Jazz Age Flashcards
What did American view the 1920s as
A time to enjoy life and to entertain themselves
New forms of dancing in the jazz age
Tango, Charleston and black bottom
What did ‘shipwreck Kelly’ do
He sat on a flag pole for 23days
Examples of fads
Dance marathons, Beaty contests, alive gold fish eating and getting as many people as possible in a car or telephone box
What was the cinema like in the jazz age
Cinema attendance soared as record numbers
Holywood studios produced hundreds of films
Charlie Chaplin and laurel and hardy were household names
What happened to spectator sports in the jazz age
Increased numbers of Americans paid to watch their favourite teams
individual athletes achieved celebrity status and became hero’s eg: Babe Ruth one of the first people to score a home run in baseball
How were African Americans treated at the start of the decade
They were the poorest most disadvantaged Americans low pay, bad housing and low education
What were the Jim Crow laws
They were laws that considered black and whites equal but separate so the law allowed segregation
Where did African Americans move to
To the north to escape the situation as in the north it was less likely to encounter prejudice
3 musicians from the jazz age
Louis Armstrong, cliff Edwards, Jimmie Rodger’s
Popular song from jazz age
Rhapsody in blue
Jazz music allowed more black people to what?
get educated on reading music and playing instruments which allowed them to earn money and get a job
What is the prohibition
The prohibition was a nationwide ban in America of buying, selling or consumption of alcohol
What were speakeasies
Places where alcohol was illegally sold
Who were bootleggers
People who sold alcohol illeagally
