changing quality of life- leisure and travel

Question 1

what was leisure like in the 1920’s and 30’s

Answer 1

• benefit for only middle and upper class

-radio increased

• GD meant disposable income decreased

Question 2

what leisure opportunities were available 1917-1945?

Answer 2

• movie theatres, theatres
• sports stadiums
• eating out eg fast food drive ins etc

Question 3

how did leisure opportunities differ between north and south 1917-45 (in terms of segregation)

Answer 3

• segregated movie theatres in south
• unofficial segregation applied in the north

Question 4

movie theatres in the 20’s and 30’s
by 1930 cinemas were built to hold over 5000 people

Answer 4

20s first ciolour film and first talkie

by 1930 cinemas were built to hold over 5000 people

by 1940 there were 10 million cinema seats

Question 5

deregulation

Answer 5

• 1978 Airline Deregulation Act ended federal gov control over various airlines eg ticket pricing and routes
• new ‘low cost’ airlines competed with established airlines

Question 6

reasons for increased leisure time

Answer 6

• range of work options or unemployment
• end to WW1+WW2
• economic booms
• improve work-life balance

Question 7

how did radio and book market change as leisure changed

Answer 7

• radio industry grew rapidly as well as the book market
• 1929: book sales were $117 mil and in 1939 they fell to $74 mil due to GD

-by 1935 recod prices fell drastically due to radio

Question 8

records in 20s

Answer 8

-75 million worth of records sold in 1929 alone

-however dropped in 1935

Question 9

how did spectator sports change 1917-45

Answer 9

• sports coverage increased
• in 1920’s Americans could watch baseball, football, horse racing and more
• baseball became the most popular
• most baseball stadiums held 35,000 in 20’s

Question 10

how did radio influence spectator sports

Answer 10

• radio coverage sold sport and sport sold radios (worked hand in hand)

-e.g in 1927 30 m listened to the dempsy boxing match on radio

Question 11

how did WW2 impact leisure opportunities

Answer 11

• leisure time came second to war effort
• quality of games down as players joined military
• women formed sports teams and competed

Question 12

how popular was womens sports during WW2

Answer 12

• All American Girls Baseball league played from 1943-54 and attracted audiences of roughly 1600 per game
• collapsed from 1945 as men returned from war

Question 13

rise of tv as leisure

Answer 13

first commercial tv shown in theb world fair in 1939

increased drastically in 50s

parents stayed home and watched tv due to suburban living making babysitting harder due to travel distance

increased consumer culture

Question 14

leisure during the 50’s and 60’s

Answer 14

• paid holidays and wage regulation boosted leisure time
• roughly 1/6 of income spent on leisure
• very poor missed out but could buy cheap tickets to sports events/movies

-TV TIME INCREASED

Question 15

how did leisure opportunities change 1950’s onwards

Answer 15

• disney parks invented
• suburbs sprouted bowling alleys and tennis courts
• shopping became a leisure activity

Question 16

how did technology change by 1980

Answer 16

• radio, tv, computers
• computers slow and needed self programming
• home use of the internet didn’t take off until the 1990’s

Question 17

how did TV impact sport

Answer 17

• TV companies spent a lot to televise sport
• TV let people see games as well as hear them
• drop in sports attendance through the 70’s as watching them on TV was free

Question 18

how popular was baseball 1970-1980

Answer 18

1970’s had 330mil attending baseball leagues
1980’s increased to just over 460 mil

Question 19

knock on effect on industry of car owning culture

Answer 19

• car factories expanded and increase employment
• wages increased as demand for workers also did + car prices dropped

Question 20

knock on effect on associated supplies of car owning culture

Answer 20

• car mechanics workshops and car dealerships sprang up along the roads

Question 21

knock on effect on roads of car owning culture

Answer 21

• roads improved and expanded
• In 1960 21.5% of people had no car, by 1980 it was 12.1%

Question 22

knock on effect on mobility of car owning culture

Answer 22

• diners and motels sprang up along the roads -> 1958 there were 56,000 motels
• cars faster and cheaper than trains
• the car made it easier to move home

Question 23

how did WW2 impact air travel

Answer 23

• jet engine invented + radar discovered
• first Boeing 747 could carry up to 450 passengers (first flight 1969)

Question 24

who benefited from changes in air travel

Answer 24

• middle-class professionals could fly regularly
• foreign tourists increased

Question 25

how many foreign tourists were there in 1970 compared to 1980

Answer 25

1970: 2.3 mil 1980: 8.2 mil