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Roaring 20's
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7th Grade
02/23/2010

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What was Prohibition, and how effective was it?
Definition
banned the making, selling, and transporting of alcoholic beverages.
Results of Prohibition were Speakeasies were created and bootleggers smuggled illegal alcohol and promoted organized crime.
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Why did African Americans migrate to northern cities?
Definition
Great Migration North
scarce jobs and low paying
discrimination and violence
bad employment opportunity's
but they also faced discrimination and violence in the north.
Term
Who were the leaders in art? what was the contribution?
Definition
Art-Georgia O'Keeffe, an artist known for urban scenes and later paintings of the southwest.
Term
Who was the leader in literature? What was their contribution?
Definition
F. Scott Fitzgerald, a novelist who wrote about the Jazz age of the 1920s; John Steinbeck, a novelist who portrayed the strength of poor migrant workers during the 1930s
Term
Who were the leaders in music? what were their contributions
Definition
Aaron Copland and George Gershwin, composers who wrote uniquely American music
Term
How did the Harlem Renaissance influence artistic American life?
Definition
Art-Jacob Lawrence, painter who chronicled the experiences of the Great Migration north through art.
Term
How did the Harlem Renaissance influence Literature American life
Definition
Langston Hughes, a poet who combined the experiences of African and American cultural roots
Term
How did the Harlem Renaissance influence Musical American life?
Definition
Duke Ellington and Louis Armstrong, jazz composers; Bessie Smith, blues singer
Term
How was social and economic life in the early twentieth century different from that of the late 19th century?
Definition
Results of improved transportation brought by affordable automobiles
Invention of the airplane
Use of the assembly line
Communication changes
Ways electrification changed American life.
Term
Assembly line
Definition
An arrangement of machines workers and equipment in which the product begin assembled passes from operation to operation until completed.
Term
Bootleggers
Definition
People who transported or sold illegal liquor during the prohibition era of the 1920s
Term
Flapper
Definition
A young woman in the 19200s who rebelled against how society thought she should behave and dress
Term
Great Migration north
Definition
Movement of African Americans from the south to the north in search of better jobs and less discrimination in the early 20th century
Term
Harlem Renaissance
Definition
A flowering of African American Art, Poetry, and Writing during the 1920s, centered in the New York City neighborhood known as Harlem.
Term
Jazz Age
Definition
The period in American History when African and European musical traditions blended, creating the unique American music known as Jazz; famous jazz musicians were Duke Ellington, Count Basie, and Louis Armstrong.
Term
Mass Media
Definition
Types of communication that reached lots of people (examples: radio, newspaper, magazines, and television)
Term
Prohibition
Definition
Law against making, selling, or transporting alcohol it applied during 1920-1933
Term
Roaring 20s
Definition
Phrase used the describe the drastic changes in the United States during the 1920s; major changes included social(fashion), economic (big business), and civic (laws).
Term
Speakeasies
Definition
illegal saloons that sprang up across the United States following the passage of the 18th Amendment in1919, beginning a 14-year period of Prohibition
Term
Temperance Movement
Definition
The campaign to outlaw the making and consumption of alcoholic beverages.
Term
Duke Ellington
Definition
Composer/Conductor
jazz composer, conductor, and performer during the Harlem Renaissance.
Term
Louis Armstrong
Definition
Composer/trumpeter
composer and trumpet player during the Harlem Renaissance. Widely recognized as a founding father of jazz
Term
Bessie Smith
Definition
Jazz/Blues singer
famous jazz and blues singer during the Harlem Renaissance. popular with both whites and African-Americans
Term
Langston Hughes
Definition
Author and poet
wrote novels, short stories and plays, as well as poetry. known for his colorful portrayals of black life in America
Term
Jacob Lawrence
Definition
Painter
Painted scenes of, his own background in Harlem, the hard life of black Americans in the 1920s
Term
Georgia O'Keefe
Definition
painter
Painted scenes of urban landscapes, Southwest
Term
F. Scott Fitzgerald
Definition
Author
Wrote about the lives of wealthy white Americans and Europeans during the Jazz Age
Term
John Steinbeck
Definition
Author
Wrote about the strength of migrant workers during the dust bowl of the 1930s.
Term
Aaron Copland
Definition
Composer
Wrote uniquely American music (often with western themed titles and sounds) that incorporated jazz and other American musical styles
Term
George Gershwin
Definition
Composer
Wrote uniquely American music for orchestras, Broadway shows, and Hollywood.
Term
How did elctricity change the american home?
Definition
They don't have to do everything by hand (speeded up the process)
Term
What is a durable good?
Definition
Something that's supposed to last a long time.
Term
What does buying on credit mean? what problems might this cause?
Definition
buy no pay later. People become in debt
Term
why was there a need for advertising in the 1920s?
Definition
There were too many goods and not enough customers
Term
How did advertising change American buying habits?
Definition
bought more stuff than needed
Term
How did Henry Ford make the cost of buying a car cheaper?
Definition
by using an assembly line to make the cars
Term
How did the automobile change the American Lifestyle?
Definition
They could go places farther away
Term
What new industries developed from the automobile
Definition
drive-thrus, drive-ins, gas stations, licenses plate.
Term
What is a Flapper? Describe their lifestyle.
Definition
Party-girl
well educated
terrible manner
Term
Why were sports so popular in the 1920s?
Definition
Radio
Term
What was important about the fight between Jack Dempsey and Gene Tunney?
Definition
Clash of modern and country
Term
How did the radio change America?
Definition
it brought sports to everyone
Term
How did Prohibition lead to organized crime?
Definition
People started to sell, make, and move alcohol which led to gangs
Term
What did Charles Lindbergh accomplish? Importance?
Definition
He flew across the Atlantic Ocean.
Term
name five cities that probably saw their African American populations grow rapidly between 1910 and 1920.
Definition
Indianapolis, Detroit, Chicago, Philadelphia, New York, Newark, Washington D.C.
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