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What was the defining sound of the 1920s?
Jazz, Louis Armstrong, the Charleston
When and what gave women the vote?
The 19th Amendment in 1920
However, how many women were in the House of Representatives?
2
How many female senators were there?
None
What jobs were common for women?
Clerks and typists
However, what could women rarely achieve in employment?
Managerial positions
What organisation advocated for birth control and healthcare?
The American Birth Control League
What act supported maternity programmes?
Sheppard-Towner Act
When and what introduced prohibition?
1919- The 18th Amendment
What 3 groups supported prohibition?
Women’s temperance mvmt
BB owners (alcohol invites dangerous and inefficient work practices)
Religious groups
Why did prohibition fail? (smuggling)
Impossible to police all coastline
Why did prohibition fail? (bootleggers)
Illegally manufactured and distributed alcohol (bathtub gin)
Why did prohibition fail? (policing)
Often corrupt and poorly resourced/paid
Why did prohibition fail? (gangsters)
Evaded the law and were widely feared
What were profits from the illicit alcohol industry?
$2bn a year
How many itinerant workers by 1932?
1 million
What happened to marriages and birth rates during the depression?
Fell significantly
What were suicide rates by 1932?
17.4 in 10 000
What did population of rural areas fall by in the war?
around 30%
Where in particular did people move to in the war?
California (defence plants) and Washington DC (govt jobs)
What was a solution to the housing crisis?
Barrack-style housing
What were the impacts of the war on women? (3)
juggling childcare and working
overcrowded families in urban areas
grew own produce in ‘Victory gardens’
When and what was the Community Facilities Act?
1941, provided some childcare facilities for women in defence plants but not enough
How many served in ww2?
15 mil
When was the Literacy Act?
1917
When was the Immigration Quota Act?
1921
When were Sacco and Vanzetti executed?
1927
In 1929 what was income of the south compared to the north?
Half that of the north
How many members did the KKK claim to have in 1925?
5 million
Why did the KKK lose support?
Leader Stephenson raped his secretary
By 1929 what had KKK membership fallen to?
20 000
When and what was the Monkey Trial?
1925, John Scopes arrested for teaching evolution where it was illegal to. Showed the absurdity of rural Fundamentalists
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