The Jazz Age

Question 1

Who named the jazz age

Answer 1

An American writer called F.scott Fitzgerald named the 1920s the jazz age

Question 2

What caused the jazz age

Answer 2

Ww1 has been so bad that people felt lucky to have survived it. Young people threw away all the restrictions in manners,clothes and morals that existed before ww1

Question 3

What was “it”

Answer 3

“It” was nothing more than sex appeal something women were not supposed to exhibit. In the 1920s any girl who possessed “it” was called flappers

Question 4

What were flappers who liked dancing and syncopated music known as

Answer 4

Jazz babies

Question 5

What were outrageous flappers like

Answer 5

They did what they liked. They specialised in scandal

Question 6

Who was a major role model for flappers

Answer 6

Louise brooks. She was a famous film star who had bobbed hair, make up and short skirts. (Angelina Jolie of 1920s)

Question 7

What did flappers do

Answer 7

They:
-drank
-smoked
-drove cars
-chatted up men and asked them out on dates

Question 8

What did traditional people think of flappers

Answer 8

Thought this was all going too far. That these young women were not respectable

Question 9

What were dances like in 1920s

Answer 9

Before World War I, people danced very sedate dances like the waltz. in the jazz age Charleston was all on the go

Question 10

What was drinking like in America

Answer 10

In America, all alcohol was banned-illegal drinking clubs called speakeasies sprung up

Question 11

What and why was the language of 1920 like

Answer 11

In the 1920s slang started to gain popularity. morals were now being questioned and youth culture was on the rise because of urbanisation. Prohibition was causing people to use slang to hide bootlegging (illegal alcohol) and to keep speakeasies hidden. Other people just wanted to be unique.

Question 12

What are some examples of 1920 slang

Answer 12

Cheaters=glassses
Gaga=crazy/silly
Dumb Dora =stupid girl
Spiffilicated =drunk
Sheba= young woman with sex appeal
Sheik= young man with sex appeal
Ritzy =elegant
Jake=okay
Flat tire= dud boring person

Question 13

What was the clothing of 1920s like

Answer 13

Some clothing that was trendy back in the 1920s for females were; shorter skirts, cloche hats, silk stockings, fake jewellery, furs and turned down hosiery.
For man, it was knickers bowties and “Oxford” bags

Question 14

What was the purpose of dance marathons?

Answer 14

Dance marathons became very popular in the 1920s. They gain popularity because it was supposed to be a quick easy money for people out of work. Most people went for money but others did go first stardom .

Question 15

How did the a dance marathon work

Answer 15

The only real rule was no falling asleep. For the dancers the music was played slow to hopefully lull you to sleep, but twice an hour the music would be picked up, theses were called sprints. Some competitions allowed breaks but usually only a half hour for the first week and it would gradually go done until there was none left. There was occasionally staged contestants to help cause fights and entertain onlookers.dancers would do anything to win. One women even pickled her feet.

Question 16

What eventually happened dance marathons and what was the record

Answer 16

The longest dance marathon recorded was 22 weeks and 3 1/2 days. Dance marathons were later outlawed due to the hard physical strain

Question 17

What are games like in the 1920s

Answer 17

Game started to gain popularity in 1920s whether you were playing with your family or friends it was a guaranteed good time. Some popular games included; mahjong, ouija boards and crossword puzzles

Question 18

Mahjong

Answer 18

Game similar to dominoes

Question 19

Ouija boards

Answer 19

A game where your supposed to wake up to spirits

Question 20

Crossword puzzles

Answer 20

A word game where you fill in the blanks with the information they give you

Question 21

What caused jazz music to get a bad name

Answer 21

Jazz music started to get hot in the 1920s. Youth started to go out to clubs and speakeasies. that’s where jazz started to get a bad name..
jazz started to get blamed for just about every problem.
parents and other adults opposed to jazz said that young men and women that dance to jazz cause them to be morally loose.

Question 22

Describe flappers

Answer 22

Flappers were considered the loose morales, modern women of the 1920s. They wore shirt skirts baring their arms and lower leg, had bobbed hair, rolled down their hose and powdered their knees.
The typical flapper was a considerably young women and often offended older generations.

Question 23

What did prohibition do

Answer 23

Prohibition outlaw the public manufacture, selling and transportation of alcohol. It’s consequences characterised the roaring 20s for a many great reasons.

Question 24

What way did women act in the 1920s

Answer 24

Women were finally starting to forget traditions and being stayed at home wives and enjoying who they were

Question 25

What did prohibition lead to

Answer 25

-It led to the illegal land manufacturing and selling of alcohol beverages that were given the slang name bootlegging. -There were many people rebelling against the laws and doing so openly. -The hip flask filled with bootleg whiskey became a familiar symbol of the era. The speakeasies or underground saloons became very popular.

Question 26

What became a job if the 1920s

Answer 26

Thousands of rum runners, bootleggers and beer barons were employed to keep these underground saloons stocked with liquor. Most of the liquor traffic can be traced back to gangsters whose name still ring fear in our heart today

Question 27

Who were some example gangsters

Answer 27

Al Capone of Chicago Gentleman jack diamond

Question 28

Who provided the illegal alcohol of the 1920s

Answer 28

Alcohol is obviously a huge market for what in the 1920s was illegal. It was the gangster who dominated various cities that provided it Each major city had its gangster element but the most famous was Chicago with Al Capone.

Question 29

Who was Al Capone

Answer 29

Capone was public enemy number one He had moved to Chicago in the 1920s where he worked for Johnny Torrio the cities leading figure in the underworld

Question 30

What was Capone jobs for Torio

Answer 30

Capone was given the task of intimidating Torrios rivals within the city so that they would give up and handover torio their territory Capone also had to convince speakeasy operators to buy alcohol from torrio

Question 31

How did Capone end up leader

Answer 31

Capone was very good at what he did. In 1925 Torio was nearly killed by a rival gang and he decided to get out of the criminal world while he was still alive. Torio handed over to Capone his “business.”

Question 32

How long did it take Capone to rise to power

Answer 32

Within two years Capone was earning 60 million a year from alcohol sales alone other rackets earned him an extra 45 million a year

Question 33

What did Capone consider a good investment

Answer 33

Capone managed to bribe both the police and the important political leaders of Chicago he spent 75 million on such ventures but considered it a good investment

Question 34

In what way did Capone bribe leaders

Answer 34

His arm thugs patrolled election booths to ensure that Capone politicians were returned to office. the cities mayor after 1927 was big Bill Thompson one of Capone‘s man Thompson said, “we’re not only reopen places these people have closed but we’ll open 10,000 new ones. (Speakeasies 

Question 35

How did Capone travel

Answer 35

For all his power Capone still had enemies from other surviving gangs in the city. He drove everywhere in an armour plated limousine and wherever he went so did his armed bodyguards.

Question 36

What was violence in Chicago like

Answer 36

Violence was a daily occurrence in Chicago 227 gangsters were killed in the space of four years

Question 37

What happened on valentines day

Answer 37

On Saint Valentine’s Day 1929, seven members of the O’Banion gang were shot dead by gangsters dressed as police

Question 38

What eventually happened, Capone?

Answer 38

In 1931 the law finally caught up with Capone and he was charged with tax envision. He got 11 years in jail. In prison His health went and when he was released he retired his Florida mansion no longer the feared man he was from 1925 to 1931.

Question 39

What changed for African Americans during the 1920s

Answer 39

Life began to change for the African-Americans during the jazz age from the position of the Jim Crow laws

Question 40

What were the Jim Crow laws

Answer 40

Jim Crow laws and U.S, history were laws passed by Southern states beginning in the 1880s that legalised segregation between different races. This encouraged the passage of discriminatory laws , Railways and street cars, public waiting rooms, restaurants, boarding houses, theatres and public institutions (generally of inferior quality) were designed for African-Americans

Question 41

Who is the birth of jazz music accredited to

Answer 41

The birth of jazz music is often accredited to African-Americans but expanded and overtime was modified to become socially acceptable to middle class white Americans. White performers were used to make jazz popular in America

Question 42

What did the jazz age help do for African Americans

Answer 42

Even though the jazz movement was taken over by the middle-class white population, it helped mix African-American traditions with the white middle-class society

Question 43

What was a huge obstacle in American society

Answer 43

Bigotry in American Society remained a huge obstacle to African-Americans but jazz music and the culture offered Americans and unprecedent opportunity to mix regardless of race

Question 44

What did African Americans begin to do that lead to jazz music

Answer 44

The continuation of African-American migration out of the American south into the northern cities. White patrons routinely frequented jazz clubs to listen to African American performers like Louis Armstrong, Sidney Bechet and Duke of Ellington

Question 45

What was the father of the Harlem renaissance

Answer 45

A movement that represented an outpouring of African-American culture

Question 46

What happened that ruined the jazz age

Answer 46

The strength of America’s economy in the 1920s came to sudden end in October 1929 with the Wall Street crash. Suddenly the glamour of the jazz age and gangsters disappeared and America was faced with a major crisis.

Question 47

What was the illusion about America’s wealth

Answer 47

The huge wealth that appeared to exist in America in the 1920s was an illusion. The stock market crashed with the value of shares and Wall Street exchange in New York so low that many people lost all their money. This event led to the depression of the 1930s.

Question 48

What’s was the bulk of America’s money like

Answer 48

They rich lost money in Wall Street but they could just about afford it but the vast bulk could not afford any loss of money. They had a very important economic impact .

Question 49

What caused the major issue of unemployment in America

Answer 49

people could no longer afford to spend money and therefore did not buy consumer products. therefore as there was no buying shops went bust and factories had no reason to employ people who were making products that were not being sold

Question 50

When was the depression at its worst

Answer 50

The depression took awhile to get going but by the winter of 1932 it was at its worst

Question 51

What was the impact of the depression

Answer 51

-12, million people out of work -12,000 people being made unemployed every day -20,000 companies had gone bank -1616 bank had gone bankrupt -One farmer in every 20 was evicted -23,000 people committed suicide in one year(highest ever)

Question 52

What was the system for unemployed

Answer 52

There was no system of benefit for the unemployed charity such as the salvation army gave out free food and shelter. It is known that some people actually starve to death.

Question 53

What did such unemployment lead people to do

Answer 53

In some states, man deliberately set fire to forest to get temporary employment as firefighters while farmers killed their animals as no one can afford to buy them in cities despite the great hunger there

Question 54

What was a way feeding the hungry during the great depression

Answer 54

After the Wall street crash, soup kitchens emerged as a vital lifeline for the unemployed and impovershed, offering free or low-cot meals to those struggling to afford food, becoming a symbol of the era's widespread hunger and economic hardship.

Question 55

Why did prohibition end

Answer 55

Because it was encouraging more crime then it was preventing