▁the ▁word ▁" t ango " ▁was ▁often ▁applied ▁to ▁d ances ▁in ▁a ▁ ▁or ▁ ▁rh ythm ▁such ▁as ▁the ▁one - step . ▁The ▁term ▁was ▁fashion able ▁and ▁did ▁not ▁indicate ▁that ▁t ango ▁steps ▁would ▁be ▁used ▁in ▁the ▁dance , ▁although ▁they ▁might ▁be . ▁T ango ▁music ▁was ▁sometimes ▁played ▁but ▁at ▁a ▁rather ▁fast ▁tempo . ▁Inst ruct ors ▁of ▁the ▁period ▁would ▁sometimes ▁refer ▁to ▁this ▁as ▁a ▁" N orth ▁American ▁t ango ", ▁versus ▁the ▁so - called ▁" Ar gent ine ▁T ango ". ▁The ▁T ango ▁was ▁controvers ial ▁because ▁of ▁its ▁perce ived ▁sexual ▁over ton es ▁and , ▁by ▁the ▁end ▁of ▁ 1 9 1 3 , ▁the ▁dance ▁teachers ▁who ▁had ▁introduced ▁the ▁dance ▁to ▁Paris ▁were ▁ban ished ▁from ▁the ▁city . ▁By ▁ 1 9 1 4 , ▁more ▁authentic ▁t ango ▁st yl ings ▁were ▁soon ▁developed , ▁along ▁with ▁some ▁variations ▁like ▁Albert ▁New man ' s ▁" Min uet " ▁t ango . ▁ ▁In ▁Argentina , ▁the ▁on set ▁in ▁ 1 9 2 9 ▁of ▁the ▁Great ▁De pression , ▁and ▁restrictions ▁introduced ▁after ▁the ▁over throw ▁of ▁the ▁H ip ól ito ▁Y r igo yen ▁government ▁in ▁ 1 9 3 0 , ▁caused ▁t ango ▁to ▁decl ine . ▁Its ▁fort unes ▁were ▁revers ed ▁as ▁t ango ▁became ▁widely ▁fashion able ▁and ▁a ▁matter ▁of ▁national ▁pride ▁under ▁the ▁government ▁of ▁Juan ▁Per ón .