Starter quiz
- Write the missing word. A ______ was a young woman who followed new fashion trends and acted independently.
- 'flapper' ✓
- What happened to female employment between 1920 and 1929?
- decreased by 25%
- increased by 25% ✓
- remained the same
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- Write the missing word. The elected group of politicians who make laws for the USA are referred to as ...
- 'Congress' ✓
- What did the 19th Amendment do in 1920?
- allowed women to buy contraceptives
- enfranchised women nationwide ✓
- required equal wages for women
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- Which examples show that some women gained greater social freedoms during the 1920s?
- female employment rose by 25%
- flappers often dressed in knee-length skirts ✓
- use of contraceptives increased ✓
- women started careers in new areas like sales
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- Starting with the earliest, sort the following events into chronological order.
- 1⇔Becomes illegal to prevent someone from voting solely because of their race
- 2⇔Becomes illegal to prevent someone from voting solely because of their sex
- 3⇔Congress approves funding for childcare for the first time
- 4⇔Five members of Congress were women
Exit quiz
- Match each keyword with its correct definition.
- boom years⇔period when businesses are doing well and wages are rising ✓
- discrimination⇔unfair treatment of someone because of their sex, race or religion ✓
- prosperity⇔when someone is successful, usually by earning a lot of money ✓
- How much did average wages rise by in the USA during the 1920s?
- 5%
- 10%
- 20% ✓
- 40%
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- Write the missing word. ______ stars were able to become very wealthy from their films.
- 'Hollywood' ✓
- Which of the following reasons encouraged many African Americans to leave the South during the 1920s?
- decline in agriculture ✓
- guarantees of high-paying jobs in the North
- Jim Crow laws ✓
- KKK intimidation ✓
- equal treatment of African Americans in the North
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- Which of the following statements about 1920s America are accurate?
- female pay was often unequal to male pay ✓
- more women gained employment ✓
- most female professionals worked as doctors, dentists and accountants
- most women worked in low-skilled, low-paying jobs ✓
- women were not hired to work in high-paying jobs
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- Which example best demonstrates that many Americans could afford more consumer goods between 1920 and 1929?
- unemployment fell from over 5% to just over 3%
- female employment rose by 25%
- radio ownership increased by over 150 times ✓
- Hollywood stars like Clara Bow were paid $1600 per week
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Key learning points
- Many people benefitted from the 'boom years'.
- The benefits were not evenly shared out.
- There was regional variation in benefits from the 'boom years'.
- An individual's background influenced an experience of the 'boom years'.
Common misconception
Minority groups only experienced hardship as a result of discrimination.
Some groups such as African Americans experienced economic hardship because of broader structural changes - especially the decline of American agriculture which hurt the South where most African Americans lived.
Keywords
Prosperity - prosperity is a situation in which someone is successful, usually by earning a lot of money
Boom years - 'boom years' are a period of time when businesses are doing well and wages are rising
Discrimination - unfair treatment of someone because of their gender, race, sexual orientation, age, disability or religion is described as discrimination
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