1920s Context
What right did women gain after supporting the war effort?
They gained the right to vote.
Define "unintelligent".
opposite for "intelligent".
Ask for someone's date of birth.
When were you born?
Translate: "être plus populaire que..."
to be more popular than...
How do you form the past tense?
- For regular verbs: add the ending -ED to the verbal stem (base verbale)
- For irregular verbs: know them
What was invented and made life easier during the 1920s, especially for women?
Appliances made life easier, for example dishwashers, vacuum cleaners or sewing machines.
Flappers
Women's nickname during the 1920s.
Translate: "Les femmes avaient-elles le droit de vote?"
Did women have the right to vote?
Spell the comparative form of "big" (comparatif de supériorité)
bigger (than)
Conjugate this sentence in the past tense:
"Oliver moves to New Orleans, and he creates his band."
"Oliver moved to New Orleans and he created his band."
How did the Great Depression affect artists and musicians like King Oliver at the very end of the 1920s?
This economic crisis hurt their success and caused many bands to fall apart.
Translate "machine à coudre".
sewing-machine
Why did Al Capone die?
Give the three comparative forms of "easy"
(supériorité, infériorité, égalité)
- easier than
- less easy than
- as easy as
Conjugate this sentence in the past tense:
"Women are more independent, they drive cars and ride bicycles."
"Women were more independent, they drove cars and rode bicycles."
Why did Speakeasies exist during the 1920s, and how did criminals like Al Capone take advantage of them?
They existed because alcohol was illegal under Prohibition, and gangsters like Al Capone made money by illegally supplying alcohol — called bootlegging.
Define the term "bootlegging".
the illegal making, selling/supplying of alcohol during Prohibition
Translate: "Combien y avait-il de speakeasies à New York pendant les années 1920s?"
"How many speakeasies were there in New York during the 1920s?"
Include the comparative form of "high" in a sentence about the roaring 20s.
Translate in English:
"Les Américains n'admiraient pas Louis Armstrong avant qu'il n'ait joint King Oliver."
(admirer = to admire)
Americans didn't/did not admire Louis Armstrong before he joined King Oliver's band.
How were the "new women" seen by the American people and what does this reveal about the tensions in 1920s society?
They were criticized as being flippant, unintelligent and reckless. This shows the tensions between the representation of women before the 1920s (Victorian era: women stayed at home) and the Flappers who were freer/more independent.
Translate: "pot de vin".
payoff
Translate: "Quels appareils (ménagers) rendaient la vie plus facile pendant les années 1920?"
Which appliances made life easier during the 1920s?
Include the comparative forms of these three adjectives in 1 sentence: "reckless", "independent", "free".
Women were seen as more reckless, more independent and freer during the 1920s.
Translate:
Les Americains respectaient-ils la prohibition?
Non, des propriétaires de bars vendaient de l'alcool et les Américains le buvaient.
"Did Americans respect Prohibition?"
"No, owners of bars sold alcohol and Americans drank it."