The Jazz Age
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The war to was over.
The war to end all wars was over.
Americans felt great pride in their nation due to their victory in _______________,
Americans felt great pride in their nation due to their victory in World War 1,
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Describe three or more trends and/or fads of the 1920’s:
Raccoon coats, flagpole sitting contests, new dances such as the Charleston.
What helped to spread these new fads?Movies, newspapers, radio and magazines.
How did the older generation feel about this?They were shocked, BUT they even began to
accept it.
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What kind of music did white Americans fall in love with?
Jazz
Who else loved this exciting new sound?Europe
What did this music help to break down? The huge walls that racism had built
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What secret weapon did former enslaved African Americans have to help them?
Music!
What were some of the types of music that helped them survive?
Soaring Spirituals, gospel, mournful blues, and ragtime.
What is another name for the 1920’s?The Jazz Age
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Name the famous musicians, writers and artists of the 1920’s and 1930’s:
Music: Writers: Artist:Copland and Fitzgerald and O’Keeffe Gershwin Steinbeck
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Georgia O’Keeffe was a artist known for scenes and, later, of the .
Georgia O’Keeffe was a female artist know for her urban scenes and, later, paintings of the Southwest.
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According to Georgia O’Keeffe, what was her one desire as a painter?
“To paint what I see, as I, see it, in my own way, without regard for the desires or taste of the professional dealer or the professional collector”
Where was O’Keeffe originally from?Sun Prairie, Wisconsin
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Where did O’Keeffe call home?
New Mexico
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F. Scott Fitzgerald
John Steinbeck
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Describe some similarities between Aaron Copland and George Gershwin.
Both wrote uniquely American music.Both had immigrant parents.Both were born in the U.S.Both were born in Brooklyn.
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Describe the Harlem Renaissance.A period of immense African American pride
that was expressed through culture, heritage, literature, music, and the arts.
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Where did the influence of these artists spread?
The influence of these artists spread throughout the rest of society.
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What influenced the art of the Harlem Renaissance?
The leaders of the Harlem Renaissance drew upon the heritage of black culture to establish themselves as powerful forces of change.
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Music: Artist: Writer: Duke Ellington Jacob Lawrence Langston
Hughes Louis Armstrong Bessie Smith
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From Langston Hughes’ poem“A Dream Deferred”:
“What happens to a dream deferred?Does it dry up
like a raisin in the sun?Or fester like a sore---
And then run?Does it stink like rotten meat?
Or crust and sugar over—like a syrupy sweet?
Maybe it just sags like a heavy loadOr does it explode?”