1920s Culture and Leisure

1. trends in fashion or activities that people were determined to keep up with
6. justification to spend lots of money in small amounts of time - paying small portions over a long period of time
9. as a result of these high___, income taxes were low and spending money was high
10. people had a lot of money and willingly spent it, often referring to it as ___ income
11. this famous 20s author was friends with the notorious F Scott Fitzgerald and often asked for his advice on his writing
13. new form of mass media provider that gave you news AS it happened
15. The silver screen was no longer silent with these movies, such as "The Jazz Singer"

1. The Jazz Age was in many ways a reflection of newfound ___ in the 1920s
2. Became popular during the 20s as a result of mass-circulation
3. a popular dance that involved arm and leg flailing
4. a term used to describe people's obsession with possessions, prevalent in the 1920s
5. this author highlighted the glamorous lifestyle in the 20s, but was sure to include the tragedy beneath the fun
7. a new genre of art that was abstract and forced the viewer to think about what they saw
8. these dance ___ had people literally dancing until they dropped
12. an American musician who is partly responsible for the identifiability of Jazz
14. a new style of music that eventually came to represent American culture