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maxush-20s society
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| artistic and unconventional lifestyle | Bohemian |
| Area in Manhattan that attracted artists and writers | Greenwich Village |
| Area in Chicago that was attractive to artists and writers | Southside |
| Chicago poet that used common language to glorify midwestern life and the expansiveness of America | Carl Sandburg |
| playwright that focused on the search for meaning in modern life | Eugene O'Neill |
| due to economic prosperity Americans enjoyed sports, music, theater, and entertainment | leisure activities |
| temporary interest in styles of dress, events, or products | fads |
| sports hero, known as the "Sultan of Swat" for the numerous homeruns he hit | Babe Ruth |
| first to fly solo nonstop New York to Paris | Charles Lindbergh |
| the first "talkie", motion picture with sound | Jazz Singer |
| radio, movies, newspapers, and magazines helped to break down regional interests and create national ones | mass media |
| movement of African Americans from the south to the north, continues after war is over because of hope for a better life | Great Migration |
| creative outpouring of African American art and literature from New York City | Harlem Renaissance |
| first important writer of Harlem renaissance, expressed defiance and contempt for racism | Claude McKay |
| became the leading voice for the African American experience in US | Langston Hughes |
| introduced jazz, first great trumpet and coronet soloist of jazz | Louis Armstrong |
| style of music influenced by ragtime and Dixieland music | Jazz |
| harlem nightspot where many African American musicians would get their start | Cotton Club |
| composer, pianist, and bandleader that influenced the jazz era | Duke Ellington |
| "Empress of Blues" introduced the "blues" style of music | Bessie Smith |
| soulful style of music that evolved from African American spirituals | blues |
| area that typically votes the same in all elections, African American voters in northern cities | voting bloc |
| first African American representative in Congress from a northern state | Oscar de Priest |
| organization founded to fight racism and discrimination throught the legal system, W.E.B. duBois one of founders | NAACP |
| glorified African American culture and traditions through "Negro Nationalism", called for complete seperation of the races | Marcus Garvey |
| where Marcus Garvey wanted to create a settlement for African Americans | Liberia |
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