1920s Culture and Leisure

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Across
  1. 2. this famous 20s author was friends with the notorious F Scott Fitzgerald and often asked for his advice on his writing
  2. 5. this author highlighted the glamorous lifestyle in the 20s, but was sure to include the tragedy beneath the fun
  3. 8. The silver screen was no longer silent with these movies, such as "The Jazz Singer"
  4. 9. The Jazz Age was in many ways a reflection of newfound ___ in the 1920s
  5. 11. a term used to describe people's obsession with possessions, prevalent in the 1920s
  6. 14. trends in fashion or activities that people were determined to keep up with
  7. 15. as a result of these high___, income taxes were low and spending money was high
  8. 16. these dance ___ had people literally dancing until they dropped
Down
  1. 1. Became popular during the 20s as a result of mass-circulation
  2. 3. a popular dance that involved arm and leg flailing
  3. 4. a new style of music that eventually came to represent American culture
  4. 6. justification to spend lots of money in small amounts of time - paying small portions over a long period of time
  5. 7. new form of mass media provider that gave you news AS it happened
  6. 10. people had a lot of money and willingly spent it, often referring to it as ___ income
  7. 12. a new genre of art that was abstract and forced the viewer to think about what they saw
  8. 13. an American musician who is partly responsible for the identifiability of Jazz