Jazz Age II Flashcards
Exempted natives of the western hemisphere from the quotas
National Origins Act
funded irrigation projects in the southwest and led to the creation of large farms that needed thousands of workers
Newlands Reclammation Act of 1902
his theories affected people’s ideas about relationships
Sigmund Freud
women who smoked cigarettes, drank prohibited liquor, and wore makeup and sleeveless dresses with short skirts
Flappers
her research led to a dramatic drop in the death rates of tuberculosis
Florence Sabin
founded the American Birth Control League in 1921
Margaret Sanger
what class was affected the most by birth control?
the middle class
believed that The Bible was literally true and without error
Fundamentalists
the scientific theory that humans and other forms of life have “evolved” over time
evolution
the belief that GOD created the world and everything in it (usually as The Bible described it)
Creationism
advertised for a teacher willing to be arrested for teaching evolution
American Civil Liberties Union (ACLU)
a biology teacher in Dayton, Tennessee who went to trial for teaching evolution (against Tennessee law)
John T. Scopes
three-time presidential candidate who led the prosecution and represented the Creationists
William Jennings Bryan
one of the country’s most celebrated lawyers who represented Scopes in the monkey trial
Clarence Darrow
prohibited the manufacture and sale of alcohol
18th Amendment
gave the US Treasury Department the power to enforce prohibition
Volstead Act
places where alcoholic beverages were sold illegally
Speakeasies
the illegal production and distribution of alcohol
bootlegging
Repealed the 18th amendment
the 21st Amendment
wrote “A Farewell to Arms”
Ernest Hemingway
wrote “The Great Gatsby”
F. Scott Fitzgerald
The first “talking picture” (talking movie) that began the golden age of Hollywood
The Jazz Singer
place in NYC where composers wrote popular music
Tin Pan Alley
wrote “Puttin’ on The Ritz” and “White CHRISTmas”
Irving Berlin
the most popular comedy of the time that was about the troubles of two African Americans
Amos ‘n’ Andy
drunk baseball hero
Babe Ruth
world heavyweight champion from 1919-1926
Jack Dempsey
took Dempsey’s title
Gene Tunney
college football’s most famous player of the time, known as the “Galloping Ghost”
Red Grange
best golfer of the decade
Bobby Jones
a “flower” of the African American Arts
The Harlem Renaissance
the first important writer of the Harlem Renaissance, who wrote “Harlem Shadows”
Claude McKay
became a leading voice of the African American experience in America
Langston Hughes
an American style of music that developed from ragtime that used syncopated rhythms and improvisation
Jazz
New Orleans native who moved to Chicago and introduced Jazz
Louis Armstrong
the most famous nightclub in Harlem
The Cotton Club
composer who got his start in the cotton club
Edward “Duke” Ellington
the empress of the blues
Bessie Smith
a style of music that evolved from African American spirituals and noted for its melancholy sound
Blues
the first African American representative in Congress
Oscar DePriest
founded the Universal Negro Improvement Association (UNIA)
Marcus Garvey
paid the price for the sins of the world
Jesus Christ
