social and cultural developments Flashcards
why did babe ruth become famous?
his home run record(lasted until 1961)
how much did he earn by 1930
$80,000($7 mil in todays money) a year
how many listeners to the match between Jack Dempsy and Gene Tunney?
60 million radio listeners
weekly audience at the cinema in 1919
35 million
wekkly audience at cinema by 1930
100 million
why did stars become house hold names by 1929
the star system
why did stars become house hold names by 1929
the star system
star system
promoted not just the films but also the stars through eg magazine interviews
when were talkies introduced and with what film
1927 with ‘The Jazz Singer’
when first radio station aired
station KDKA aired on the second of November 1920 in Pittsburgh
how many radio stations by 1922
508
how many radios sold in 1919 vs 1929
60000 vs 10 million
what percentage of American homes owned a radio by 1930
40 percent
how was Jazz brought to cities
by the African Americans who migrated from the south to the north for work
where did jazz become popular
in bars, dancehalls, nightclubs and speakeasies.
when was the Charleston first performed
1903 in Harlem, New York
who were famous jazz musicians
Louis Armstrong, Duke Ellington, Bessie Smith etc.
the change in the average working hour
from 47.4 hours to 44.2 hours
change in wages
rose by 11%
hays code
code of conduct introduced to censor the film industry. banned nudity, limited on screen kisses to 3 seconds and discouraged crimes eg.theft
when was the boxing match between Jack Dempsy and Gene Tunney
1927
how many women had jobs in 1929 compared to 1919
10.5 mil (25% increase since 1920)
divorce rates
doubled in the 1920s
what did the president of the florida university say
the short skirts of flappers were ‘born if the devil’
