Unit 4: The Roaring Twenties Flashcards
Who were the 3 presidents during the 1920s?
- Warren harding (1921-1923)
- Calvin Collidge (1923-1929)
- Herbert Hoover (1929-1933)
What was the quota system?
limiting the # of immigrants entering the US
What are some other names for the 1920s?
- The Roaring Twenties
- The Jazz Age
- The Golden Age of Sports
- Harlem Renaissance Era
What changed during the 1920s?
- Transportation
- Technology
- Fashion
- Life Style
- Habits
- Values
Who created the Model T and what was it?
- Henry Ford
- an automobile
Who was Ford not a fan of?
- Blacks & Jews
What were some popular inventions during the 1920s?
- Automibile
- Radio
- Phones
- Washing Machines
- Toasters
- Refrigerators
- Electric iron
What does “Keeping Up with the Joneses” mean?
keeping up with the latest trends
What was Amendment #19?
Women’s Rights -> granted women the right to vote
What was a flapper?
- short hair
- short skirt to the knees
- lipstick
- make up
- nylons
What did women gain in the 1920s?
- independence
- freedom
- better jobs
- respect
Examples of flappers in the 1920s:
- The Gibson Girl
- Clara Bow
When was the 19th Amendment ratified?
August 18th 1920
Who were some people who fought for Women’s Suffrage?
- Susan B. Anthony
- Alice Paul
- Francis Willard
Who was the most notorious gangster of the Prohibition Era?
- Alphonse Capone
Why was Al Capone famous?
- acts of charity as well as for circulating the hated Prohibition Laws
- ordered killing of rivals in the St. Valentine’s Massacre in 1929
What was the 18th Amendment?
illegalized the manufacture, transportation, and sale of alcohol
What was the 21st Amendment?
repeal of prohibition
What were some cons of the Prohibition laws?
- costly
- cost $300M to try and enforce prohibition
- $11B of dollars lost due to not being able to legally tax alcohol
- financial windfall for the federal government
What were speakeasies and bootleggers?
S = nightclubs where illegal liquor, jazz and the Charleston were found
B = a person who makes or sells goods illegally
Volstead Act:
prohibited the production, sale, transportation, and possession of beverages that contained 0.5% or greater alcohol by volume
Youth Rebellion:
- wanted to live in the moment
- wore baggy trousers
- raccoon coats
- girls rolled stockings down
- open talk about kissing and sex
Pros of prohibition of alcohol?
- reduced a national consumption of alcohol from 2.6 gallons per capita
- arrests for drunkenness fell off sharply
- deaths of alcoholism fell off sharply
What were some fads?
- The Charleston
- Flagpole sitting
- Mah-Jongg
- Phonebooth Stuffing
