Economic Boom
What caused the economic boom to end?
The Great Depression
What was the nationwide ban?
alcohol
Who was the group of people who got more job opportunities when men went to war?
women
Jazz music became incredibly popular, becoming a ___of the era.
symbol
What two groups of people started getting more opportunities up north?
Women and African Americans
What two industries were thriving during this time?
Automobiles and electrical appliances
The nationwide ban on alcohol, known as Prohibition, led to the rise of what?
speakeasies and organized crime
What jobs did women get during ww1 that they kept through the Roaring 20's?
factory work, running farms, nursing, transportation, and office jobs
What is the name of the iconic dance from this time?
The Charleston
What was it called when a significant number of South Carolinians, particularly African Americans, left the state in search of better opportunities, due to the decline in agriculture and Jim Crow laws?
Mass Exodus
Why were consumer goods more accessible to the middle class?
Mass production
What amendment caused the U.S. to go on alcohol prohibition?
18th
What year were women able to vote?
1920
What two cities in South Carolina had the most jazz and dance clubs?
Charleston and Columbia
What was African Americans a part of that was part of the Jazz age?
Harlem Renaissance
What were the three new technologies?
Automobiles, motion pictures, and radios
Which amendment repealed the prohibition and allowed alcohol again?
21st
What is the word for a fashionable women who usually was dancing in clubs?
Flapper
This era saw the rise of jazz music, a new form of art and expression, and also the rise of ____ with new dances and fashion styles.
youth culture
What did African Americans experience in the rural areas?
Racial segregation, violence, and inequalities
What transformed the U.S. into a global economic power?
The Second Industrial Revolution
What caused the Prohibition?
The negative impacts alcohol had on people
What group of people were a major part of the jazz age by being in the Harlem Renaissance?
African Americans
What caused this age to end?
The Great Depression
What city had a boost in tourism for saving historic architectures?
Charleston