Boom to Bust video notes

Question 1

prohibition

Answer 1

1920 - 1933 when alcochal was banned

Question 2

results of prohibition

Answer 2

Speakeasy’s, Crime / Gangs, Smuggling, ETC. Most people still drank

Question 3

urban centers and NYc

Answer 3

new era, architecture and skyscrapers, people moving to city’s, Broadway Madison and wall st, wealth lots of new jobs

Question 4

roaring 20s breaking boundries

Answer 4

women’s rights, fashion, music, dance, tech etc.

Question 5

lives of the wealthy

Answer 5

maids and summer houses, extreme wealth

Question 6

jazz and harlem

Answer 6

Harlem was the capital of jazz.

Question 7

cotton club

Answer 7

The Cotton Club was a New York City nightclub from 1923 to 1940. People traveled to hear the music- jazz was seen as new music for the US

Question 8

Harlem Renaissance

Answer 8

fancy term, a promise for African Americans, BE proud to be black, Harlem is better than heaven

Question 9

Lower east side + European immigrants

Answer 9

gateway to the American dream, blessed to be in America, mixed city with lots of culture and ethnicity

Question 10

Rual america

Answer 10

lived as generations before had, simple life

Question 11

electricity

Answer 11

electricity was a big deal bc before people used candles and lamps, first came to cities, majority of homes had it

Question 12

cars

Answer 12

changed the space, gave freedom, revolutionary, 1 billion spent on bridges highways and tunnels

Question 13

advertising and credit

Answer 13

Billboards and roadside advertising, credit - buy now pay later

Question 14

Radio and imortence

Answer 14

radio was most desired item, radio transmitted the results of election, every store (including grocery) sold radios

Question 15

social changes with women

Answer 15

19th amendment gave women the right to vote and right to live for herself. Radical time-woemn went to party’s and bars. they underwent style changes like short hair and makeup. Flappers and vamps.

Question 16

reaction against these changes (fundamentalism)

Answer 16

cursing was unwanted, women went to church with hats and white gloves, thought the country was founded on the respect for God and believed that woman should not do these htings

Question 17

Scopes trial (science V. religion)

Answer 17

The Scopes Trial, also known as the Scopes Monkey Trial, was the 1925 prosecution of science teacher John Scopes for teaching evolution in a Tennessee public school, which a recent bill had made illegal. The trial featured two of the best-known orators of the era, William Jennings Bryan and Clarence Darrow, as opposing attorneys. The trial was viewed as an opportunity to challenge the constitutionality of the bill, to publicly advocate for the legitimacy of Darwin’s theory of evolution, and to enhance the profile of the American Civil Liberties Union (ACLU). It was very religous and proposed the question- do i believe in modern science?

Question 18

nativism and intolerence

Answer 18

was very bad - people wanted to developed new technology and new era but wanted to keep the same old ideas

Question 19

KKK

Answer 19

had 4 million members and extremely popular in the south. Opposed to everybody except whites (Jews, Catholics) Were recruiting in northern states. KKK symbol was the burning cross. Lynched 200 ppl in the twentys. had political control in 7 states.

Question 20

Sports and entertainment

Answer 20

Spectator sports became popular. Babe Ruth and Lou Gehrig were very popular.

Question 21

Babe Ruth

Answer 21

George Herman Ruth Jr. (1895-1948), also known as Babe Ruth, remains the greatest baseball player in the history of the sport. He played for the Boston Red Sox, New York Yankees, and Boston Braves in a career spanning from 1914 to 1935. Extremely famous and popular.hero, showed young men can do great things

Question 22

charles Linburgh

Answer 22

Charles Augustus Lindbergh (February 4, 1902 – August 26, 1974) was an American aviator and military officer. On May 20–21, 1927, he made the first nonstop flight from New York City to Paris, a distance of 3,600 miles (5,800 km), flying alone for 33.5 hours. His aircraft, the Spirit of St. Louis, was designed and built to compete for the $25,000 Orteig Prize for the first flight between the two cities. hero, showed young men can do great things