The Jazz Age

1. The Jazz Age 1919-1929

2. Prohibition • Prohibition was imposed by a constitutional amendment (the 18th) that made it illegal to manufacture, transport, and sell alcoholic beverages. • As a result speakeasies were created as places for people to drink alcoholic beverages. • Bootleggers smuggled illegal alcohol and promoted organized crime

3. The Great Migration North • Jobs for African Americans in the South were scarce and low paying. • African Americans faced discrimination and violence in the South. • African Americans moved to northern cities in search of better employment opportunities. • African Americans also faced discrimination and violence in the North.

4. Cultural climate of the 1920s and 1930s • Art—Georgia O’Keeffe, an artist known for urban scenes and, later, paintings of the Southwest • Literature — F. Scott Fitzgerald, a novelist who wrote about the Jazz Age of the 1920s. Wrote The Great Gatsby. • John Steinbeck, a novelist who portrayed the strength of poor migrant workers during the 1930s. Wrote The Grapes of Wrath. • Music—Aaron Copland and George Gershwin, composers who wrote uniquely American music. Rhapsody in Blue is one of Gershwin’s most famous pieces.

5. Harlem Renaissance • African American artists, writers, and musicians based in Harlem revealed the freshness and variety of African American culture. • Art—Jacob Lawrence - painter who chronicled the experiences of the Great Migration north through art • Literature—Langston Hughes - African American poet who combined the experiences of African and American cultural roots. • Music—Duke Ellington and Louis Armstrong were jazz composers. Ellington was a pianist and Armstrong a trumpeter. • Bessie Smith - blues singer • Popularity of these artists spread to the rest of society.

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7. The _____ amendment banned alcohol. • 16th • 17th • 18th • 19th

8. Who smuggled illegal alcohol and promoted organized crime? • Bootleggers • Speakeasies • the Underground Railroad • Carpetbaggers • Muckrakers

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10. The mass movement of African Americans north between 1915-1960 is known as the • Harlem Renaissance • Prohibition • Great Migration • Temperance Movement

11. African Americans left the South to • Find a better job • Escape discrimination • Neither • #1 and #2

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13. When African American reached the north they no longer face discrimination and violence. • True • False

14. Who painted urban scenes and paintings of the Southwest? • Aaron Copland • George Gershwin • F. Scott Fitzgerald • Georgia O’Keefe

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16. Who wrote about the Jazz Age and authored the book “The Great Gatsby”? • F. Scott Fitzgerald • John Steinbeck • Mark Twain • Gary Paulson

17. This painting shows a scene from the • Great Migration • Emancipation Proclamation • The March on Washington • The Great Depression

18. This person painted the story of the Great Migration. • Langston Hughes • Jacob Lawrence • Bessie Smith • James Whistler

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20. This describes the time when African American artists, writers, and musicians revealed the freshness and variety of African American culture. • The Great Migration • The “Revival” • The Harlem Renaissance • The Roaring Twenties

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