social and cultural developments

Question 1

why did babe ruth become famous?

Answer 1

his home run record(lasted until 1961)

Question 2

how much did he earn by 1930

Answer 2

$80,000($7 mil in todays money) a year

Question 3

how many listeners to the match between Jack Dempsy and Gene Tunney?

Answer 3

60 million radio listeners

Question 4

weekly audience at the cinema in 1919

Answer 4

35 million

Question 5

wekkly audience at cinema by 1930

Answer 5

100 million

Question 6

why did stars become house hold names by 1929

Answer 6

the star system

Question 7

why did stars become house hold names by 1929

Answer 7

the star system

Question 8

star system

Answer 8

promoted not just the films but also the stars through eg magazine interviews

Question 9

when were talkies introduced and with what film

Answer 9

1927 with ‘The Jazz Singer’

Question 10

when first radio station aired

Answer 10

station KDKA aired on the second of November 1920 in Pittsburgh

Question 11

how many radio stations by 1922

Answer 11

508

Question 12

how many radios sold in 1919 vs 1929

Answer 12

60000 vs 10 million

Question 13

what percentage of American homes owned a radio by 1930

Answer 13

40 percent

Question 14

how was Jazz brought to cities

Answer 14

by the African Americans who migrated from the south to the north for work

Question 15

where did jazz become popular

Answer 15

in bars, dancehalls, nightclubs and speakeasies.

Question 16

when was the Charleston first performed

Answer 16

1903 in Harlem, New York

Question 17

who were famous jazz musicians

Answer 17

Louis Armstrong, Duke Ellington, Bessie Smith etc.

Question 18

the change in the average working hour

Answer 18

from 47.4 hours to 44.2 hours

Question 19

change in wages

Answer 19

rose by 11%

Question 20

hays code

Answer 20

code of conduct introduced to censor the film industry. banned nudity, limited on screen kisses to 3 seconds and discouraged crimes eg.theft

Question 21

when was the boxing match between Jack Dempsy and Gene Tunney

Answer 21

1927

Question 23

how many women had jobs in 1929 compared to 1919

Answer 23

10.5 mil (25% increase since 1920)

Question 24

divorce rates

Answer 24

doubled in the 1920s

Question 25

what did the president of the florida university say

Answer 25

the short skirts of flappers were ‘born if the devil’

Question 26

premarital sex survey in 1900 compared to the one in 1920s

Answer 26

more than 80% hadn’t had premarital sex compared to the 31% in the 1920s

Question 27

what did the 19th amendment do and when was it ratified

Answer 27

gave women the right to vote and was ratified in August 1920