USA1 - Growth of the leisure industry Flashcards
How many cinema tickets were sold a week in 1924?
40 million
When were colour films introduced?
1922
When was the first film with sound created?
1927
What were talkies?
a film with sound
When was the first animated film created?
1928
Which animated film was the first created?
Walt Disney’s Steamboat Willy
Where was jazz developed?
in multi-racial cities such as New Orleans
Which film promoted the Charlestone dance in 1928?
Our Dancing Daughter
What was marathon dancing?
A new form of dancing competition
In 1921, how many people went to the Baseball World Series?
300,000
In 1920, how many radios were sold?
60,000
In 1929, how many radios had been sold?
10 million
In 1920, how many people owned a car?
8 million
In 1929, how many people owned a car?
23 million
In 1920, could women vote?
no
How many women joined the workforce?
2 million (20% of the total workforce)
How many married women had jobs by the end of the 1920s?
12%
What did women change socially during the 1920s?
- short skirts
- smoked in public
- went out without a chaperone
What aspect (at home) of their life did not change for women during the 1920s?
women were still regarded as the homemaker and responsible for bringing up children
What is an economic boom?
when output is increasing very quickly, when the Growth Domestic Product is increasing very quickly
What is an economic depression?
when output is decreasing very quickly
What is an economic recession?
when output is decreasing, but slower than a depression
What were the reasons of the economic boom in the 1920s? (effects of WW1)
- european countries bought food + weapons from the USA
- americans loaned money to europeans
- americans took over the customers from the europeans (eg. chemical industry)
What were the reasons of the economic boom in the 1920s? (mass production)
- created by Henry Ford
- conveyor belt –> mass production
- 31 october 1925, Model T was produced every 10 seconds
- Model T went from $950 to $290 in 1925
What were the reasons of the economic boom in the 1920s? (republican policies)
- taxes were cut
- they encouraged big businesses
- cut the amount of rules businesses had to follow
What were the reasons of the economic boom in the 1920s? (advertising + credit)
- 1929, $2 billion a year was spent on advertising
- 600,000 people were employed in the industry
What were the reasons of the economic boom in the 1920s? (natural resources)
- americans had to barely import any natural resources, this kept costs low
