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Hip hop

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Rap music

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Alfred Hitchcock

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A 20th century English filmaker who specialized in suspense

Eg psycho or the birds

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Home on the range

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Song celebrating life in the American west, Kansas state song

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Home sweet home

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A popular song from the 19th century

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Winslow homer

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American painter, late 19th century and early 20th century … watercolors of sea scenes

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Bob hope

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British born 20th century American comedian, famous for entertaining overseas American troops

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Harry houdini

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American musician, later19th early 20th century famed for this ability to escape from straitjackets, chain, handcuffs, and locked chests

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Impresario

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Sponsor or producer of entertainment, (opera, ballet, or classical music)

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Impressionism

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A style of painting associated with French artists of the late 19th century

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I’ve been working on the railroad

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American folksong

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Jazz

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Form of American music that grew out of african american musical traditions at the beginning of the 20th century. Major contribution of USA to the world of music.

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John browns body

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Song of the civil war that pays tribute to abolitionist john brown

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John Henry

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American folksong about the steel driving man John Henry

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Jolly Roger

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Black flag with a white skull and cross bones flowing by pirate ships

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Scott Joplin

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African american ragtime pianist 19-20

The entertainer and maple leaf rag

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Justice

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A figure in painting and sculpture that symbolizes the impartiality of true justice. Blindfolded woman with a scale in one hand and sword in other.

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Kettledrum

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Are you drum with skin stretched over a large shell in the shape of a half spear. The page can be changed by petals at the bottom of the drum. Also known by their Italian name Timpani.

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Key

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The main or central note of a piece or part of music

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Francis Scott key

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A lawyer and poet who wrote the lyrics of the Star-Spangled Banner while watching the bombardment of Fort McHenry Maryland during the war of 1812 18-20th

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King Kong

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One of the most famous movie monsters a giant eight who terrorized New York City and makes his last stand a top the Empire State building. It was filmed in 1930’s.