less working hours/increased wages/falling prices/advertising
1 of 32
Adverts urged people to save their money: True or False?
False
2 of 32
List any TWO places in the 1920s that adverts were put.
Billboards, shop windows, buildings, radio.
3 of 32
By 1925, how many families had a radio: nearly 3,000, nearly 30,000 or nearly 3 million?
Nearly 3 million.
4 of 32
Give two places people spent their leisure time in the 20s.
theatres, sports stadiums, racetracks, clubs.
5 of 32
What kind of music and dance was popular?
Jazz & the Charleston
6 of 32
How did films and film stars have an effect on consumerism?
People wanted to be like what they saw (dress, looks, home, styles, cars, clothes)
7 of 32
What was published in 1930 to combat the ‘immorality’ of the films?
The Hays Code
8 of 32
List two reasons to support Prohibition.
alcohol = family breakup/poor work/crime/insanity/grain needed for food.
9 of 32
What had to be amended in order for alcohol to be prohibited from 1920 onwards?
The Constitution.
10 of 32
What were the ‘nicknames’ for the way people broke the law about alcohol – the smuggling, the illegal dens and the lethal brew made at home.
bootleg’ smuggling, ‘speakeasy’ dens and ‘moonshine’ brew.
11 of 32
What's the main link between Prohibition and organised crime?
Gangsters took over the supply of alcohol.
12 of 32
Which officials did the gangsters have to bribe and corrupt?
police judges juries prohibition agents.
13 of 32
Give THREE reasons why organised crime became so powerful in the 20s.
ordinary people no respect for law, ‘protection’ money, gang warfare, cars for quick getaways, ex-WW1 soldiers were killers, huge profits for bribes, honest police & lawyers were powerless, lack of witnesses.
14 of 32
Just before WW1, women could vote in some states but not in others. True or False?
True.
15 of 32
What year did women in the USA get the vote?
1920
16 of 32
Which three of these adjectives best describe the life of women before the vote? Well-paid, Traditional, Adventurous, Family-based, Heavily-corseted, Independent
Traditional, Family Based, Heavily-corseted.
17 of 32
Which three life changes did some women have in the 1920s? Equally paid to men, Lipsticked & made up, Labour-saving devices, Tied-back long hair, Became ‘flappers’
Lipsticked & Made Up, Labour-saving devices, Became 'Flappers'.
18 of 32
Southern States had laws which set out how black people were to be treated differently. Known as?
The 'Jim Crow' laws.
19 of 32
These laws meant separate toilets, restaurants, hairdressers, blood banks, army. True or False?
True.
20 of 32
Is the correct term for keeping blacks separate from whites discrimination or segregation?
Segregation.
21 of 32
How did literacy keep Southern blacks from voting?
Had to pass a reading test in order to register.
22 of 32
How did the electoral official pass white people who were poor at reading?
Gave them an easy passage to read.
23 of 32
Even though there were no Jim Crow Laws in the North, there was still racism. Give two examples.
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