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The discovery of vitamins and their effects also occurred around the same time.

The 1920s era went by such names as the Jazz Age, the Age of Intolerance, and the Age of Wonderful Nonsense. Under any moniker, the era embodied the beginning of modern America

Early in the 1920s the U.S. raised tariffs on imported goods, and free immigration came to an end.

Amendment 18 to the Constitution (1919) had prohibited the manufacture, transport and sale of intoxicating liquor

"Flapper"

The roaring twenties ushered in a rich period of American writing, distinguished by the works of such authors

A uniquely American music form, whose roots lay in African expression, came to be known as jazz.

At the beginning of the roaring twenties, the United States was converting from a wartime to peacetime economy. When weapons for World War I were no longer needed, there was a temporary stall in the economy

In this decade, America became the richest nation on Earth and a culture of consumerism was born.

Technology

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Henry Ford

The radio found its way into virtually every home in America

The year 1922 introduced the first movie made with sound

Charles A. Lindbergh`s pioneering flight across the Atlantic Ocean in the Spirit of St. Louis in 1927 did much to stimulate the young aviation industry.

Canned foods, ready-made clothing and household appliances liberated women from much household drudgery

New technology in the roaring twenties introduced a number of impacts on the American farm:

For the first time in the United States, more people were living in cities than on farms.

By 3:30 p.m., though, doctors in Warm Springs had pronounced the president dead.

Eleanor then phoned their four sons, who were all on active military duty. At 5:30 pm, she greeted Vice President Harry Truman, who had not yet been told the news. A calm and quiet Eleanor said, "Harry, the president is dead." He asked if there was anything he could do for her, to which she replied, "Is there anything we can do for you? For you are the one in trouble now."

Indeed, Truman had rather large shoes to fill. FDR had presided over the Great Depression and most of World War II, leaving an indelible stamp on American politics for several decades.

Thousands of Americans lined the tracks to bid Roosevelt farewell while a slow train carried his coffin from Warm Springs to Washington, D.C. After a solemn state funeral, he was buried at his family's home in Hyde Park, New York.