Roaring 20s Flashcards
Why was there an influx of immigrants to the USA?
Because of the red scare which is a fear that there was going to be a communist take over of the American government
What was the rapid culture change?
Old conservative values and traditions were questioned and replaced with new liberal ideas.
What was questioned for the first time?
Religion
The countries total wealth_____between 1920-1929
Doubled
Beginning of what age?
Modern age- out with the old ideas of the Victorian age in width the new (Gender roles, religion,values, etc)
What was the Great Migration?
Blacks to the north (cities)
What is a consumer society?1st time
Things were purchased on credit everyone acted liked they had money
What were the new modern inventions that made life easier?
Automobiles, radios, motion pictures, washing machines, vacuums, toasters
During the 19th century what were the only proper activities for married women?
Housework and Childcare
What fraction of single women worked outside of the home, and for what wage?
One in ten and half a mans wage
What did women give up when they got married?
Money, property
Women could not vote
Who were some early women reform leaders?
Susan B. Anthony, Elizabeth Cady Stanton and Lucrecia Mott
What was the official beginning of the women’s reform movement? And what was it composed of?
The Seneca Falls Convention- first women’s rights convention
Statement of grievances modeled after the Declaration of Independence
Resolved that a women is a mans equal
Right to vote
What is suffrage?
The right to vote
What are suffragettes?
Women activists
Which two women were the leaders of the American feminist movement of non violent protests?
Alice Paul and Lucy Burns
When and how did the women’s campaigns of 1910 finally succeed?
1920 with the 19th amendment (women’s -suffrage right to vote)
What is the Sexual Revolution?
New woman
Women gained a new sense of freedom and independence
Began to work outside the home for the first time
Birth control
Who started the birth control movement, and founded planned parenthood? And why was it desired?
Margaret Sanger
Less children meant more freedom
Who were flappers?
The unconventional new women who wore their hair short, wore makeup, wore short skirts, and smoked and drank just like the men
What were cigarettes known as?
Freedom torches
Who was religion challenged by?
Charles Darwin
What was the origin of the species?
An evolution theory that now challenged God and creation
What was the scopes monkey trial? And what was the impact?
Should God or evolution be taught in schools?
Evolution began to be taught in public schools as a result
“Modern science”
What were the music styles created during the period? Where?
Jazz and the Blues in Harlem NYC
Who was George Gershwin
Jazz composer
Who was Louis Armstrong?
Jazz trumpeter
What was the cotton club?
Most famous club in Harlem
What were the dance crazes?
The Charleston and the shimmy and the Lindy Hop
What was the new source of communication? It was one of the greatest invention of all time. What did it do?
The radio
Brought entertainment, news sports etc right into the home
What was the first radio station in America in 1920?
WKDKA Pittsburgh
What were spectator sports?
Large crowds
Buy ticket
What was the king spectator sport?
Baseball
What was Babe Ruth known and what was his salary?
The babe and made more money than the president
What was the boxing champion (heavyweight champion) of this time?
Jack Dempsey
Where were motion pictures produced?
Hollywood
By 1929 how many Americans were going to see a movie at least once a week?
75%
What were the types of films?
Silent films to
Talkies - first with words
What was the first talkie film?
The Jazz Singer
Who were some actresses of the time?
Greta Garbo and Mary Pickford
Who were some actors of the time?
Charlie Chaplin, Rudolph Valentino, and Gary Cooper.
What did the automobile bring?
It gave Americans a sense of freedom and Independence
People went on vacation for the first time
What car Henry Ford create and other things?
The Model T he made affordable 1924-$260
Created the assembly line
Created new industries like motels, gas stations, road construction and resorts
What was the Harlem Renaissance?
New negro movement
A rebirth and celebration of African American culture
What was the “capital” of Black America?
Harlem NYC
Who were some famous people of the Harlem Renaissance?
Langston Hughes (poet) Duke Ellington and Louis Armstrong (musicians)
What amendment was prohibition?
18th
What was prohibition known as?
The noble experiment 1920-1933
What did prohibition entail?
Illegal to manufacture, buy or sell alcohol
What were gangster(bootleggers)?
Ran illegal alcohol businesses and brought booze from Canada to Al Capone in Chicago
What is a speakeasy? And how did they get cops to not report them?
Underground alcohol/dance clubs
They paid the cops off
What were moonshiners? Origin of nascar running from the law
Rural areas made homemade recipes
What was the Ku Klux Klan knows as?
The invisible empire
What was the KKK?
They were an anti Black, Jewish, Catholic, and Immigrant , etc organization.
They blamed these groups for all the problems in America
They wanted to purify america
In 1920 how many members did the KKK have?
3-4mil members
Who was Charles Lindbergh?
The First solo transatlantic airplane flight from NYC to Paris in 33hrs
Who was Lucky Lindy in 1927?
A national hero most well known celebrity in America.
Who was the lst women flyer in the 1930’s
Amelia Earhardt
Who started the back to Africa movement? What did it entail?
Marcus Garvey
Encouraged negroes to be proud of their heritage and return to their roots (Africa)
What association did Marcus Garvey form?
The Universal Negro Improvement Association.
Who was the co founder of the NAACP (National Association for the Advancement of Colored People)
W.E.B Du Bois
What were the lost generation?
Writers out of WW1
What did Ernest Hemingway write?
Wrote a farewell to arms and to whom the bell tolls
What did F. Scott Fitzgerald write?
The Great Gatsby which is a book that exposes that money does not buy happiness.
Why was the roaring twenties not real?
The practice of buying things on credit made it appear that everyone was prosperous but this was an illusion
THE BUBBLE WAS BOUND TO BURST
What followed the roaring twenties in 1929-1941?
The Great Depression- severe worldwide economic crisis that took place in the 1930s
