THE JAZZ AGE Study Guide

PEOPLE Louis Armstrong Charlie Chaplin Duke Ellington (African American trumpet player) (famous 1920s actor) (African American piano player) Georgia O’Keeffe George Gershwin Charles Lindbergh (painted scenes of the desert Southwest) (American composer) (first to fly solo across Atlantic) Bessie Smith Langston Hughes Jacob Lawrence (African American blues singer) (African American author and poet) (African American painter) F. Scott Fitzgerald John Steinbeck Guglielmo Marconi (author; wrote about Jazz Age) (author; wrote about migrant workers) (developed the radio) Aaron Copeland David Sarnoff (American composer) (developed the broadcasting industry)

TERM S th Jazz Age Roaring 20s 18 Amendment (time of great economic prosperity, (banned the sale, distribution, and (another term for the Jazz Age) but great social turmoil) consumption of alcohol) Speakeasies Bootleggers Prohibition (time period during which alcohol was (illegal bars at which alcohol was sold) (illegal makers and distributors of alcohol) banned) Red Scare Ku Klux Klan Great Migration North (group created to intimidate and terrorize (time period during which a large number (fear of communism) African Americans) of African Americans moved North) Jim Crow Laws Harlem Renaissance Flapper (time period during which African (laws designed to discriminate against (1920s style; women bobbed their hair Americans created a national interest in African Americans) and wore short skirts and flashy jewelry) their culture) st 21 Amendment (overturned the 18th Amendment)

ESSENTIAL QUESTIONS 1. What was the Jazz Age? • (time period of great economic prosperity, but great social turmoil) 2. What progress was made during the Jazz Age? • (technology advanced rapidly; arts/entertainment became wildly popular; women gained right to vote) 3. How did the culture in America change during the Jazz Age? • (styles changed; arts/entertainment became popular; women gained rights; technology made life easier, ...) 4. What problems did Americans face during the Jazz Age? • (discrimination; The Red Scare; labor strikes; culture clashes)