1920s Vocab

Who was the author of the Harlem Renaissance

• F. Scott Fitzgerald

• Duke Ellington

• Langston Hughes

• John Steinbeck

Who was the Most Successful female singer

• Georgia O’Keeffe

• Bessie Smith

• Billie Eilish

• Aretha Franklin

What was the Prohibition

• The outlawing of alcohol that was stared with the 21st amendment and ended by the 18th

• Illegal bars that sold alcohol

• The illegal creation of alcohol.

• The outlawing of alcohol that was stared with the 18th amendment and ended by the 21st

What was the Harlem Renaissance

• Famous Basketball players

• A period in European history marking the transition from the Middle Ages to Modernity and covering the 15th and 16th centuries.

• Refers to work of African-American poets and writers who lived in or described a district of New York city in the 1920s and 30s

• Langston Hughes

What were Illegal saloons that existed during the prohibition

• A Speakeasy

• Bootleggers

• The Prohibition

• The outburst in fashion and music

What was the Jazz Age

• The time where people walked through the streets playing the saxophone

• A period of time in the early 20th century known for changes in fashion, music, and morals

• Refers to work of African-American poets and writers who lived in or described a district of New York city in the 1920s and 30s

What was the Great Migration

• When all the Geese flew south for the winter

• Movement of African-Americans from the south to the northern cities in search of employment opportunities

• African American slaves escaping from the south in a series of checkpoints

People who illegally manufactured, sold, and transported alcoholic beverages during prohibition

• Bootleggers

• Speakeasy's

• The prohibition

• The 18th and 20th amendment

Who was a famous American novelist who captured the jazz age in his works (Ex. The Great Gatsby)

• John Steinbeck

• Bessie Smith

• Langston Hughes

• F. Scott Fitzgerald

Who was an Author who wrote about America’s migrant workers

(Ex. The Grapes of Wrath)

• George Gershwin

• John Steinbeck

• F. Scott Fitzgerald

• Aaron Copeland