Mr. Lindquist/Mr. Veltri Chapter 13 section 3
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Terms | Definitions |
|---|---|
 CHARLES A. LINDBERGH | Made the first non-stop solo flight across the Atlantic Ocean and instantly became a world-wide hero. |
| GEORGE GERSHWIN | Composer who mixed traditional and American Jazz elements to create a new sound that was identifiably American. |
| GEORGIA O'KEEFFE | American painter who created intensely colored canvases that captured the grandeur of New York City. |
| SINCLAIR LEWIS | The first American to win a Nobel Prize in literature, was a critic of American conformity and materialism. |
| F. SCOTT FITZGERALD | Coined the term "Jazz Age" to describe the 1920's. He revealed the negative side of the "Gilded Age." |
| EDNA ST. VINCENT MILAY | Wrote poems celebrating youth and a life of independence and freedom from traditional constraints. |
| ERNEST HEMINGWAY | Wounded in WWI, he became the most famous expatriate author. In The Sun Also Rises and A farewell to Arms he criticized the glorification of war. |
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