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1920s Definitions and Notes

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Who invented the airplane?The Wright Brothers
Who used the assembly line to make automobiles?Henry Ford
What was the result of affordable automobilesMovement to suburbs, automobile-related industries, greater mobility, created jobs
How did communication change?More telephones, development of the radio and of movies
Name ways that electrification changed lives.People had labor-saving products, electric lighting, entertainment (radio), and movies.
Who invented the radio?Marconi
Who started radio network programming?Sarnoff
Who went on the Great Migration north?African Americans
Why did the Great Migration take place?Jobs in the South were scarce and low paying, to escape discrimination, to find jobs in cities.
Name a Cultural Climate artist.Georgia O'Keeffe
What did G. O'Keeffe paint?Urban and southwestern scenes
Name the Cultural Climate writers.F. Scott Fitzgerald and John Steinbeck
What did Fitzgerald write about?The Jazz Age
What did Steinbeck write about?Poor, migrant workers from the Dust Bowl.
Name the cultural climate musicians.George Gershwin and Aaron Copland
What did Gershwin and Copland write?Uniquely American music
What did the Harlem Renaissance do?It revealed the freshness and varitey of African American culture.
Name the HR artist.Jacob Lawrence
Name the HR writerLangston Hughes
Name the HR musicians.Armstrong, Ellington, Smith
What did Lawrence paint?The Great Migration
What did Hughes write aboutHe wrote poetry that combined African and American experiences.
What did the popularity of HR artists do?It spread to the rest of society.
What was Prohibition?It was a constitutional amendment that made it illegal to manufacture, transport, and sell alcoholic beverages.
Which amendment started Prohibition?18th Amendment
What were the results of Prohibition?Speakeasies, bootleggers, organized crime


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