The war was over and many Americans spent the 1920s in a great mood. Investors flocked to a rising stock market. Companies launched brand-new, cutting-edge products, like radios and washing machines. Exuberant Americans kicked up their heels to jazz music, tried crazy stunts, and supported a black market in liquor after Prohibition. A popular expression of the time asked, “What will they think of next?” Bootleggers, flappers, bathtub gin - life is roaring and the music is hot, and the whole country is dancing to the beat of the Charleston. Well, maybe not the whole country.