Context

Question 1

Published

Answer 1

1925

Question 2

Cars

Answer 2

Becoming increasingly popular. A symbol of glamour and wealth.

Question 3

Prohibition

Answer 3

1920 to 1933

Question 4

Bootlegging

Answer 4

People made illegal fortunes from being bootleggers which was smuggling alcohol into America from abroad.

Question 5

Advertising

Answer 5

Becoming a major industry and billboards were set up at roadways.

Question 6

Young people

Answer 6

Being associated with wild parties, drinking and promiscuous behaviour.

Question 7

War

Answer 7

1914 to 1918.

Question 8

Reaction to War.

Answer 8

The self-indulgent and extravagant behaviour was a reaction to the hardship experienced during WW1, People wanted to forget about War and have fun.

Question 9

The American Dream

Answer 9

You can achieve your dreams through hard work. It caused migrants to flock to America but employers took advantage of this and made them work harder and longer.

Question 10

The American Dream Evolved

Answer 10

It quickly evolved into the idea of getting rich quickly through whatever means possible.

Question 11

Lifestyle

Answer 11

Th Americans were able to enjoy an affluent and leisurely lifestyle, more so than ever before

Question 12

Failure of Gatsby’s Dream

Answer 12

Foreshadows the Wall Street Crash. The capitalist excesses of the 1920s would feed and shape the depressed conditions of the decade to follow.

Question 13

African-Americans

Answer 13

Were at the bottom of the economic ladder.

Question 14

F Scott Fitzgerald was the first to:

Answer 14

Praise the postwar era for the youth’s new form of recreation and sexuality.

Question 15

The older generation

Answer 15

Became shocked by the new generation’s morals and manners.

Question 16

Flapper Girl

Answer 16

Heavy makeup, skirts above ankles, drank beer, smoke and drove automobiles. Replaced the Victorian virtues of womenhood.

Question 17

Modernist

Answer 17

Replaced the traditionalist. Modernists felt that the Victorian attitudes of the older generation had stifled expression and creativity.

Question 18

Amount of Automobiles.

Answer 18

Turn of 20th century= 8000 in US

By 1920 there were 8 million

Question 19

Consumerism

Answer 19

Meant that Americans were able to enjoy a more affluent and leisurely lifestyle than any previous time.

Question 20

View of Traditionalists on Jazz Music

Answer 20

Thought that it was exerting a corrupt influence on the morals of the Youth.

Question 21

Tabloid Journalism

Answer 21

The decade saw the rise of tabloid journalism, scandals and affairs stole the headlines from more serious events, showing a new sense of values.

Question 22

Lack of Social Enlightenment

Answer 22

Growth in popularity of eugenics, a “science” that asserted the superiority of whites and their right to rule “lesser” races. There were also lyncings of African-Americans in the South.

Question 23

Attitudes to Women

Answer 23

Despite their sexual liberation as portrayed in films and magazines, remained gender segregated underpaid and politically isolated.

Question 24

Alcohol at Gatsby’s parties

Answer 24

Indicates that he must have questionable associates in order to obtain such liquor