD time to live in. The CORONA Twenties, however, is a NEUTRAL zone.
@@matthewstahl2487 I mean we are in the first year, the whole 2020s won’t be about COVID, but COVID will define the first and/or second year of 2020s, but after this year and pandemic ends, who knows, maybe we might party all day every day and have great pop culture, economic booming again, optimism about the future, etc.
@@wbnxd5856 Probably so.
@@wbnxd5856, And then again the year 1920 was also like this. But when the middle of the 1920's came my god it was like a party over there. Hopefully the 2020's could be the same thing.
@@wbnxd5856 hold on! It's going to be a rough ride.
The start of an idiotic response and over-reaction to Covid is how this 10s will be remembered.
Imagine inventing a time machine, going back to 1925 and playing Avatar 2 in the theater lol
Imagine playing Avater 2 in theaters today you idiot. That shows from like 2004.
Renember us
And now all we do is import
I don't know about the 2010's but 2020 will be remembered for people hoarding toilet paper so they can stay home and shit themselves to death. :-P
oga booga
Here watching for English lessons 😂
And they're repeating themselves
They are Israelites not Africans
10p
History class anyone?
Yup😭
@@pandaruda2000 Aw poor you.
Capitalism is not evil, communism is.
LOL, protest much?
Yep
WOW SOUNDS ALLOT LIKE RIGHT NOW??????????????
Yeah. Scary. Hopefully things will get better soon.
The title suggests a description of daily life in 1920s America, with anecdotes and first-hand accounts. The video is more of a summary of the main political and economic events of that decade.
The guy not even American
I'm not going to waste my time on the video, but came here looking for comments such as this. The average UA-camr is too young to do videos on what life was like in the 80s and 90s...the idea that someone could do a video on the day to day life of people in the 1920s is a bad joke. Not impossible, but most YT channels are in a hurry to make as many videos as possible, so it's extremely unlikely that any of this type of video is going to be more than lightly-researched fluff at best, and much more likely highly inaccurate.
This never ending cycle is present in every empire in history and it is brilliantly summarised in this quote; Hard times create strong men. Strong men create good times. Good times create weak men. And, weak men create hard times.
I believe that.
A.K.A Fascist history lmao
@Joe Blow your a product of your times, choices circumstances, and other such things, just like me. That's how the human mind is created, through memories of what happened.
Looking at history and charting a people's success and failure as a nation normally coincidences with the leadership. It's hard to get alot of good leaders in a row or good leaders don't normally reign as long as you'd think.
EU3 AND 4, how many duds did you get before Charles the VIII the kickass? And then his son is another dud.
@@Kruppt808 The Prussians got lucky
It's unnerving how paralleling this is with modern day economics. We just have cooler looking tech.
But less cooler architecture, fashion and cars 🥺😢
Extreme leverage in the stock market brought about the Great Depression. It almost happened for the same reason in 2008. The U.S. Gov't is proceeding down the same path. And it won't end well if we the people don't stop voting for representatives that are giving the wealthiest tax breaks. The TAX CODE is our biggest obstacle to relieving Nat'l debt.
The two things I found most interesting that during this time because they invented cars and made history bu showing others that things were possible to make.
It’s crazy that 1920 is 100 years ago!
The 19th amendment was the biggest mistake in our history
Not following through with the right way to reconstruct the south, after the death of Lincoln, tarnished any positives would be seen, in the next century.
If Lincoln was alive after 1865, there would be no Jim Crow Laws, no KKK, no Republican-Democrat switch.
Impressive historical recap! If you're curious about the untold stories and hidden events that shaped the U.S., my channel dives deeper into these fascinating topics
Aye shout out to my fellow 20s kids
Perez Anna Garcia Larry Thomas Mary
Nice video
20’s go roar
thankyou, extremely interesting and this video saved me to complete my assignment which has to be submitted tommorrow lmao
Remember that show called, "Beyond 2000". I think I'll take a look.
sweet video
Yes me
Cool
3:33 Pog
Umm I’m here in 2920 and the number one car company is McDonalds
What’s with the British accent for an American history presentation? I can’t even!
americans aren’t americans real americans are native americans americans are british and other types of European or Asian or african etc.
@@ValYourFav Who was living this in 1920s america, oh yah, those 'british' americans so yes, it is for americans.
Drugs should be legally sold and taxed
@5:01 From Wikipedia: The first "film of sound" was actually not 1927's "The Jazz Singer," but rather one exhibited in Paris in the year 1900 (possibly "Cyrano de Bergerac?)!