Cultural change in the 1920s
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When was the Birth of Nation released?
1915
In 1920, Babe Ruth signed for the New York Yankees for how much?
$100,000
When was the Negro Baseball League founded?
1920
When did the first radio station, KDKA, begin broadcasting in Pittsburgh?
November 1920
When was the Great Gatsby by F. Scott Fitzgerald published?
1925
When was NBC established as a nationwide broadcaster?
1926
When was The Sun Also Rises by Ernest Hemingway published?
1926
When was the first Talkie, the Jazz Singer, produced?
1927
By 1928, there are how many cinemas across the USA?
17,000 cinemas
When was the first Oscars for best picture and performances in movies?
1929
By what year did every small town in the USA have its own picture house showing Hollywood films?
1929
By 1929, there are how many commercial radio stations in the USA?
619 commercial radio stations
Between what years was the Hays Code for film censorship introduced in Hollywood
1930 to 1968
How many radio stations were there in the USA by 1929?
619 radio stations.
By 1930, what % of American families owned a radio?
60%
By 1928, how many cinemas existed in the USA?
17,000 cinemas.
How many seats and ushers did Boston’s Metropolitan picture palace have?
4,000 seats and 300 ushers.
When did Mickey Mouse first appear and in which film?
1928; Steamboat Willie.
What was the name of the all-black Broadway play produced by Noble Sissle?
Shuffle Along.
What Black nationalist organisation did Marcus Garvey found and what was its newspaper called?
Universal Negro Improvement Association (UNIA); a newspaper called Negro World
When was Marcus Garvey convicted of mail fraud?
1923
Where and when did jazz originate?
New Orleans, around 1895.
By what year had jazz become popular among both white and Black Americans?
1929
Name three iconic jazz musicians of the 1920s.
Bessie Smith, Billie Holiday, Louis Armstrong.
What technological change helped transform baseball in the 1920s?
The introduction of the cork-centred ball.
Who was the national baseball commissioner who helped restore integrity to the sport?
Kenesaw Landis
When was the Negro National Baseball League formed?
1920
What was the peak spectator number for the Negro National Baseball League?
30,000 spectators.
When was Reader’s Digest founded?
1922