1900s-1920s Pop Culture

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  1. 1. Hemingway and Fitzgerald, among others, belonged to this generation of 1920s writers
  2. 3. Controversial 1915 film that inspired the resurgence of the Ku Klux Klan
  3. 5. Nicknamed " the Bambino" and "the Sultan of Swat", this baseball icon's career spanned much of the 1910s and the entirety of the 1920s
  4. 9. Music genre pioneered by African Americans in the 1900s and 1910s, regarded as a precursor to jazz
  5. 10. Automobile which revolutionized american transportation, produced from 1908 to 1927
  6. 13. These were international exhibitions designed to display art, innovation, food, and culture. Many of these were hosted in the United States during the early 20th century
  7. 15. F. Scott Fitzgerald's most popular novel, published in 1925 and regarded as one of the greatest novels ever written
  8. 17. Iconic magician who achieved stardom during this era and died tragically in 1926
  9. 18. These two brothers are regarded as the pioneers of flight, taking to the skies in 1903
  10. 19. African American baseball leagues that began in the 1920s, where greats such as Satchel Paige, John Henry Lloyd, and Josh Gibson played
  11. 20. Nickname for young girls who often acted in a manner opposite to that of what was expected in the 1920s
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  1. 2. The first feature film to incorporate sound, released in 1927
  2. 4. African American cultural movement which pioneered many influential pieces of music, art, and literature, began in the 1920s
  3. 6. Highly popular stage shows with comical elements, prevalent form of entertainment in this era
  4. 7. Home to many popular amusement parks during this era
  5. 8. This trumpeter was a highly influential figure in the evolution of jazz music and rose to fame in the 1920s
  6. 11. Cheap motion picture theaters that were the first of their kind and were popular forms of entertainment during this era, share their name with a popular childrens' TV network
  7. 12. The West Coast headquarters of the film industry, which gained increasing importance in the 1920s
  8. 14. Iconic sweet sandwich that started off as expensive party food in the early 1900s
  9. 16. Iconic chocolate bar first sold in 1900, around which a town in Pennsylvania emerged