Prohibition
the banning of the manufacture, sale, and possession of alcoholic beverages
Speakeasy
A place where alcoholic drinks were sold and consumed illegally during the Prohibition
Bootlegger
A person who smuggled alcoholic beverages into the United States during prohibition
Fundamentalism
Protestant religious movement grounded in the belief that all the stories and details in the Bible are literally true
Clarence Darrow
most famous trial lawyer for scopes trial
Scopes Trial
fight over evolution and the role of science and religion in public schools
Flapper
an emancipated young woman who embraced new fashions and urban attitudes
Double Standard
a set of principles granting greater sexual freedom to men than to woman
Charles A lindbergh
Made the first solo nonstop flight across the Atlantic
Georgia O Keeffee
produced intensely colored canvases
Sinclair Lewis
first american to win a nobel prize in literachure
F Scott Fitzgerald
coined the term "Jazz Age" and revealed the negative side of the 1920's
Edna St. Vincent Millay
wrote poems celebrating youth and a life of independence
Ernest Hemingway
best-kown expatriate author, glorification of war
Zora Neale Hurston
she was an author
James Weldon Johnson
Poet, lawyer, and NAACP executive secretary
Marcus Garvey
believed African Americans should build a seperate society
Harlem Renaissance
a literary and artistic movement celebrating African-American culture
Claude mcKay
a novelist, poet, and Jamaican immigrant was a major figure whose militant verses fought prejudice
Langston Hughes
movement's best known poet
Paul Robeson
the son of a one time slave, became a major dramatic actor
Louis Armstrong
joined Creole Jazz Band, trumpet player
Duke Ellington
a jazz pianist and composer, led his ten piece orchestra
Bessie Smith
a female blues singer, best vocalist