Life of the Roaring 20's TERMS

defend John T. Scopes in the trial against prosecutor, William Jennings Bryan

person who smuggled alcoholic beverages into US during Prohibition

Jewish composer who merged popular concert (orchestral) music with American jazz

African American writer and folklore scholar who played a key role in the Harlem Renaissance

famous jazz piano player & band leader; played in Harlem's clubs with his band until his death.

coined the term "Jazz Age", used writing to depict negative side of care-free happiness of 1920

a flowering of African-American artistic creativity during the 1920's centered in area of NYC

female blues singer who was perhaps the outstanding vocalist of the decade

founded the UNIA & encouraged African Americans to return to Africa to help native people

one of the free-thinking/spirit young women who embraced new fashions and attitudes of 1920s

place where alcoholic drinks were sold and consumed illegally during Prohibition

Leading African American jazz musician/trumpeter during Harlem Renaissance

1925 court case in which biology teacher was tried for teaching evolution in Tennessee

set of principles granting greater sexual freedom to men than to women

WWI Vet, author who criticized war, & creating a style of writing-sharp tone w/elegant words

African American poet whose poems moved to tempo of jazz and blues; wrote of AA defiance & hope

poet, celebrated new lifestyle of independence & youthful freedom from traditional constraints

poet whose militant verses urged African-Americans to resist prejudice and discrimination

first American to win Nobel Prize in literature, criticized lifestyle of Americans

NAACP executive secretary who proposed legislation to end lynchings

artist who produced vibrantly colored canvas paintings that captured grandeur of New York

son of a run away slave, became a major dramatic actor; also supportive of the Communist party

a Protestant religious movement grounded in belief that all stories/details in Bible are true

completed the first solo, transatlantic flight

period from 1920-1933 during which 18th Amendment forbade manufacture and sale of alcohol in US