Jazz Age Flashcards
Flapper
Women intent on enjoying herself
Speakeasy
Illegal liquor shop or bar where they sold drinks like moonshine
Prohibition
Legal prevention of manufacture sale and transportation of alcohol
Wall Street crash
Major American stock market crash
What happened in October 1929
Wall Street crash
Great Depression is
A severe economic downturn from the result of Wall Street crash
What happened on 14 February 1929
St Valentine’s Day massacre
Murderer of 7 gang members
Hobbies at the time
Dance marathons -people dance to music for an extended amount of time for money
Dominoes
Ouija board
Dancing
When was prohibition started
1920 Jan
Gangsters at the time
Al Capone
Johnny torrio
How did gangsters make money
Bootlegging which is selling manufacturing and transport if alcohol during prohibition
Who and what did the untouchables do
Special agents of us governments who made attempts to take down all Capone while enforcing prohibition
What was the Harlem ressanice
Cultural revival of African American music dance art fashion etc
African American discrimination
Discriminated daily
KKK-rascist group
Why did African Americans move to cities
Growth of industrial city’s meant African Americans coming looking for employment
Famous jazz musicians at the time
Louie Armstrong
Sports at the time
Horse riding baseball golf American football etc
What were women like in 1920s
They got jobs outside of house because of suffragette movement
Why did jazz age end
Because of stock market crash which started great depress
