was an American gangster who led a Prohibition-era crime syndicate. The Chicago Outfit, which subsequently became known as the "Capones", was dedicated to smuggling and bootlegging liquor, and other illegal activities such as prostitution.
Al Capone
was a teacher in Dayton, Tennessee, who was charged on May 5, 1925 for violating Tennessee's Butler Act, which prohibited the teaching of evolution in Tennessee schools.
John T Scopes
was an American professional boxer and the World Heavyweight Champion from 1926-1928 who defeated Jack Dempsey twice, first in 1926 and then in 1927.
Gene Tunney
was an American aviator, author, inventor, explorer, and social activist.
Charles Lindbergh
was an Italian actor, and early pop icon. A sexual symbol of the 1920s,he melted girls hearts and was known as the "Latin Lover".He starred in several well-known silent films.
Rudolph Valentino
is remembered best for his leadership within the NAACP, as well as for his writing. He was the leader in NAACP and created anti-lynching laws.
James Weldon Johnson
nicknamed Satchmo or Pops, was an great American jazz trumpeter and singer from New Orleans, Louisiana.
Louis Armstrong
also known as Sister Aimee, was a Canadian-American Los Angeles, California evangelist and media celebrity in the 1920s and 1930s. She founded the Foursquare Church
Aimee McPherson
Supporters were the church and religious people, fundamentalists, pretty much the left being boomers of the 20s. He was against evolution and believed god created the world.
William Jennings Bryan
Supporters were the town because they wanted to get famous, and be rich. They thought it would boost their economy, ACLU were supporters because they wanted to teach evolution.
Clarence Darrow
was an American boxer who held the world heavyweight title from 1919 to 1926. his aggressive style and exceptional punching power made him one of the most popular boxers in history.
Jack Dempsey
was an English comic actor, film director and composer best known for his work during the silent film era.[2] He became the most famous film star in the world before the end of World War I.
Charlie Chaplin
was an American composer and pianist. His compositions spanned both popular and classical genres, and his most popular melodies are widely known.
George Gershwin
was an American composer, pianist, and big-band leader. He wrote over 1,000 compositions. In the opinion of Bob Blumenthal of The Boston Globe "In the century since his birth, there has been no greater composer,
Duke Ellington
An American athlete who after being popular outfielder in baseball's National League during the 1880s, became the most celebrated and influential American evangelist during the first 2 decades of the 20th century..
Billy Sunday
Was an American baseball player who spent 22 seasons in Major League Baseball playing for 3 teams. known for his hitting brilliance and he set records for home runs.
Babe Ruth
Was an American football player and coach, both at the University of Notre Dame. regarded as one of the greatest football coaches in college football history.
Knute Rockne
Made the worlds first movie with sound, Tom Mix (Westerns), and an American singer, comedian and actor. Known as "The World's Greatest Entertainer
Al Jolson
An American author of novels and short stories, who works are the paradigm writings of the Jazz Age.
F. Scott Fitzgerald
A Jamaican publisher, journalist, entrepreneur, and orator who was a staunch proponent of the Black Nationalism and and Pan- African-ism movements, to which end he founded the Universal Negro Improvement Association and African Communities League.
Marcus Garvey
was an American lawyer and leading member of the American Civil Liberties Union, best known for defending teenage thrill killers Leopold and Loeb in their trial for murdering 14-year-old Robert "Bobby" Franks (1924) and defending John T. Scopes in the Sco
Clarence Darrow
was an American competitive swimmer. In 1926, she became the first woman to swim across the English Channel.
Gertrude Ederle
a college and professional American football halfback for the University of Illinois, the Chicago Bears, and for the short-lived New York Yankees. He also signed with the Chicago Bears.
Red Grange
was an American film producer,director, screenwriter,voice actor,animator,entrepreneur, entertainer,international icon,and philanthropist, well known for his influence in the field of entertainment during the 20th century.Along with his brother Roy O. Dis
Walt Disney
Was an American author and journalist. He became economical and understated style had a strong influence on 20th century fiction, while his life of adventure and his public image influenced later generations.
Ernest Hemingway
Wrote about the difficulties of the Africa American worker and was an American poet, social activist, novelist, playwright, and columnist. He was one of the earliest innovators of the then-new literary art form jazz poetry.
Langston Hughes
Issues of Prohibition:
-Domestic Violence (children and women would be beaten to death by their husbands/fathers and they would get away with it)
-Legal Issues (People would drink more after prohibition was started, and people would go into Mexico and Canada and smuggle alochol
Scopes/ Monkey Trial. Who were the people involved? Who were on what side? Who were their main supporters?
Clarence Darow-for the teachings of evolution, he was a lawyer that defended John T. Scopes and his main supporters were ACLU because they wanted to teach evolution, and the people of the town because they wanted to get famous and possibly 'boost their ec
Changing roles of women in the 90s: How was the fashion changed?
Women started getting into fashion trends such as flapper. Prewar clothes were thrown away or stored away. Their hair went into boyish bobs and they wore kissproof lipstick.
What are 2 words that describe attitude reflected by these fashions?
-Rebelious, -Wild.
How did womens social behavior change?
1.) Women became more assertive
2.) Began to smoke ciggerattes.
3.) Women started playing sports such as golf, tennis, etc. Attitude towards marriage changed.
4.)Drinking in public was more popular.
How did womens work opportunity improve?
1.) More women were going to college
2.) Traditionalists in churches and school, big business required.
3.) Extensive correspondance and record keeping.
4.) Creating a huge demand for clerical workers.
What are 2 way women's home and family life improved?
1.) Marriages between man and women get more serious.
2.) Birth control which makes less children.
3.) Food and clothing were made to fit women not just men.
4.) More electronic appliances available for women purchase.
What are 3 negative effects that accompanied women's changing roles in the 1920s?
1.) Women were more stressed
2.) Adolescenes were more unrurally and health problems were worse.
3.) Divorce went way up.
What was the Harlem Renaissance?
1.) Pride in being African American, "black is beautiful"
2.) Many African Americans moved north in search of jobs.
3.) Distribution of cotton crops
4.) Tensions grew in Northern cities.
What were some goals of the African Americans?
1.) NAACP-National Association for the Advancement of colored people: protested for the violence against blacks.
2.) Du Bois: The crisis demanded civil rights.
Who was the leader in NAACP who created anti- lynching laws?
James Weldon Johnson
Who was Marcus Gravey and what did he do?
1.) Leader of the Universal Negro Improvement Association (UNIA)
2.) Believed that african americans should build their own seperate society.
3.) Set up African American businesses. Only go to those businesses.
4.) Black pride. Back to Africa movement to
Harlem becomes the center: 3 things
1.) Harlem becomes the biggest black urban community.
2.) Balck from all over: Jamaica/Haiti/Africa.
3.) African American culture flourished
Writers in Harlem:
-Wrote on the African Americans pride and defiance.
-Strain of being black in a white world.
-Many of the african americans were supported by white patrons.
African American performing arts
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Jazz was born in _________
New Orleans, blend of ragtime and blues made its way to Harlem.
Who was Bessie Smith?
1 of the most outstanding African American singers of the age.
Move making became the ___ largest industry
4th