AO3 Flashcards
separate spheres
a woman’s sphere consisted of privacy and family
a man’s sphere was economy, politics and social competition
new woman
cultural icon - intelligent, educated and independent
new woman in literature
dealt frankly with sex and marriage
19th amendment
1920 granted American women the right to vote
who were flappers
women who were more socially and financially independent
they wore makeup, drove, drank and smoked
by 1930, how many women were earning wages
10 million, but most jobs were temporary
transcendentalism
movement which focused on non-conformity, free-thought and spirituality
common elements of realist literature
omniscient narrator
simple language
social critique
class divisions
noble savage
embodiment of an idealised outsider, uncorrupted by civilisation and innately good
15th amendment
1870, declared it illegal to deny the vote to an individual on the grounds of race
plessy versus ferguson
1896
plessy, a black railroad passenger, refused to sit in his ‘coloured car’
his plea was overruled
membership of the KKK
6 million in 1924
30,000 in 1930
harlem renaissance
1918-37
development of harlem neighbourhood in NY as a black cultural mecca
great migraton
mass movement of african americans from the south to the north - 300,000 by 1920
who coined the term conspicuous consumption
Thorstein Veblen in 1899
‘the theory of the leisure class’
how many americans owned a car
in the 1920s, 1/5
what hapened to ford motor company in 1924
its market capitalisation exceeded $1 billion
wealth distribution
in 1920
1/3 of the wealth was owned by the top 5%
declaration of independence date
4th july 1776
who coined the term the ‘American dream’
james truslow adams
1931
lost generation
idealised (but unattainable) past
decadence
18th amendment
1919
forbade the manufacture and sale of alcohol
prohibition encouraged..
organised crime, developed by the American mafia. institutions were corrupted - 1/2 of the chicago police
by 1933, how many were under the poverty line
60%
the dust bowl
period of severe drought accompanied by high winds and temperatures
1931
how many people left the dust bowl states in the 1930s
2.5 million
