Challenges to Society

Question 1

Flappers

Answer 1

• women in the 20s
• independent, stylish young women
• smoked, drank and had sex
• challenged older generations morals
• changed attitudes and perception of women

Question 2

Feminisin

Answer 2

• big movement in the 20s
• protested for womens right to vote
• won and the 19th Amendment was ratified on August 18 1920

Question 3

Prohibition

Answer 3

• alcohol was the cause of the immorality
• if we got rid of it it would solve all problems within post war america
• 1920-33
• increased crime rates
• created speakeasies (illegal underground bars) and bath tub gin

Question 4

Segregation

Answer 4

• popular in the south (Klu Klux Klan)
• fear of the African-American pop.
• in south the pop. was targeted through lynchings, beatings and general terrorism

Question 5

Crime

Answer 5

• rise of the gangster (Al Capone)
• gun violence became popular (e.g. Chicago and New York)
• police raids forced criminals to ensure their merchandise was transported safely

Question 6

The Arts

Answer 6

Film
- ‘talkie’ films new
Music
- jazz age was about the celebration of life in night clubs. black musicians were the leaders
Dance
- new styles of dance, such as the Charleston, was energetic and encouraged wild behaviours
Literature
- focused on what was possible and what had happened
Harlem Renaissance
- movement that explored afro-american cultural life
Art movements
- surrealism
- expressionism

Question 7

Isolationism

Answer 7

• American still going through isolationist policy

- policy of remaining away of other countries affairs

Question 8

Tech

Answer 8

• tech was being used to create luxury items

Question 9

Consumerism

Answer 9

• buying goods

- creating demand and then ensuring supply