Question | Answer |
Marcus Garvey | Journalist, universal negro improvement association |
Louis Armstrong | nationally acclaimed trumpet player |
Duke Ellington | Jazz artist in the 1920s |
Langston Hughes | African American poet in the 1920s who wrote about his heritage was part of the Harlem Renessaince |
Claude McKay | African American poet who wrote about his heritage |
Bessie Smith | African American jazz singer |
James Weldon Johnson | African American Harlem Renessanince writer |
Countee Cullen | African American poet |
Ma Rainey | Blues Singer |
The Harlem Renessaince | African American revolution during the 1920s, influenced poets and musicians |
capitalism | A type of government where people control trade, not the government |
Bolsheviks and Reds | people who supported communism and were looked down on |
resession | A downturn in the economy |
speakeasies | secret bars that existed during prohibition |
flappers | women that did not dress tradionally or cut their hair traditionally |
Gross National Product | total value of all goods and services produced in a year |
Expatraite | a person that has no roots becuase they have immagrated a lot |
bootlegging | driving around illegal alchohol |
isolationism | Strong feelings that the U.S. should have no foreign relations |
Red Scare | Strong feelings against communism that erupted in the 1920s |
Five Power Treaty | US, UK Japan France and Italy argreed to cease Battleship production for ten years |
Kelogg braind pact | |