Women's Suffrage
What does suffrage mean?
right to vote in political elections
What is a flapper?
Young women of the 1920s that wore short skirt, short hair, and were considered moraless
What is mass media?
The communication of information to large audiences
What was the forerunner for jazz music?
Ragtime
Where did the Harlem Renaissance take place?
Manhattan neighborhood Harlem, NYC
What is the 19th Amendment?
Guarantees all American women the right to vote
What did flappers do differently then the traditional woman?
Drink, smoke, and drive
What are the three types of mass media?
Movies, news paper, radio
What Louisiana city did jazz boom from?
New Orleans
What did Harlem become home for?
What does NAWSA stand for?
What lifestyle did flappers live?
Freeing
What were films with the actor's voices called?
Talkies
What area had 500 jazz clubs?
Harlem
What is the Great Migration?
large movement of African Americans into Harlem
What did the Congressional Union burn on the lawn of the White House the day before Wilson's inauguration?
Dummy of Wilson and his speeches
Who is the popular cartoon flapper?
Betty Boop
How many movie tickets were sold a week in 1929?
80 million
What was Benny Goodman known as?
King of Swing
Who is James Weldon Johnson?
A lead writer of the Harlem Renaissance
What document came out of the Seneca Falls convention?
The Declaration of Sentiments, the call for women's equality
What is the most popular dance that flappers danced?
The Charleston
What were the first two things broadcast over radio?
Baseball scores and recorded music
What is the lost generation?
What is Louis Armstrong known as?
Father of Jazz