Clash of Values
Cultural Innovations
African American Culture
Potpourri 1
Potpourri 2
100
Women with bobbed hair, smoked cigarettes, drank prohibited liquor, and dressed in revealing attire.
What is a flapper?
100
Known as the Sultan of Swat
Who is "Babe" Ruth?
100
This style of music derives itself from the early roots of Dixieland music and ragtime with its ragged rhythms and melodies.
What is JAZZ?
100
This organization hired public relations experts to promote in order to expand its membership.
What is the Ku Klux Klan?
100
A period of time when the African American culture of musicians, artists, writers, and singers began to grow and flourish.
What is the Harlem Renaissance?
200
"Underground" bars that sold illegal liquor.
What are speakeasies?
200
An ambulance driver during WWI, he later went on to become a famous writer with such works as:"For Whom the Bell Tolls" and "A Farewell to Arms"
Who is Ernest Hemingway?
200
Many African entertainers including Duke Ellington and Louis Armstrong performed at this Harlem Night Club.
What is the Cotton Club?
200
Chicago gangster who ran several illegal bootlegging operations and was later convicted of tax evasion, only to serve a portion of his sentence in Alcatraz.
Who is Al Copone?
200
This radio show, the trials and tribulations of two African Americans played by white comedians, was one of the most popular series radio listeners tuned in to hear each week.
What is 'Amos and Andy'?
300
known as 'false-science' that deals with improving the hereditary traits of humans.
What is Eugenics?
300
Unconventional lifestyle found in Greenich Village New York, allowing artists and writers more freedom of expression.
What is Bohemian?
300
Earning the title: "Empress of the Blues" she became the symbol of Soul and Blues.
Who is Bessie Smith?
300
This Act outlawed any teaching not in accordance with the Divine Creation of man as taught in the Bible.
What is the Butler Act?
300
Ernest Hemingways' book which describes wars' meaningless violence.
What is "A Fairway to Arms"?
400
Established a temporary quota system, limiting immigration.
What is the Emergency Quota Act?
400
Pilot of the first non-transatlantic flight
Who is Charles Lindberg?
400
Formed by Marcus Garvey, this organization was designed to promote black pride and unity.
What is the Universal Negro Improvement Association (UNIA)?
400
Defeated three times in the Presidential election, he was the prosecuting attorney in the Scopes-Monkey trial.
Who is William Jennings Bryan?
400
A dramatic dual or debate over the idea of fundamentalism and modernism.
What is the Scopes-Monkey Trial?
500
She was one of the first woman anthropologists and published 'Coming of Age in Somoa'
Who is Margaret Mead?
500
He was the first African American to be voted into Congress
Who is Oscar DePriest?
500
To enforce the amendment of Prohibition, Congress passed the National Prohibition Act, also known as ?
What is the Volstead Act?
500
Released in 1927, this was the first motion picture to feature "talking".
What is "The Jazz Singer?"