Starter quiz
- Write the missing word. If something is ______, it is brought into a country illegally
- 'smuggled' ✓
- What type of career did Al Capone have?
- baseball player
- gangster ✓
- movie star
- politician
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- How many Americans went to the cinema weekly by 1930?
- 50 000
- 100 000 ✓
- 200 000
- 400 000
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- What was the star system?
- method for broadcasting sports
- method for promoting films ✓
- method for smuggling alcohol
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- What became more common as a direct result of Prohibition?
- baseball
- speakeasies ✓
- talkies
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- What does the increase in speakeasies suggest about Prohibition?
- Prohibition had little impact on ordinary Americans
- Prohibition led to a rise in violent crime
- Prohibition was not respected by many Americans ✓
- Prohibition was not successful ✓
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Exit quiz
- Match each of the keywords to their correct definitions.
- Congress⇔elected group of politicians who make laws for the USA ✓
- contraception⇔devices or drugs used to try and prevent pregnancy ✓
- enfranchised⇔having the right to vote in elections ✓
- flappers⇔young women who acted independently during the 1920s ✓
- In which region of the USA were the majority of African American women still prevented from voting after 1920?
- North
- East
- South ✓
- West
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- The typical male cotton weaver in 1920 was paid $29 per week. How much was a typical female weaver paid per week?
- $20
- $26 ✓
- $29
- $32
- $38
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- Which professional jobs were most common for women to work in during the 1920s?
- accountancy
- dentistry
- nursing ✓
- teaching ✓
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- How did contraception affect female relationships during the 1920s?
- some women were willing to have more sexual relationships ✓
- some women decided to have less sexual relationships
- most women refused to use or support contraception so it had no effect
- some women were willing to have sexual relationships outside of marriage ✓
- all women continued to only have sexual relationships when married
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- Which group did the President of Florida University accuse of "carrying the present generation to destruction"?
- female politcians
- female workers
- flappers ✓
- opponents of contraception
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Key learning points
- Women were enfranchised in 1920 but enjoyed limited gains form this in the 1920s.
- Opportunities for women to work increased.
- Women's work was usually less skilled and lower-paying than men's.
- Many women enjoyed new social freedoms, especially flappers.
- Not all women were equally able, or willing, to enjoy new social freedoms.
Common misconception
All women in the USA experienced changes in the same way during the 1920s.
The ways in which women experienced changes often differed depending on factors such as race, wealth and location.
Keywords
Enfranchised - a person is enfranchised if they have been given the right to vote in elections
Congress - the elected group of politicians who make laws for the USA are referred to as Congress
Contraceptive - any type of device or drug used to try and prevent pregnancy is described as a contraceptive
Flapper - a flapper was a young woman who followed new fashion trends and acted independently
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