Roaring Twenties

Roaring Twenties

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History

8th Grade

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1.

FLASHCARD QUESTION

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Name for the 1920s, because of the popularity of jazz-a new type of American music that combined African rhythms, blues, and ragtime

Back

Jazz Age

2.

FLASHCARD QUESTION

Front

The _____ _______ is the fear that communists were working to destroy the American way of life.

Back

Red Scare

3.

FLASHCARD QUESTION

Front

Part of the "lost generation" of American modernists, her Paris apartment was a pilgrimage site for authors, painters, etc. (incl. Picasso, Hemingway, and others).

Back

Gertrude Stein

4.

FLASHCARD QUESTION

Front

American sociologist, socialist, historian, and Pan-Africanist civil rights activist.

Back

WEB DuBois

5.

FLASHCARD QUESTION

Front

Langston Hughes is:

Back

African American poet who described the rich culture of African American life using rhythms influenced by jazz music.

6.

FLASHCARD QUESTION

Front

What is the first name of Fitzgerald's wife? She was an artist and flapper who challenged traditional values in the 1920's.

Back

Zelda

7.

FLASHCARD QUESTION

Front

An artist from New Orleans who bridged the gap between the piano styles of ragtime and jazz, and was the first important jazz composer.

Back

Jelly Roll Morton

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