Consumerism and New Tech
What new technology completely changed the economy and society in the 1920s?
Electricity
What technology allowed Americans access to news, entertainment, and a shared sense of culture?
The Raido
What amendment banned the sale, manufacture, and transportation of alcohol?
18th Amendment
What was the nickname for young women in the 1920s who challenged traditional social norms?
Flappers
What are two reasons for the Great Migration?
Escaping Jim Crow, seeking job opportunities
What is consumerism?
The push to buy more and more of the latest goods.
What significant improvement in cinema was developed in the 1920s?
What amendment repealed the prohibition of alcohol? (Made alcohol legal again)?
The 21st Amendment
Name a behavior that young women engaged in during the 1920s that would have been considered "unladylike"
Driving, dancing, drinking, smoking, shorter haircuts, shorter skirts/dresses.
What was the Harlem Renaissance?
A time where Black art and culture was produced and celebrated, a result of the Great Migration
What was an economic impact of the automobile?
Name a prominent blues musician during the 1920s
Bessie Smith or W.C. Handy
What law strengthened prohibition and created more restrictions on alcohol manufacturing and production?
The Volstead Act
Who was the 1920s activists who fought to increase a woman's access to birth control?
Name one artist from the Harlem Renaissance
Langston Hughes, Nora Zeale Hurston, Jacob Lawrence, Louis Armstrong
What was a social impact of the automobile?
People could travel longer distances, go on vacation, and consumer culture intensified (ex: shopping trips).
What was the name of the Nashville music venue that helped to popularize country music?
The Grand Ole Opry
What was an unintended consequence of prohibition?
A rise of violent crime, a lack of tax revenue, and an increase in government corruption.
What was the Red Summer of 1919?
A period of racial tension and violence that occurred as a result of the ending of WWI, the Great Migration, and increased immigration