Fads and Fashions
An activity stemmed to music where participants were rewarded by being the last couple standing.
What is A Dance Marathon
American hero that helped change the game of baseball from a pitcher's game to a hitter's game. He hit a record 60 home runs in 1927
Who is George Herman Ruth (Babe)
The ____ ______ was millions of African Americans relocated from the South to the North in search of better opportunities.
What is the Great Migration
The instrument which Louis "Satchmo" Armstrong is most closely associated with.
What is the Trumpet
What entertainment invention transcended the barriers of language and appealed to mass audiences?
What is silent films?
Women who bobbed their hair, wore short skirts and lipstick during the 1920s
What is Flappers
Boxing hero in the 1920s era helped pioneer the live broadcast of sporting events in general, and boxing matches in particular.
Who is Jack Dempsey
What are the last names of the two immigrant anarchists that were wrongly convicted murder? Their were vindicated in 1977.
Who are Sacco and Vanzetti
Illegal bars used by many for socializing and entertainment.
What is The Speakeasy
The _______ became a powerful instrument of mass popular culture. It brought together distant events in millions of homes
What is the radio
The Name of the dance popular during the 1920s, in which people swung their arms, kicked up their heels, and knocked their knees together
What is the Charleston
The first woman to swim the English channel?
Who Is Gertrude Ederle
The discredited idea that intelligence and other favorable traits were inheritable and and passed on by one's parents.
What is Eugenics
Music form that started in New Orleans, based on improvisation, developed by African Americans and influenced by both European harmonic structure and African rhythms
What is Jazz
The________ allowed Americans to listen to the same music they heard on the radio
What is the phonograph
This caused an increase in organized crime and made drinking fashionable among some crowds.
What is Prohibition
Famous Boxer of the 1920's who won people over by winning the heavy weight championship in the sport of boxing. He was nicknamed the brown bomber.
Who is Joe Louis
A famous Tennessee trial in 1925 pitted William Jennings Bryan against famous lawyer Clarence Darrow.
What is the Scope Monkey Trial
A mouse who was introduced to the American public in the first animated sound film titled "Steamboat Willie".
Who is Mickey Mouse
The release of the movie Jazz Singer changed modern film history forever because it had
What is synchronized sound
Famous Gangster who ruled Chicago first by instrumenting the St Valentines day massacre then buying off politicians to run his illegal activities.
Who Is Al Capone
Why did athletes reach such high level of hero status and popularity in the 1920s?
Because the 20s were the golden age sports and the golden age sportswriter.
The _____ ________ was a turning point in black cultural history. It helped African American writers and artists gain control over the representation of black culture and experience, and it provided them a place in Western high culture.
What is Harlem renaissance.
A painter before he became a composer he got his nickname because of how he dressed like royalty. He increased the popularity of jazz.
Who is Duke Ellington
Made the first solo trans-Atlantic flight and became famous for his accomplishment.
Who is Charles Lindbergh