Jazz was originated in America from African American slaves on plantations in the south during the late 1800s. Before it came to America it was widely popular in Europe. In the beginning of jazz it was mainly the blues, it was music of the slaves after their hard days at work on southern plantations. Jazz's home was New Orleans, where Ragtime music was formed. Many famous Jazz artists came from New Orleans such as Louis Armstrong and Jelly Roll Mortin. Since Jazz was popular in the south it soon started spreading to other parts of the country.
Blackface Performers were seen in shows called Minstrel shows. In the late 1800s and early 1900s it was unheard of for black performers to be seen onstage in America. Because of this white men had to put on make up to paint their faces black and used white makeup to emphasize black features such as theyre eyes and lips. If black performers wanted to perform in these shows they would paint their already black faces darker and perform acts about their racial stereotypes. Minstrel shows continued until the late 1960s when blacks took more action in fighting for their rights.
The stock market crash of 1929 was the beginning of the great depression.The stock market was looked at as a way to make money, if you invested in a stock you could have made millions. In the 1920's people started living more leisurely lives, men and women would go out and party. Women started changing the way they dressed and everyone started going to shows, clubs, bars and living the life. In the '20s people were expanding the way they were living with the high demand for consumer goods. All of this changed when the stock market crashed because it caused America to go into an economic downfall which is the great depression. People lost a lot of money because of the crash which caused everyone to ration what they had and not go out and indulge in leisurely activities anymore, so bars, clubs, shows, etc lost their appeal.
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