Social Developments Flashcards
Why were the 1920s known as the jazz age?
As everyone would listen to jazz music, not just African Americans
What changed in house holds during the 20s?
Most owned a radio and I a year, radio stations went from 1 to 508
Why was entertainment thriving in the 20s?
As people’s wages were being increases from the boom so they had more money to spend
How was cinema becoming a thriving industry?
100 million tickets were being sold each week
What did Charles A Lindbergh do as part of the roaring 20s?
A man who flew New York to Paris in 32.5 hours without stopping. He became so famous people stole his dry cleaning to keep as a souvenir
What was so great about sport in the 1920s?
It was the first time players would get a celebrity status
How much was basket ball player Babe Ruth earning?
Earned $80,000 a year by 1930
How was radio helping the development of sports?
Around 60 million listeners heard the coverage of the 1927 world heavyweight boxing title fight
What did Louis Armstrong do as part of the roaring 20s?
Helped make jazz music more universal so that millions listened to his nightclub and radio performances.
In what cities was jazz music most successful in nightclubs and bars?
Chicago and New York
What was part of the reason the cinema industry thrived and name and actor part of it?
The start system which was a term used to describe the way movie studios promoted their stars. Rudolph Valentino was an actor who was part of this
How were cinemas already big business before 1920?
In 1919 there were weekly audiences of 35 million
How did radio help cinema thrive?
Actors would get advertised in radio shows for listeners to get to know who they were and attracted fans
Over how many films were Hollywood making a year?
Over 500 films a year by 1929
When were cinema ticket sales boosted to an all time high?
When audiences were introduced to talking films or ‘talkies’ in 1927
How was the growth of cinemas negative?
Many older Americans were horrified by some of the sexual content and how this would affect the younger generation
What was hays code?
New strict rules that banned nudity and limited the time on screen kisses could last to 3 seconds in films
Who was Charlie Chaplin?
Born in 1889 to a poor London family of music hall entertainers and went on to become an American actor who earned the first million dollar film contract aged 28 and went on to direct films like ‘city lights’ and ‘modern times’
How many homes had radios in 1939?
20 million
What kind of movies dominated screens in 1920?
Silent movies
Who were flappers?
Middle / upper class women from towns and cities in the modern states of North America
Name four aspects of a flappers behaviour
Wore revealing clothes, cut their hair short, less dependant on men and went to parties
When did women get the right to vote?
1920
How did women’s lives change?
Got to do skilled factory work during ww1, women started going around in cars without men and they started taking on new non domestic jobs
What were the main areas women’s lives changed?
Appearance, vote, employment and social behaviour
