unit 6

Question 1

flappers

Answer 1

short hair, short dresses, social reputation, young, middle class

Question 2

consumerism

Answer 2

• cheaper goods spurred consumerism
• groceries became cheaper
• raised standard of living in america
• poor could survive
• massive growth of us economy
• convinced americans to spend money for things they didnt need
• ad campaigns urged buyers
• credit was introduced
• ads became sophisticated and successful
• installment plans: allowed people to make payments until item was paid off
• problems of credit caused debt
• “age of abundance”

Question 3

prohibition

Answer 3

• 18th amendment outlawed alcohol and sale and consumption
• speakeasies are illegal saloons that smuggle alcohol into secret places, rumrunners smuggled over water
• flasks
• temperance movement: limited consumption
• unemployment spurred bc people against prohibition act
• increase of gang violence
• drugs, gambling, prostitution, killings

Question 4

harlem renaissance

Answer 4

• the great migration: blacks moved from rural south to industrial north
• artistic development, racial pride, political organizations
• writers: claude mckay, langston hughes, zora neale hurston
• jazz, blues: louis armstrong, edward “duke” ellington, bessie smith
• cotton club
• theater: “Shuffle Along” 1st musical written and produced by blacks
• became powerful voting, oscar depriest for black representative in congress
• NAACP: lobbying public officials and working the court system