Week Two Flashcards
Why did the older generation critique jazz
They felt that encourage drunkenness and was too sexual
How many people went to the cinema from 1919 to 1930
35 million to 100 million
What were the positions of women in society like before the war
Restricted lives no vote they behaved politely and was sensible clothes with little make up poorly paid jobs like cleaning
What were the positions of women in society during the First World War
They took over men’s jobs who were fighting they got the right to vote in 1920 because of war work
How many women with jobs was there in 1929
10.5 million women 25% more than in 1920
What were the characteristics of a flapper
Upper-class middle-class from the northern states rode motorbikes and went to nightclubs with men revealing clothes make up
How did more traditional members of society see flappers
As an example of what the evils of modern life and what did I traditional values were under threat
What was created to protest against flappers behaviour
Anti-flirt league
What were women like in South and rural areas during the 1920s
Their life was the same because they had no money to buy luxuries
What was prohibition
The ban of production importation and sale of alcohol from 1920 to 1933
Why was alcohol banned
Seem to be contributing to the decline of moral values religious organisations claimed it caused a variety of social problems like violence and poverty and crime from rural America
How were prohibition laws broken secretly
Gangs bribed police officers of avoid being arrested people smuggled drinks in bye see you over the border known as bootlegging from Mexico in the south of Canada in the north illegal speakeasies
Who was One of the best known gangsters from Chicago
I’ll Capone he made 10 million a year from racketeering
How many immigrated between 1850 And 1914 to America
Around 40 million
Why did people immigrate to America
American land was cheap and fertile and rich with natural resources such as coal iron cotton oil and timber the standard of living in America was much higher
