Social Studies Chapter 25/ Section 3

One of the brilliant young African American musicians who helped create jazz.

One of the most popular writers of the 1920s.

The young writer who best captured the mood of the Roaring Twenties.

The first American to win the Nobel Prize for literature in 1930.

Revolutionized the American theatre by shocking audiences with powerful, realistic dramas based on his years at sea.

The best known poet of the Harlem Renaissance.

Wrote of the expericnces of African Americans. In the 1920s, he won prizes for his books of poetry.

Also wrote of the experiences of African Americans.

Wrote novels, essays and short stories. She grew concerned that African American folklore "was disappearing without the world realizing it had ever been."

The most popular baseball player of the 1920s.

On a gray morning in May of 1927, he took off from an airport in New York to fly nonstop across the Atlantic ocean- alone. When he returned to the U.S., he was named the hero of the decade.

Activity or fashion that is taken up with great passion for a short time.

Young woman in the 1920s who rebelled against traditional ways of thinking and acting.

Person who renounces his or her own country and takes up residence in a foreign land.