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Cultural change in the 1920s (T1) Flashcards

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What was ‘fads’?

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Activities that exploded in popularity: such as crossword puzzles.

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When was the first crossword puzzles published?

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In the Boston Globe in 1917.

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How did ‘fads’ grow in popularity?

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Crossword competitions became a spectator sport, card games such as Mah-Jong became equally popular.

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What were more energetic ‘fads’?

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  • Dance marathons- one in Chicago went on for 119 days
  • Roller-skating
  • Rocking Horse Derbies
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What was the music craze that took over in the 1920s?

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Jazz music.

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What dances came along with Jazz music?

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The Charleston and The Black Bottom.

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Why did conservatives dislike these jazz dances?

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These dances seemed unrestrained and immoral in their level of body contact and free movement.

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Who were these jazz dances usually associated with?

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With the young and ‘flappers’ who seemed to exercise little moral restraint.

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How was jazz bought into the home?

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Radio and records.

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When was the first radio station made?

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KDKA in Pittsburgh in 1920 and by 1922 there were 500 stations across the USA.

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What was the first national network?

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NBC set up in 1926, with CBS following in 1927.

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How many people tuned into the 1927 boxing match between Gene Tunney and Jack Dempsey?

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50 million

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What were ‘radio parties’ people held?

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Where family and friends could listen together in their home.

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How much did radios cost?

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$150, usually paid for on credit.

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How much money spent on furniture was spent on radios?

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By 1927, 33%

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How many American families had purchased a radio?

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Between 1923-1930, 60%

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How much did sales on radios grow from?

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From $60 million in 1923 to $842 million in 1929.

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What did radio create a huge attraction for?

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Huge attraction for advertising and sponsorship which often paid for programmes.

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What is an example of advertising on the radio?

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In August 1929, the toothpaste company Pepsodent began to sponsor ‘Amos and Andy’ on NBC.

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What was the audience of ‘Amos and Andy’?

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Rose to as high as 40 million.

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What did the power of the radio allow Americans to do for the first time?

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Could listen to the same songs, laugh at the same jokes and thrill the sporting events.

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How much had the cinema industry grown to by the 1920s?

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Centred in Hollywood, was the fourth largest in terms of capital investment.

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How many people went to the cinema?

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In any one day about 10 million people in 20,000 cinemas.

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What is an example of a glamorous cinema built in the USA?

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The Roxy in NY, cost between $7-10 million, had three organs, a huge chandelier, and a red carpet.

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What was an example of a famous star that came out from Hollywood?

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  • Clara Bow, the ‘It girl’ who symbolised the modern liberated woman.
  • Action heroes like Douglas Fairbanks.
  • Comic geniuses such as Buster Keaton and Charlie Chaplin.
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What was the first sound film to be released?

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In 1927, ‘The Jazz Singer’.

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How did sport become more popular?

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People had more leisure time and sporting heroes attracted huge audiences - especially in boxing and baseball.

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What did the growth of radio do for sport?

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Brought national and local matches into people’s homes.

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What was an example of a popular match?

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50 million listened to the Dempsey-Tunney fight on 22 September 1927.

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How did sporting figures gain money?

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Earned vast amounts from sponsorship deals and advertising.

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How much was Jack Dempsey worth?

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$10 million.

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How much was Babe Ruth worth?

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$80,000 from his baseball salary, $1 million over the course.

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Who were some significant baseball players?

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Babe Ruth, his New York Yankee teammate Lou Gehrig.

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What was formed in 1920 in relation to baseball?

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The Negro National Baseball League.

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What was the Negro National Baseball League?

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A testament to the fact that sport was still largely segregated.

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How was the Negro National Baseball League different?

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The players earned less than their white counterparts, and committed themselves to exhausting circuits.

37
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How was the Negro National Baseball League beneficial?

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Were among the biggest black-American owned business in the USA.

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What was the Great Migration?

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Ethnic minorities who moved from the South to Northern cities.

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What was the most centred area of the city with Black Americans?

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Harlem in NY.

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What could Harlem represent?

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The ghettoisation or the concentration of black Americans into specific areas of economic and social problems.

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How much did the population of black Americans grow by?

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From 50,000 in 1914 to 165,000 in 1930

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What were the problems in Harlem?

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Particularly with overcrowding and poor living conditions.

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What were the problems with properties in Harlem?

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Often as properties fell into disrepair landlords failed to repair them.

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What did the concentration of black Americans lead to?

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The Harlem Renaissance.

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What was the Harlem Renaissance?

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A resurgence of black American culture, a pride in black American life and achievement.

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How did the Harlem Renaissance portray black American culture?

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  • Came particularly through music - jazz, blues and spirituals.
  • Which had a depth and intimacy that few white Americans could replicate.
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What was ‘The New Negro’?

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  • Black American militancy
  • Controversy about whether they should integrate with white society or develop independently or separately.
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Was there any contention against ‘The New Negro’?

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Some Black Americans discounted the idea, they argued that proponents of these ignored Black Americans up to 1920s.

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How were Black Americans treated at this time?

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Clearly prejudice and injustice went on and there were no moves to end segregation.

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Who was Marcus Garvey?

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  • Believed in overwhelmingly in separation between the races.
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What did Marcus Garvey set up?

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His Universal Negro Improvement Society which gained thousands of supporters in the 1920s.

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What was the aim of the UNIS?

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  • Encouraged black Americans only to deal with black American businesses.
  • It set up a Black Cross medical care and the Black Star Shipping Line to carry passengers to African ports.
53
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What else did Marcus Garvey run?

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‘Back to Africa’ campaign which encouraged Black Americans to emigrate back to their descendants land.

54
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What was literature like in the 1920s?

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Reflected a widespread disillusionment with the USAm led to a renaissance in US writing.

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Who were famous writers in the 1920s?

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Ernest Hemingway, F. Scott Fitzgerald and Sinclair Lewis.

56
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What ideas were the USA concerned with?

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Materialism and economic growth, and did not appreciate the arts.

57
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What was the importance of the book ‘The Sun Also Rises’?

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The hero symbolises the emptiness of society, as all the protagonists had left the USA and Britain.

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What were people reading at the time?

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They enjoyed popular fiction which was sometimes written by Scott Fitzgerald.

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What was one of the most popular magazines in the 1920s?

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‘Reader’s Digest’, covering human interest stories, short humorous pieces and condensed fiction.

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