Social And Cultural Developments (1920-1941)

Question 1

What areas did social change for women mainly occcur?

Answer 1

In urban and and educated areas

Question 2

What individuals broke the traditional social restrictions in women roles?

Answer 2

• hattie caraway: elected senator for Arkansas (1932)
• Frances Perkins: first female cabinet minister (1933)
• Mary bethane: campaign for African American women rights
• Eleanor Roosevelt: First Lady in white house

Question 3

What was the image of the New women in America?

Answer 3

Young, socially liberated, not following traditions

Able to get jobs (shop assistant ) wear short skirts. Smoking in public

(Was reinforced by newspapers)

Question 4

What was the flapper?

Answer 4

Adventurous young women in tune with trends and fashion

Question 5

What opposition was there to the change in women’s roles in the US?

Answer 5

• flapper was Alian and distant role from traditional roles in women
• poor working class and women in rural areas maintained traditional values of loyal wife’s and mothers

Question 6

why did prohibition fail?

Answer 6

-producing, importing , distributing alchohol taken over by US gangs
-increased production of homemade moonshine
-‘bootleggers’ & ‘speakeasies’ on the rise
-law enforcement workers on a small budget
-presidant Harding had own bar
-corrupt officials accept bribes
-Al Capone gained power (gang boss) who became glammorised

Question 7

What success were there to enforcing prohibition?

Answer 7

(1924) burea of investigation set up
(1931) al Capone sentenced for tax evasion
(1932) corrupt New York mayor, jimmy walker, forced out of office

Question 8

How did prohibition end?

Answer 8

(1933) beer-wine revenue act loosened restrictions on milder alcohol
(1933) 18th amendment voted down by congress meant it was repealed