Music
This music genre was popular in the 1920s
What is Jazz?
A Disney character that was really popular around this time (Hint: He is seen whistling at the beginning of most Disney movies)
Who is Mickey Mouse
The famous nightclub in New York were mostly African Americans played
What is The Cotton Club
This sport is very popular in North Carolina.
What is Baseball?
This studio specializes in animation and opened its first studio in Los Angeles, 1923.
What is Disney
This song by the Blues became very popular in the music industry and sparked fire into many black listeners.
What is Crazy Blues?
This woman was a famous actress, singer, and model during this time (Hint: She had short blond hair)?
Who is Marilyn Monroe
The development of the Harlem neighborhood in New York as a Black cultural mecca in the early 20th century
What is The Harlem Renaissance
This famous batter hit 50 home runs in the season of 1920.
Babe Ruth
This popular horror fantasy film was banned in Sweden due to its excessive horror.
What is Nosferatu
This American inventor was responsible for the creation of the radio, otherwise known as the “Sound factory,” as entertainment took off and music being one of them.
Who is Lee De Forest?
A young woman who wore short skirts, short hair, and danced to jazz music was called
What is flappers
This technology was really popular in the early 1920s
What is radios?
This athlete won gold medals in all three women’s swimming contests, swimming five races and breaking a record for each one.
Who is Ethelda Bleibtrey
The actress Gloria Swanson starred in Silent films throughout the 1920s. Being an Academy Award nominated actress, she defined the golden age of Hollywood, bringing my iconic pieces of work to life. One of them being
What is Sunset Boulevard
A famous African American trumpet player in the 1920’s.
Who is Louis Armstrong?
Famous comic actor, filmmaker, and composer Charlie Chaplin founded his company in 1919, making his first feature picture in 1921
Who is the Kid?
This synonym is relating to the word “Jazz,” a type of music originating from black African American culture.
What is Boogie-Woogie
More than 100,000 spectators attended this event at shoulder field in Chicago on September 22, 1927.
What is Dempsey vs. Tunney II
During the 1920s, filmmaking operated as a studio system. Meaning Studios took responsibility for producing movies and finding and signing talented artists. The drawback to this was
What is Less Creative control
The famous dance made its debut in the 1923 Broadway show “Runnin Wild,” becoming an interesting and popular dance. The dance banned in many places due to its apparent sexual nature.
What is the Charleston?
This famous American actress is considered to be the first Chinese American Hollywood movie star as well as the first Chinese American actress to gain international recognition.
Who is Anna May Wong
This opened up 50 new musicals in just one season and people paid up to $3.50 to have a seat in, in the 1920s
What is Broadway?
Jack Ogden was one pitcher who allowed 23 home runs during the 1928 season, pitching for one team. Who was the other pitcher?
Who is George Blaeholder
Both Lang's Metropolis and Murnau's The Last Laugh were filmed by the pioneering German cameraman.
What is Karl Freund