The Jazz Age Flashcards
What time period was the jazz age
1920s
Who named the 1920s “the Jazz age”
F. Scott Fitzgerald
Flappers
Any girl that possessed ‘it’ (sex appeal - something a woman wasn’t supposed to exhibit)
Jazz babies
Flappers who liked dancing and syncopated music
What did flappers do?
Flappers drank, smoked, drove cars, these cars chatted men up and asked men out on dates.
What did more traditional people think of flappers etc.
Thought this was going too far and that these young women were not responsible.
Jazz age popular dance
The Charleston
1920s slang and morals
In the 1920s, slang started to gain popularity. Morals were now being questioned, and youth culture was on the risk because of urbanisation. Prohibition was causing people to use line to hide bootlegging, and to keep speakeasies hidden. Other people just wanted to be unique
1920s popular slang
Baloney - nonsense cheaters - glasses darb - excellent person or thing dumb Dora - stupid girl gaga - crazy/silly hotsy-totsy - pleasing ritzy - elegant Jake - okay flat tire - dull/boring person spifflicated - drunk
1920s female clothing
Some clothing that was trendy back in the 1920s for females were shorter skirts, cloche hats, silk stockings, fake jewellery, furs and turned down hosiery
1920s male clothing
Some clothing that was trendy back in the 1920s for males were knickers, bowties and ‘Oxford’ bags
Dance marathons
Dance marathons became very popular in the 1920s. They gained popularity because it was supposed to be quick and easy money for all out of work people. The music was played slow to hopefully lull you to sleep, but twice an hour it would be picked up these were called sprints. The only real rule was no falling asleep.
1920s games
Games started to gain popularity in the 1920s. Whether you were playing with your family or friends, it was a guaranteed good time. Some popular games were mahjong, Ouija boards and crossword puzzles
Jazz music
.Jazz music started to get hot in the 1920s. Youth started to go out dancing at clubs and speakeasies. That’s where jazz started to get its bad name. Jazz started to get blamed for just about every problem. Parents and other adults opposed to jazz, said that young men and women that dance to jazz cause them to be morally loose.
What were flappers considered as
Flippers were considered the loose morals, modern women of the 1920s. They wore short skirts bearing their arms and lower leg, hard bobbed hair, rolled down their hose and powdered their knees. The typical flapper was considerably young women and often offended the older generation
Jim Crow laws
Jim Crow laws were passed by southern states beginning in the 1880s that legalise segregation between different races. This encouraged the passage of discriminatory laws
Examples of segregation in 1920s
Railways and street cars, public waiting rooms, restaurants, boarding houses, theatres, and public parks were segregated. Separate schools, hospitals, and other institutions, generally of inferior quality, were designed for African-Americans
African-Americans - jazz music 1920s
The birth of jazz music is often accredited to African-Americans, but expanded and overtime was modified to become socially acceptable to middle-class white Americans. White performers were used to make jazz popular in America. Even though the jazz music was taken over by the middle-class white population, it helped mix African- American traditions with the white middle-class society.
What did jazz music do for African Americans in 1920s
Bigotry in American society remained a huge obstacle, but jazz music and the culture it offered Americans an unprecedented opportunity to mix, regardless of race.
Harlem renaissance
A movement that represented an outpouring of African-American culture. The 1920s saw the continuation of African-American migration out of the American south to northern cities.
Famous 1920s gangster
Al Capone
Soup kitchen
An institution where free soup was served to the unemployed during the Great Depression
Prohibition
Prohibition outlawed the public manufacture, selling, and transportation of alcohol. Its consequence characterised the roaring 20s for a great many reasons. It led to the illegal manufactured and selling of alcoholic beverages.
What was the Wall Street crash
The huge wealth that appeared to exist in America in the 1920s was an illusion. The stock market crashed with the value of shares on Wall Street stock exchange in New York so low that many people lost all their money this event led to the great depression of the 1930s
When was the Wall Street crash
October 1929
1920s crazes
Dance marathons, beauty contests and live goldfish eating became popular
Popular 1920s hobbies
Spectator sports – Americans paid to watch their favourite baseball/football teams. Individual athletes achieve celebrity status.
Why did prohibition end
People just opened speakeasies and illegal bars anyway
