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Flapper |
young woman who defied traditional ideas of proper dress/ behavior; wore skimpy clothes, cout hair short, smoke/drank, danced |
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values |
key ideas and beliefs a person holds |
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fundamentalism |
belief that historic events occurred exactly as the Bible describes; literal interpretation of Bible |
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evolution |
darwin's theory that inherited chracteristics of a population change over generations and that as result of these changes,new species sometimes arise; we came from apes! |
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Billy Sunday |
former baseball player who was ordainesd as minister as powerful revivalist preacher; condemned radicals/criticized changing attitudes of women |
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Aimee Semple McPherson |
fundamentalist preacher who presented more sophisticated image than Sunday; embraced glamour others warned about |
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Clarence Darrow |
represented Scopes; most famous criminal lawyer in country |
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William Jennings Bryan |
three-time candidate for president who led prosecution in Scopes Trial |
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Scopes Trial |
John Scopes vs. Tennessee; christianity vs. Evolution; tested free speech |
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bootleggers |
liquor smugglers |
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Al Capone |
most notorious prohibition gangster |
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speakeasies |
illegal bars where alcohol was served |
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great migration |
major relocation of africaan americans to northern cities from 1910 and into the 1920s |
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harlem renaissance |
blossoming of african american art/literature that began in the 1920s |
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james weldon johnson |
NAACP leader and Harlem Renaissance writer; he wrote poetry |
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langston hghes |
african american poet who described rich culture of african american life using jazz music. |
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paul robeson |
black actor/singer who promoted black rights and left-wing causes |
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louis armstrong |
black jazz musician during harlem renaissance |
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d.w. griffith |
filmmaker who produced "Birth of a Nation" during WWI, who introduced advanced filmmaking techniques |
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charles a. lindbergh |
american pilot who was first to fly alone across atlantic ocean nonstop in 1927 |
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f. scott fitzgerald |
american writer famous for his novels and stories that captured the mood of the 1920s; gave the nickname "jazz age" |
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george gershwin |
composer who wrote "rhapsody in blue" which showed impact of jazz on 1920s |
