Harlem Renaissance
Movement of thousands of African American from the rural south into northern cities between 1914 and 1920.
Great Migration
African American leader who wanted his people to return to Africa.
W.E.B Du Bois, Thurgood Marshall, Marcus Garvey, Paul Robeson
Marcus Garvey
Young women of the 1920s that behaved and dressed in a radical fashion.
Flappers
Conservative prosecutor in the Scopes trial.
Clarence Darrow, George Gershwin , William Jennings Bryan, F. Scott Fitzgerald
William Jennings Bryan
Unpopular President of the U.S. at the beginning of the Great Depression.
Herbert Hoover
A period when African-American achievements in art, music, and literature flourished.
Harlem Renaissance
American sociologist, historian, civil rights activist & author of "The Souls of Black Folk"
W.E.B Du Bois, Thurgood Marshall, Marcus Garvey, Paul Robeson
W.E.B. DuBois
Believed in a strict interpretation of the Bible.
Fundamentalism/Fundamentalists
Attorney for the defense in the Scopes trial.
Clarence Darrow, George Gershwin , William Jennings Bryan, F. Scott Fitzgerald
Clarence Darrow
President of the US during Great Depression and World War II
Franklin D. Roosevelt
About when did the Harlem Renaissance take place?
Turn of the 20th Century, 1920s, 1930s, 1940s
1920s
Name at least one famous jazz musician during the Harlem Renaissance.
Possible Answers: Louis Armstrong and Duke Ellington
Smuggler of illegal liquor.
Bootleggers
1st filmmaker to use advanced techniques; Known for "Birth of a Nation"
D.W. Griffith, Orson Welles, Charlie Chaplin, Alfred Hitchcock
D.W. Griffith
Depression shantytowns, named after the president whom many blamed for their financial distress.
Hooverville
The desire for people of African descent, no matter where they live in the world, to work together for unity.
Pan-African Movement, Black Nationalism, Patriotism, Abolitionist Movement
Pan-African Movement
African American poet who described the rich culture of African American life using rhythms influenced by jazz music.
Langston Hughes, Zora Neale Hurston, Bessie Smith, Paul Robeson
Langston Hughes
Theory that current life on Earth is the result of millions of years of change and development.
Evolution
Silent movie star known as "the little tramp".
Charlie Chaplin, Buster Keaton, Douglas Fairbanks, Rudolph Valentino
Charlie Chaplin
October 29, 1929; the day the stock market crashed leading to the Great Depression.
Black Tuesday
New type of American music that combined African rhythms, blues, and ragtime. Became popular during the 1920's.
Jazz
Poet, publisher, lawyer, and NAACP executive secretary.
James Weldon Johnson, Booker T. Washington, Paul Robeson, Bessie Smith
James Weldon Johnson
Trial that pitted the teaching of Darwin's theory of evolution against teaching Bible creationism.
Scopes Monkey Trial
American writer who is closely linked with the 1920s, wrote the Great Gatsby.
George Gershwinm, Ralph Waldo Emerson, F.Scott Fitzgerald, Charles Lindbergh
F.Scott Fitzgerald
A series of reforms enacted by the Franklin Roosevelt administration between 1933 and 1942 with the goal of ending the Great Depression.
New Deal