Jazz Age Flashcards
1
Q
Explain the terms-Jazz Age, Flapper, Prohibition, Moonshine, Speakeasies and Great Depression.
A
Flapper-Young women short hair and skirts Prohibition-Ban of Alcohol Moonshine-Illegal Alcohol Speakeasies-Illegal Bar Great Depression-collapse of US economy
2
Q
Explain the African Americans Experiences. Jim Crow laws (negative) Harlem Renaissance (positive)
A
Discrimination
NY better living standard in nightclubs playing jazz/acting
3
Q
What were jazz age crazes, dances and sports.
A
Music, Charleston, Baseball, Boxing, Golf
4
Q
Why did prohibition start and end?
A
It starts during WW1 so that people stop drinking so they can work harder.
Everybody turned into a criminal.
5
Q
When was the Jazz Age decade and when was the Wall Street crash?
A
1920s
1929 October
6
Q
What were 3 effects of the Great Depression on Americans.
A
Unemployment
Hunger
Housing
