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Ch 25 social L. 3
The Roaring Twenties
| Term | Definition |
|---|---|
| Louis Armstrong | African American jazz musician = |
| Ernest Hemingway | American writer who wrote "A Farewell to Arms" |
| F. Scott Fitzgerald | wrote " The Great Gatsby" |
| Sinclair Lewis | wrote Babbitt, portrayed American as dull and narrow minded |
| Eugene O'Neill | Playwright who wrote powerful, realistic dramas |
| Langston Hughes | Best known poet of the Harlem Renaissance |
| Countee Cullen | teacher who won prizes for his books on poetry |
| Claude McKay | African American poet who decried violence against black Americans |
| Zora Neal Hurston | wrote novels, essays, and short stories about African American folklore |
| Babe Ruth | Baseball player otherwise known as the " Sultan of Swat" |
| Charles Lindbergh | first to fly non stop across the Atlantic |
| flapper | young women who rebelled against traditional ways of thinking and acting |
| Jack Dempsey | World Heavy weight boxing champ for 7 years |
| Al Capone | Chicago mobster thought to be responsible for the St. Valentine's Day massacre |
| Sacco and Vanzetti | two Italian immigrants arrested for robbery and murder, symbolized the anti immigrant feeling of time |