*For drinkers to get liquor illegally, they went underground to hidden saloons and nightclubs known as speakeasies. Speakeasies got their names for when one is inside, one would speak quietly so no one will hear what you are saying.

*Speakeasies were found everywhere in penthouses, cellars, office buildings, rooming houses, tenements, hardware stores, and tearooms

*Many young women began to embrace the new ideal of the flapper, which was a young woman who embraced the new fashions and urban attitudes of the day. They wore tight fitting felt hats, bright waistless dresses, skin-toned silk stockings, and whalebone corsets

*Babe Ruth, New York Yankees slugger, hit home run after home run

*Gertrude Ederle, at the age of 19, became the first woman to swim the English Channel

*Helen Wills dominated women's tennis, winning the singles title at the U.S. Open seven times and the Wimbledon title eight times

*Eugene O'Neill's plays, such as The Hairy Ape, forced Americans to reflect on modern isolation, confusion, and family conflicts

Danzer, Gerald A. "Changing Ways of Life." The Americans. Evanston, IL: McDougal Littell/Houghton Mifflin, 2012. eBook.