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Text "Flappers"
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Text "Flappers"
What's the English for "donner lieu à", "contraception" and "récent"?
give rise to / birth control / newfound
What were the dates of Prohibition?
1920 - 1933
When did the Harlem Renaissance begin?
1920s
What major events happened before the Roaring 20s?
Spanish Influenza Pandemic / WW1
Who made the first step against alcohol and when?
President Woodrow Wilson in 1917
What were the themes of the Harlem Renaissance cultural movement?
Discrimination / alienation / discomfort of performing a black identity in a white world
What epidemic happened before the Roaring 20s?
The Spanish Influenza epidemic
What were the 3 reasons for the Temperance movement?
- Alcohol damaged the US society, it destroyed families, it created corruption
What was special about Harlem?
A black place in a white city
Give 2 social factors and 2 cultural factors that helped women to gain independence.
Social: working and having incomes / automobile / birth control
cultural: speakeasies / flapper style = new fashion and lifestyle
Which amendment put an end to Prohibition and when?
The 21st in February 1933
What were the 3 positive consequences of the Harlem Renaissance for black people?
stereotypes were shattered/ shadowed + visibility increased + they were uplifted
Which events took place the same year?
Right to vote + beginning of Prohibition in 1920 + beginning of feminism
Give 4 reasons why Prohibition was a failure.
- People didn't want the law / crime increased / agents were too few / agents were easy to bribe / economy suffered
What is the exact definition of the "Double consciousness"?
Being black and American at the same time, being part of and not part of the society