Yung's

Many historical things occurred during the 1920s that affected and the arts in general. The 19th amendment was passes giving women more freedom, and technology grew a lot and created many new fads including dance comp around the country. The '20s was an excellent period for all of the arts and literature in many different ways. In the '20s women were given a lot more rights, greatly affecting dance and the arts. The 19th amendment gave women the right to vote, allowing them to have a voice in the government. This has a large impact on dance because since women had voting rights they were allowed to do more things creatively with dance without much criticism. Also, improvements were made in every aspect of life for women, not just the arts. During the '20s there were many fads that grew popular, because of new technology and techniques that were discovered. Dance marathons became extremely popular during the 1920s-30s because of the Depression. Dance marathons were eventually outlawed by a law called The Blue Laws in most states due to the unhealthy condition they would put the contestants in. In fact, some people actually died in the competitions. The radio also became extremely popular during this period. Due to the new popularity in music, naturally, many dance moves became popular as well including: The Charleston, The Shimmy, The Black Bottom, The Fox Trot, and many more. At this time everything was going great for the arts until 1929 came along with the surprise of the Stock Market Crash. This terrible event then led to the beginning of the Great Depression. Banks closed and people became very poor, greatly reducing the amount of money spent in the arts. After 1929 the arts were drained of many of their funds, because people simple didn't have the money to go see dances theatrical productions. People were much more concerned about food and water for their families than they were about seeing a musical or dance production. This continued for many more years.