This was an "underground" saloon or nightclub where liquor was sold illegally.
What is a speakeasy?
100
Wounded in WWI, this writer criticized the glorification of war and introduced a tough, simplified style of writing that set a new literary standard.
Who is Ernest Hemingway?
100
This was a literary and artistic movement that celebrated African-American culture.
What is the Harlem Renaissance?
100
This trumpet player's astounding sense of rhythm and ability to improvise has led many to consider him the single most important and influential musician in the history of jazz.
Who is Louis Armstrong?
200
He was called as a witness in the Scopes trial.
Who is William Jennings Bryan?
200
Name for women that seemed casual and independent, often smoked and drank in public, wore short skirts, rejected traditionalist values of the 19th century, openly discussed courtships and relationships, and suffered from a double standard.
What are flappers?
200
In "This Side of Paradise" and "The Great Gatsby," this novelist portrayed wealthy people leading hopelessly empty lives.
Who is F. Scott Fitzgerald?
200
This jazz pianist and composer won fame as one of America's greatest composers. He wrote such pieces as "Mood indigo" and "Sophisticated Lady."
Who is Duke Ellington?
200
This major dramatic actor's performance in Shakespeare's "Othello" was widely acclaimed.
Who is Paul Robeson?
300
This was someone who provided illegal alcohol.
What is a bootlegger?
300
The name of the "ceiling" that prevents women from moving up the executive ladder.
What is the glass ceiling?
300
The first American to win a Nobel prize for literature, he used the character in "Babbit" to mock Americans for their conformity and materialism.
Who is Sinclair Lewis?
300
Among the founders of this association was W.E.B. Du Bois.
What is the NAACP?
300
These people believed that the Bible should be taken literally.
Who are Fundamentalists?
400
This describes the era after the Eighteenth Amendment went into effect.
What is prohibition?
400
The term which means men can do something, but women can't.
What is the double standard?
400
This composer merged traditional elements of music with American Jazz.
Who is George Gershwin?
400
In 1927, this signer became the highest-paid black artist in the world.
Who is Bessie Smith?
400
He was the first person to fly solo across the Atlantic.
Who is Charles Lindbergh?
500
The American Civil Liberties Union hired him to represent John T. Scopes.
Who is Clarence Darrow?
500
In many of her novels, books of folklore, poetry, and short stories, this writer portrayed the lives of poor, unschooled Southern African Americans.
Who is Zora Neale Hurston?
500
This artist produced intensely colored canvases that captured the grandeur of New York.
Who is Georgia O'Keefe?
500
This black nationalist association was founded by Marcus Garvey.
What is the Universal Negro Improvement Association?
500
Gene Tunney defeated this former heavyweight champion in what was called the "fight of the century."