America 1920-1973: 1920 Social and Cultral Development

Question 1

Jazz originated in the ________ States of America amoung African- Americans. Jazz spread North in cities like New York and _______ once African- Americans went looking for work. The fast tempos and lively rhythms appealed to the ______ and created new dance crazes like the Charlestone, the One Step, the Tango and the _____ ______. Jazz provided great opportunities for black musicians such as Louis Armstrong, Duke Ellington and ______ _____. Some felt Jazz encouraged __________ and the dances were too sexual.

Answer 1

1. Southern
2. Chicago
3. youth
4. Black Bottom
5. Bessie Smith
6. drunkenness

Question 2

Major movie companies built studios in _________ due to the good weather there. Weekly audiences grew from 35 million in 1919 to ___ million in 1930. The studios introduced the ‘____ system’, as well as many public appearances, to promote their actors. Household names include Charlie Chaplin, Rudolph _________ and Clara Bow. By 1929, Hollywood film studios were making over ___ films a year. The first ‘talkie’ was made in ____, The Jazz Singer, but ruined buisness for many old actors. Hollywood introduced the ____ Code (a list of strict rules banning nudity), after many older Americans worried about the sexual content of the film.

Answer 2

1. Hollywood
2. 100
3. Star
4. Valentino
5. 500
6. 1927
7. Hays

Question 3

The 1920s was a ______ age for sport. Sportspeople, such as Babe ____ (baseball), and _____ Jones (____) became celebrities. Radio broadcasts, newspapers and magazined helped popularise major sporting events.

Answer 3

1. Golden
2. Ruth
3. Bobby
4. golf

Question 4

List 4 crazes of the 1920s:

Answer 4

. Mahjong (a Chinese board game)
. Crosswords
. Marathon dancing
. Pole sitting

Question 5

What were womens lives like before the war?

Answer 5

. Most couldn’t vote
. Middle/ upper-class women had strictly controlled relationship
. Also wearing little make- up and wore sensible clothing
. Poorer women had no opportunities- having to settle for poorer paid jobs

Question 6

What were womens lives like during the war?

Answer 6

. Women took amny of the roles men had in society
. It provided a sense of independance
. This partially led to women gaining the right to vote in 1920
. By 1929, here were around 10.5 million women with jobs (25% more than in 1920)

Question 7

How did some womens lives start change?

Answer 7

. More women lived on their own
. The divorce rate doubled during the 1920s
. Sex before marriage went from 31% to 80% according to a college survey
. Some women began to wear revealing clothes, and smoke/ drink in public

Question 7

How did some womens lives start change?

Answer 7

. More women lived on their own
. The divorce rate doubled during the 1920s
. Sex before marriage went from 31% to 80% according to a college survey
. Some women began to wear revealing clothes, and smoke/ drink in public

Question 8

What was a ‘flapper’ and was this a supported movement?

Answer 8

. Mainly middle/ upper class from Northern States
. Liberal attitude- wore revealing clothing, open with men and smoke/ drank
. An Anti- flirt League was made to protest against flappers’ behaviour