CHAPTER 65: JAZZ AGE Flashcards
Which year was jazz age and what other names were for it?
And why was it called that?
1920 Jazz age The golden twenties Roaring twenties Bcz everybody seemed to have money
Wall street crash date
Sept-October 1929
What did 1920 see?
1920’s saw a break with the traditional set up in america.
The great war had destroyed old perceived social conventions and new ones developed
What did the youngs do?
Young set themselves free especially the young women.
They shocked the older generation with their new hairstyles short bob.
And the clothing they wore were often much shorter than had been seen and tended to expose their legs and knees
Who were flappers?
Why arrested?
What else they did
A young generation of western women in 1920’s who wore short skirts, bobed their hair and listened to jazz music.
They were arrested for indecent exposure as they wire skimpy beach wear in public.
They wore silk stockings rolled just abouve the knees.
Got their hair cut at male barbers.
They went out without a man to look after them, went to all night parties
Drove motor cars
Smoked in public
Held men’s hands without wearing gloves.
What did the president of florida University said?
He said tgat the low cut gowns and short skirta are born of the devil, they are carrying the present generation to destruction
How did their mothers protested against flappers
They formed anti-flirt league against the acts of their daughters.
Why didn’t young generation listen to elders
After the horror of first world War, tge younger generations mistrusted the older generations and did their own thing which flew in the face of establishment
Who did flappers look up to?
Who was she?
The person who flappers look up to, was clara bow
Tge vamp in the film it
Linked to the growth of alternate generation, was the - - - -
Ehat were the dance styles
Growth in jazz.
This led to new dances being created which furtger angered the older generation.
The charleston
One step
Black bottom were only for young and the last one angered the establishment by name alone .
Famous jazzmen?
Louis armstrong
Fats waller
Benny goodman
The combination of good - - -, - - - new - - - - and new—–
Outraged many
New music
New dance
New fashion
Quote of the cathilic telegraph
The music is sensuous, the female is only half dressed and the motions may not be described in in a family newspaper. Suffice it to say that there are certain houses appropriate for such dances but tgese houses have been closed by law.
What is crazies?
What did people do
People would do crazy things for fun
Such as :
Sitting on top of flag pole for as long as possible
Marathon dances that went on until everybody had dropped.
Wing flying when you stood strapped onto the wing of a flying plane until it landed
It was also the era of sports?
Name two
Baseball player: babe ruth
Amateur golfer bobby jones
1920’s made - - - -
— people went to movies a week
Hollywood
100 million
Transition in actors career
1910’s staers of movies were not named but by the 1920’s they became world famous.
Staemrs were more imp than film itself and they could earn a fortune.
The stars lived lavish lifestyles.
Slapstick comedy was dominated by
Charlie chaplin
Fatty arbuckle
Laurel and hardy
Buster keaton
Leading women of Hollywood
Clara bow
Mary Pickford
Keading men heroes
Rudolf Valentino
When he died in 1926 at the age of 31
Oeople queued for miles to see his embalmed body and riots broke out
The decade saw the first t—–
Name.
Starring
Talkie.
The jazz singer
AL jolson
What happened as a result of talkie
Many silent screen stars lost their jobs a s tgeir vioces sounded too strange or their accents were difficult to understand.
Where did stars live
Beverly hills
What do people believe about America
Name the ganstar
That you could succeed in america regardless of who you were
Even murderous gang bosses achieved stardom
Al capone.
He controlled chicago.
Prohibition had been introduced in america?
Year
On what
1918
The law banned the sale, transportation and manufacture of alcohol.
But there was a ready market for alcohol and gangstars provided it throughout 1920’s
Prohibition of what has been introduced to America?
Date
1918
The law banned the sale, transportation and manufacture of alcohol.
But there was a ready market for alcohol and gangstars provided it throughout 1920’s ea
Earning of al capone
60 million dollars from alcohol sales per year.
45 million follars from other illegal ventures.
He achieved nation celebrity status.
When he appeared on the cover of time magzine
