1. The Jazz Age Chapter 20 Section 2-3

2. Literature Ernest Hemingway – wrote about his experiences in WWI For Whom the Bell Tolls A Farewell to Arms F. Scott Fitzgerald – glamorous characters who chased futile dreams The Great Gatsby

3. Baseball Icons Babe Ruth b/c a national hero for his homeruns

4. Baseball Icons Babe Ruth & Lou GehrigTy Cobb & Ted Williams

5. Boxing Icon Jack Dempsey world heavyweight champion from 1919-1926

6. Football Icon Red Grange known as the “Galloping Ghost” b/c of his speed

7. Popular Culture Motion Pictures b/c popular 1927 – first “talking” picture – The Jazz Singer Mass media – radio, movies, newspapers, and magazines Unified the nation through shared experiences

8. The Golden Age of Radio

9. The Silver Screen Alabama Theatre The Showplace of the South

10. The Fox Theatre Atlanta, Georgia

11. Hollywood Icons Charlie Chaplin was a huge star of silent films

12. Hollywood Icons Mary Pickford was America’s sweetheart

13. Hollywood Icons Rudolph Valentino was described as “catnip to women” He was known as “The Great Lover”

14. Harlem Renaissance An African-American mvmt in the arts Great Migration African Americans journeyed from the rural South to industrial cities in the North Harlem in New York City was full of night clubs and music Growing A.A. art, racial pride, and a sense of community and political organization

15. Harlem Renaissance The “New Negro”

17. Writers Claude McKay Expressed a proud defiance and bitter contempt of racism Langston Hughes Very original and versatile Wrote about A.A. experiences in the US

18. Claude McKay Langston Hughes

19. Music Louis Armstrong Introduced an early form of jazz Jazz – a style of music influenced by Dixieland music and ragtime Blues – soulful style of music that evolved from A.A. spirituals Focused on unfulfilled love, poverty, and oppression

20. Ella Fitzgerald Louis Armstrong

21. Politics B/c of the Great Migration A.A. b/c a powerful voting block in the North Most voted Republican 1928 – Oscar DePriest b/c the first A.A. representative in Congress From a Northern state A call for “Negro Nationalism” Negro Nationalism – glorified the black culture and traditions of the past