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1920s Vocabulary

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Inventors of the ariplaneThe Wright Brothers
Used the assembly line to make automobilesHenry Ford
Invented the radioMarconi
Started radio network programmingSarnoff
Artist of urban and southwest scenesGeorgia O'Keeffe
Wrote about the jazz age.F. Scott Fitzgerald
Wrote about poor migrant workers during the Dust BowlJohn Steinbeck
Musicans who wrote uniquely American musicGeorge Gershwin and Aaron Copland
The rebirth of African American culture in the 1920's.Harlem Renaissance
African American artist who chronicled the experiences of the Great Migration NorthJacob Lawrence
African American poet who combined the experiences of African and American cultural rootsLangston Hughes
African American musician who was a band leader and jazz composerDuke Ellington
Trumpet player and jazz composerLouis Armstrong
Blue Singer- Empress of BluesBessie Smith
The process of replacing human labor with machines.mechanization
A smaller community that is found outside of city.Suburban
Prohibition amendment18th Amendment
Ended Prohibition19 Amendment
1920's when jazz music was popularJazz Age
Smuggler and producer of illegal alcohol during ProhibitionBootlegger
Illegal bar where alcohol could be boughtSpeakeasy
Migration of southern African American citizens to the north and west in search of better life and jobsGreat Migration


Social Studies Teacher 7th Grade
George P. Phenix
Hampton, VA

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