Jul 04 2011 01:49 pm
Posted by amenaghawon.enoma under July 5 Assignment
Not So Good Roaring Twenty
The roaring twenties was the decade for growth and prosperity for many American cities. Some of the cities that flourish was New York City. It was leader of America modernity during the decade. While some cities grew and prospered, others stagnated.
Boston was one of those cities that had trouble during the 1920s. It entered the decade with a great disaster called the Boston Molasses Disaster. At 529 Commercial Street a huge Molasses Tank collapsed which crushed many buildings foundations and washed them away. Some trucks were hurled into the Boston Harbor. Some people were drowned by the Molasses also 151 people were injured. It took 187 000 man hour to clean up the mess but even though the aftermath led to many class action suits against the state. After the event Boston population stagnated, but the Molasses Disaster was just beginning.
As New York was gro
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wing culturally, Boston experienced a police riot when they wanted to join the AFL union. This led to a clash between the Massachusetts militia and the police. Eventually Governor Calvin Coolidge suppressed the riot. But later this led to the unionization of police forces across the country. Then Boston decides to send anarchist Nicola Sacco and Bartolommeo Vanzetti to the electric chair which caused riots in most of Europe major cities.
One Response to “Not So Good Roaring Twenty”
rabya on 07 Jul 2011 at 5:22 am #
I am agree with you. In 1920s the growth of New york was enormous; however, there were many other cities who had to struggle keeping up themselves with the same growth what New York had.