What was Emerson’s “Oversoul”?
A universal spirit which unifies every being - a transcendentalist idea
How did flappers subvert gender stereotype?
Smoking, drinking, being generally promiscuous (masculine traits) – relates the most the Jordan Baker
What was the 1920s “New Woman”?
Rejection of Victorian roles for women, emphasis on education made independence
Causes of the Great Depression? (4)
1929 Stock market crash, government policies, bank failure, collapse of world trade
What was the Great Migration?
1900s over 6 million African Americans moving North/West from the South to escape Jim Crow Laws
When was the Prohibition?
1920-33
When is TGG set?
1922 - Roaring 20s
What proportion of Americans owned an automobile in the 20s?
1 in 5
Why did the Great Migration happen? (2)
- fleeing oppressive South (eg. Jim Crow, KKK)
- African Americans were given working opportunities during WW1
What is antebellum?
Occurring before war, especially the US Civil War
What was the one-drop rule?
Legislation which asserted that having ‘one-drop’ of black heritage made a person automatically black
What was the 1924 Rhinelander Case?
A famous divorce between a white man and a passing woman
What is the ‘tragic mulatto’ archetype?
A mixed race person who is depressed as they cannot wholly fit into either racial world. There is no place for them in society.
What is the ‘southern belle’ archetype?
An upper class white woman in the antebellum South eg. Scarlett O’Hara
When was the Homestead Act?
1862
When was the Gilded Age?
1870-90
