Music
What genre of music emerged and greatly shaped the 20’s?
Jazz
What was the period of time where films did not include any sound called?
The Silent Era
What does the word renaissance mean?
What was the main economic cause of the Great Depression?
The stock market crash
Who created the New Deal?
President Franklin Delano Roosevelt (F.D.R.)
Where are the roots of jazz?
African tribal music and European music
True or false: Hollywood begun making films in the 20s
False
What was the name of the event in which millions of African Americans moved from south to north that started in the 1920s?
The Great Migration
What were people using to spend their money prior to the Great Depression?
Credit cards or loans
What economic catastrophe was the New Deal created due to?
The Great Depression
What were some of the most popular instruments used during the Roaring’ 20s?
Saxophone, piano, trumpet, cornet, trombone, and clarinet
This actor's work in films like The Gold Rush shows how early filmmakers relied on visual storytelling and comedy to entertain audiences before sound technology became common.
Charlie Chaplin
What event saw the rise and integration of African-American culture into the mainstream?
The Harlem Renaissance
The combination of severe drought, soil erosion, and over-plowing of farmland on the Great Plains led to this environmental disaster of the 1930s.
Dust Bowl
What were F.D.R.'s goals to get the nation out of the Great Depression? Hint: think 3 r's
Relief, recovery, and reform.
Who was the influential jazz musician known for revolutionizing jazz to be more solo-centered and for playing the trumpet?
Louis Armstrong
What was the name of the 1920s film that utilized music and animated storytelling and introduced viewers to an up and coming animator named Walt?
What were some new ways in which African Americans expressed themselves during the Roaring 20s?
Music, writing, and poetry
During the Great Depression, many homeless people built these makeshift communities that were named after the President at the time because people blamed him for the economic crisis.
Hoovervilles
What were the agencies created during the New Deal nicknamed?
What did early jazz incorporate?
Church hymns,slave songs, field chants, and Cuban-style rhythm.
What was the name of small storefront theatres, showing only short films, all across the country for only 5 cents?
Nickelodeons
Approximately how many African Americans moved to Harlem during the Harlem Renaissance?
200,000
What parts of the United States were impacted by the Dust Bowl?
The southwestern states (Oklahoma, Texas, Kansas, Colorado, and New Mexico)
What N.C. region benefited directly from the New Deal?
The mountains