Developed during World War I in suburban New York, initially performed by Carribean and African dancers.  It eventually made its debut on the stage of American music-hall and immediately became popular in the ballrooms.

Foxtrot and Quickstep have a common origin.  In the twenties many bands played the slow-foxtrot too fast, which gave rise to many complaints.  Eventually they developed into two different dances.  Slow-foxtrot tempo has been slowed down and Quickstep became clearly the fast version of Foxtrot, danced at 48 bars per minute tempo.  The Charleston had a lot of influence on the development of Quickstep.

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