The reasons for and impact of, increased leisure time 1917-80 Flashcards
What did the growing prosperity and reduction in work hours after 1919 result in American’s having more of?
How much did Americans spend in 1919 on leisure activities? By 1929? When was the 1929 figure equalled?
What spectator amusements accounted for a fifth of the 1929 total? What did the rest of the spending for leisure involve?
-Leisure time to enjoy.
-In 1919, they spent $2.5 billion on leisure activities.
-By 1929 they were spending $4.3 billion. A figure not equalled until WWII ended.
-Hollywood films, music and sports accounted for a fith of the 1929 total.
-The rest involved participatory recreation, such as games, hobbies and travel.
During the 1920s What Chinese tile game was the craze for many Americans?
What craze followed this that was printed in newspapers and magazines?
What took over by the 1930s?
What did the spread of automobiles pave?(tourism?) (cabins?)
How much people did Church attendance and events involve?
1920s & 1930s what did Americans do at home for leisure?
-In the early 1920s, mahjong, a Chinese tile game, was the craze.
-Crossword puzzles printed in mass circulation newspapers and magazines, were popular.
-By 1930, minture golf had become the new fad.
-Automobiles paved highways and tourist cabins stimulating tourism to national parks, beaches and big cities.
-Church attendance and events involved millions.
-When staying at home, Americans listened to radio,and devoted mass magazines such as Reader’s digest.
What leisure activity could Americans not enjoy legally during the 1920s?
When did the prohibition of Alcohol by the 18th ammendment come into force?
What was the number of prison sentences for liquor offences by 1932?
Where was this law more likely conformed to? Who regarded prohibition as an infrigement of personal liberty?
What was the name given to those who smuggled liquor from the West Indies, Mexico and Canada?
Who did obliging doctors supply liquor prescriptions to?
How many ‘Speakeasies’ were there in 1929 NYC?
When did prohibition finally end?
-Alcoholic drinking, whether at home in a pub or restaurant.
-The prohibition of alcohol beverages, came into force in 1920.
-Prison sentences for liquor offences rose to 45,000 in 1932.
-In small towns and rural areas, the law was generally observed and there was a marked drop in alcholism.
-A sizeable minority of Americans including the rich and and the immigrant working class, regarded Prohibition as an infringement of personal liberty and simply defied it.
-‘Bootleggers’.
-Obliging doctors supplied liquor prescriptions to chronic sufferers from ‘thirsties’.
-In 1929 there were 32,000 speakeasies in NYC- twice the number before prohibition began.
-Prohibition finally came to an end in 1933.
What restricted many from leisure activities 1930-45? Despite this what did the majority of people continue to do? Name the range of these activities.
-The coming of the Depression and the impact of WWII meant some Americans had less money and time to spend on commercial leisure activities.
-Despite this the majority of people continued to pursue similar activities to those they had enjoyed during the prosperous 1920s- going to movies, listening to radio, watching/playing sport- as well as pursuing hobbies like walking, gardening, fishing and reading.
What was commercialised leisure increasingly controlled by between 1945-80?
What media outlets flourished?
When did the USA’s first theme park Disneyland open? What was this followed by? When did Disney world open?
What introduction meant a once elite form of travel became accessible to large numbers of Americans?
Despite the access to the foreign world where did most Americans continue to take their holidays?
-Controlled by multi-national media conglomerates.
-Television viewing, movie-going, recording industry sport and travel industry flourished.
-The USA’s first theme park Disneyland opened in 1955, followed by scores of others- including disney world which opened in Flordia 1971.
-The introduction of the Jet aircraft, foreign travel, once an elite activity, became accessible to large numbers of Americans.
-Most Americans continued to take their holidays in the USA- in places as diverse as Las Vegas, the many national parks and costal areas.
Was all leisure activities commercialised?
What community and group activities did these non-commericialised activities consist of?
NO. Americans continued to enjoy more small-scale diversions, from camping and hiking to reading and gardening.
-They continued to participate in community- and church-based recreational events, and took part in activities such as bowling and softball.
Was all leisure activities commercialised?
What community and group activities did these non-commericialised activities consist of?
NO. Americans continued to enjoy more small-scale diversions, from camping and hiking to reading and gardening.
-They continued to participate in community- and church-based recreational events, and took part in activities such as bowling and softball.
