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Text "Flappers"
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Text "Flappers"
What is the English for "contraception"?
Birth control
When was the 1st step against alcohol made and who did it?
in 1917 by Woodrow Wilson
In which city was the Harlem Renaissance movement?
New York City
Which social factors enabled women to gain independence?
- Jobs and incomes / birth control / automobile
Who exactly brought down Al Capone?
Prohibition agent Eliot Ness
Why did the movement start in Harlem?
a black place in a white city / it as where there were many African Americans
What did women pick up in WW1 and refused to give up in the 1920s?
men's jobs
What were the 3 reasons why the Temperance movement fought against alcohol?
How was the phenomenon of feeling black and American at the same time called?
the Double Consciousness
How many years passed between the beginning of Prohibition and the 19th Amendment, right to vote for women?
zero, it was the same year, 1920
What did bootleggers do?
They sold alcohol they managed to create themselves
What were broken during the Harlem Renaissance?
the stereotypes on African Americans
What are the combined factors which gave more independence to women?
social, political and cultural
Why was Prohibition a failure? (4 reasons)
people didn't want the law / agents were easy to bribe / agents too few in numbers / crime rate increased / economy suffered
How did black people feel in performing in a white world?
discomfort