Roaring Twenties: Art and Music

The literature of the Harlem Renaissance

• explored the pains and joys of being black in America

• explored the origins of jazz

• was written by Marcus Garvey

• argued for the separation of races

Change in the constitution which prohibited the making, selling and transportation of alcohol.

• 18th Amend.

• 19th Amend.

• 21st Amend.

• 1st Amend.

A nickname given to the 1920s because of the decade’s prosperity, technological advances, and cultural boom.

• roaring twenties

• silent twenties

• Jazz age

• Great Depression

This Jazz musician would become the most popular jazz musician of his time.

• Paul Lawrence Dunbar
• Eugene O'Neill
• Louis Armstrong
• Ernest Hemingway

women in the Jazz Age that wore short skirts, short hair, and lots of make up

• The 80's
• Flappers
• Flip Floppers
• The 90's

In the 1920`s what was the most popular musical form which was influenced by African american music?

• blues 
• pop
• jazz
• hip hop 

Which African American writer wrote poems, books, and plays about the lives of African Americans?

• Bessie Smith
• Louis Armstrong
• Langston Hughes

Where did many African American artists move to during the 1920s?

• Harlem, New York
• Atlanta, Georgia
• Detroit, Michigan 

Who was a popular blues singer of the 1920s?

• Duke Ellington
• Louis Armstrong
• Bessie Smith

What name was given to the great achievements in art and learning by African Americans during the 1920s?

• The Roaring 20s
• The Best of Times
• Harlem Renaissance