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The Roaring 20s
Q: How did women dress during the 20s?
A: They would wear less clothes, making them focus more on a slim, boyish body. The corsets were being replaced by cylindrical underwear that flattened the chest. They started to cut their hair shorter into bobs, also known as boyish bobs. Homemade clothing was becoming more popular, being able to wear whatever they want is what women were starting to do. (Blackman 6)
Q: How did mens clothes change during the 20s?
A: Older men still kept on the suits and a more business like look, while younger men were starting to get a more relaxed style that was loose and comfortable. (Blackman, 9)
Q: What were speakeasies and Blind pigs?
A: They were private clubs supposedly secret and definitely illegal. They sprang up throughout the nation in large cities and small towns in response to prohibition. (Hanson 32)
Q: What did people do with money?
A: People mostly borrowed during the 20s. People really wanted to trust banks and stock markets. They starting using credit and debt to buy things because they were spending more than they owned. (Credit and Debt)
Q: What was the average lifestyle like?
A: Most homes had normal stuff like running water, electricity, etc. People were being able to buy things to make their life more comfortable at home. Most people were doing white-collar jobs instead of blue-collar. Entertainment was also becoming more and more popular, a lot of people listened to the radio and more than 12 million families were listening to them at home by 1929. People also wanted bigger houses and more expensive lifestyle. (Hanson 84)
Q: What is bootlegging?
A: Bootlegging is the illegal making, selling, or transporting of liquor, wine, and beer. The term bootlegger was used to describe the people who carried the liquor to their customers in bottles hidden in their boots. (Hanson 29)
Q: How were tabloids different during this time?
A: They had a new type of newspaper which printed sensational and often shocking stories rarely reported by the traditional media. It was also printed in a new format, half the size of the original newspaper, designed to read anywhere. (Hanson 43)
Q: What did this time look like?
A: It was all parties, everyone wanted to have fun. They just won World War 1 and were happy and celebrating. They felt as if they were on top of the world and happy. Jazz music was becoming popular and entertainment of all sorts.
Q: One random fact about the 1920s?
A: Doctors and druggists were legally allowed to dispense alcohol as medicine. (Hanson 34)
Q: How did women dress during the 20s?
A: They would wear less clothes, making them focus more on a slim, boyish body. The corsets were being replaced by cylindrical underwear that flattened the chest. They started to cut their hair shorter into bobs, also known as boyish bobs. Homemade clothing was becoming more popular, being able to wear whatever they want is what women were starting to do. (Blackman 6)
Q: How did mens clothes change during the 20s?
A: Older men still kept on the suits and a more business like look, while younger men were starting to get a more relaxed style that was loose and comfortable. (Blackman, 9)
Q: What were speakeasies and Blind pigs?
A: They were private clubs supposedly secret and definitely illegal. They sprang up throughout the nation in large cities and small towns in response to prohibition. (Hanson 32)
Q: What did people do with money?
A: People mostly borrowed during the 20s. People really wanted to trust banks and stock markets. They starting using credit and debt to buy things because they were spending more than they owned. (Credit and Debt)
Q: What was the average lifestyle like?
A: Most homes had normal stuff like running water, electricity, etc. People were being able to buy things to make their life more comfortable at home. Most people were doing white-collar jobs instead of blue-collar. Entertainment was also becoming more and more popular, a lot of people listened to the radio and more than 12 million families were listening to them at home by 1929. People also wanted bigger houses and more expensive lifestyle. (Hanson 84)
Q: What is bootlegging?
A: Bootlegging is the illegal making, selling, or transporting of liquor, wine, and beer. The term bootlegger was used to describe the people who carried the liquor to their customers in bottles hidden in their boots. (Hanson 29)
Q: How were tabloids different during this time?
A: They had a new type of newspaper which printed sensational and often shocking stories rarely reported by the traditional media. It was also printed in a new format, half the size of the original newspaper, designed to read anywhere. (Hanson 43)
Q: What did this time look like?
A: It was all parties, everyone wanted to have fun. They just won World War 1 and were happy and celebrating. They felt as if they were on top of the world and happy. Jazz music was becoming popular and entertainment of all sorts.
Q: One random fact about the 1920s?
A: Doctors and druggists were legally allowed to dispense alcohol as medicine. (Hanson 34)