Jazz Age - New Hobbies - IN EXAM

Question 1

Explain the new hobby of celebrities and dancing

Answer 1

• new forms of dancing such as the ‘Tango’’ the ‘Charleston’ and the ‘Blackbottom’ became popular
• older more conservative Americans often found these styles of dance provocative or offensive
• US men and women looked for ways to enjoy life with unprecedented energy, enthusiasm and imagination
• Americans sought out celebrities to idolise

Question 2

Explain the new crazes and Fads

Answer 2

• an endless variety of crazes and fads made their way around the country
• some more memorable included a competition surrounded by a man named ‘Shipwreck Kelly’. He sat on top of a flagpole for 23 days. Thousands tried to beat his record
• Other fads included dance marathons, beauty contests, live goldfish eating and fitting as many people into a car or telephone box

Question 3

Talk about the new found hobby of going to the cinema

Answer 3

• cinema attendance soared as record numbers of Americans were entertained by silent films and a new younger generation of film stars
• studios in Hollywood produced hundreds of films and made actors like Charlie Chaplin and laurel and hardy household names
• by the end of the decade 100 million Americans were watching films each week
• thousands of film goers joined fan clubs set up to honour their favourite actor or actress

Question 4

Talk about the hobby of spectator sports

Answer 4

• they grew in popularity through the 1920’s
• increasing numbers of Americans paid to watch their favourite baseball or football teams
• individual athletes achieved celebrity status and became popular heroes

Question 5

Prohibition:

What was it

Answer 5

It was the banning of production, distribution and selling of alcohol in the 1920’s

Question 6

Prohibition:

What was the idea

Answer 6

To reduce overtly and improve the quality of life

Question 7

Prohibition:

What date was when it was illegal to have a glass of wine in America

Answer 7

At the stroke of midnight on January 16th 1920, America went dry. There wasn’t a place in the country (not even your own home) where you could legally have a glass of wine

Question 8

Prohibition:

What act prohibited the manufacture, sale and possession of alcohol in America and how long did it last

Answer 8

The Volstead Act (18th Amendment) prohibited the manufacture, sale and possession of alcohol in America. It lasted 13 years

Question 9

Bootlegging:

What was bootlegging

Answer 9

Bootlegging in US history, was the illegal traffic in liquor in violation of legislative restrictions on its manufacture, sale or transportation

Question 10

Bootlegging:

When did the term bootlegging come into use in the MidWest

Answer 10

In the 1880’s

Question 11

Bootlegging:

When did the term come apart of the American vocabulary

Answer 11

When the 18th amendment to the US Constitution effected the national prohibition of alcohol from 1920 until its repeal in 1933

Question 12

Bootlegging:

Where did the earliest bootleggers smuggle alcohol into the US from

Answer 12

The earliest bootleggers began smuggling foreign made commercial liquor into the US from across borders of Mexico and Canada and along the seacoasts from ships under foreign registry

Question 13

Bootlegging:

Where were the earliest bootleggers favourite sources of supply

Answer 13

The Bahamas, Cuba and the French islands of St. Pierre and Miquelon