Social Critics Flashcards

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Hemingway, Hughes, Fitzgerald

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These were all famous authors in the 1920’s who were social critics of America, they all had very famous stories come out, that discussed the political, social, and economic issues going on in America at the time

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Fundamentalism

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Basically th was a religious belief where the bible was perfect, and it had nothing wrong with it

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Scopes trial

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This was when a teacher was put on trial for teaching evolution

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KKK

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This was an organization that was formed against blacks by whites, it was criticized by social critics as a waste of time

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Harlem Renaissance

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This was basically the time of African American literature etc.

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Expatriate writers

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These were writers who came in from other countries, to write exposing pieces about issues that were going on in America

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