prohibition
the manufacture,sale,&transportation of alcoholic beverages were legally prohibited.
speakeasies
underground hidden saloons&night clubs where people illegally obtained liquor
Bootleggers
people who smuggled in&sold liquor
Fundamentalism
a literal,or nonsymbolic, interpretation of the bible that the protestant movement grounded
Clarence Darrow
he was hired to defend John T. Scopes
Scopes Trial
a fight over evolution&the role of science&religion in public schools&in american society
Flapper
an emancipated young woman who embraced the new fashions&urban attitudes of the day
Double Standard
a set of principles granting greater sexual freedom to men than to women
Charles A. Lindbergh
americas most beloved hero of all time;pilot who made the 1st nonstop solo flight across the atlantic
George Gershwin
a jewish composer that merged popular concert music w/ american jazz to create a new sound that was identifiably american
Georgia O'Keeffe
produced intensely colored canvases that captured the grandeur of NY
SinClair Lewis
an outspoken social critic that was the 1st american to win a Nobel Prize in Lit
F. Scott Fitzgerald
coined the term "Jazz Age"
Edna St. Vincent Millay
wrote poems celebrating youth&a life of independence&freedom from traditional constraints
Ernest Hemingway
became the best-known expatriate author;wrote "Thesan Also Rises"&"A Farewell to Arms"
Zora Neale Hurston
in the african american literary society
James Weldon Johnson
poet,lawyer,&NAACP executive secretary
Marcus Garvey
an immigrant from jamaica that believed that african americans should build a separate society.(a radical)
Harlem Renaissance
a literary&artistic movement celebrating african american culture
Claude McKay
a novelist,poet,jamaican immigrant,a major figure whose militant verses urged african americans to resist prejudice&discrimination
Langston Hughes
the movements best known poet&his poems described the difficult lives of working class african americans
Paul Robeson
son of a one time slave;a major dramatic actor
Louis Armstront
joined Joe "king" Olivers jazz group that was known as the creole jazz band
Edward Kennedy "Duke" Ellington
a jazz pianist&composer that led his ten-piece orchestra @ the cotton club.