The Jazz Age
1919-1929
Prohibition
• Prohibition was imposed by a constitutional
amendment (the 18th) that made it illegal to
manufacture, transport, and sell alcoholic
beverages.
• As a result speakeasies were created as places for
people to drink alcoholic beverages.
• Bootleggers smuggled illegal alcohol and promoted
organized crime
The Great Migration
North
• Jobs for African Americans in the
South were scarce and low paying.
• African Americans faced
discrimination and violence in the
South.
• African Americans moved to
northern cities in search of better
employment opportunities.
• African Americans also faced
discrimination and violence in the
North.
Cultural climate of the
1920s and 1930s
• Art—Georgia O’Keeffe, an artist known for
urban scenes and, later, paintings of the
Southwest
• Literature — F. Scott Fitzgerald, a novelist
who wrote about the Jazz Age of the
1920s. Wrote The Great Gatsby.
• John Steinbeck, a novelist who portrayed
the strength of poor migrant workers
during the 1930s. Wrote The Grapes of
Wrath.
• Music—Aaron Copland and George
Gershwin, composers who wrote uniquely
American music. Rhapsody in Blue is one
of Gershwin’s most famous pieces.
Harlem Renaissance
• African American artists, writers, and musicians
based in Harlem revealed the freshness and variety
of African American culture.
• Art—Jacob Lawrence - painter who chronicled the
experiences of the Great Migration north through
art
• Literature—Langston Hughes - African American
poet who combined the experiences of African and
American cultural roots.
• Music—Duke Ellington and Louis Armstrong were
jazz composers. Ellington was a pianist and
Armstrong a trumpeter.
• Bessie Smith - blues singer
• Popularity of these artists spread to the rest of
society.
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Jessica Allen
Carson Aud
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Michaela Beidler
Kyle Brown
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Mitchell Conley
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Josh Conyers
Taylor Conyers
Seth Cross
Brandon Estes
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Christina Floyd
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north between 1915-1960 is known as the
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Participant Scores
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Jessica Allen
Carson Aud
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Mitchell Conley
Josh Conyers
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Taylor Conyers
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Seth Cross
Brandon Estes
Christina Floyd
Matt Jones
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Jessica Allen
Mitchell Conley
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Josh Conyers
Taylor Conyers
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Seth Cross
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Brandon Estes
Christina Floyd
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Participant Scores
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Jessica Allen
Mitchell Conley
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Josh Conyers
Seth Cross
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Brandon Estes
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Christina Floyd
Julie Page
Austin Shumate
Erica Snook
900
Madison
Whitesell
This describes the time when African American
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1. The Great
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Jessica Allen
Mitchell Conley
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Josh Conyers
Seth Cross
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Brandon Estes
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Julie Page
Austin Shumate
Erica Snook
Madison
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Kyle Brown
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