Roaring 20s GHS

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Across
  1. 2. Most modernists tended to live in this type of environment
  2. 5. Traditionalists believed in this type of interpretation of the Bible, which they used to enforce local law.
  3. 6. This Delta Blues singer highlighted the hardships and reality of Black life in the region
  4. 10. These women challenged gender norms and upset their parents by listening to jazz (and smoking and drinking and dancing)
  5. 11. Jazz composers relied on this technique to keep their music fresh
  6. 12. This painter depicted the sadness and hopefulness of Black culture through his paintings
  7. 14. This Lost Generation writer wrote about the ambivalent morality of the wealthy in his book The Great Gatsby
  8. 15. This Lost Generation Writer relied on the simplicity of language to convey storyies, focusing mostly on subjects and verbs
  9. 19. This Delta genre of music was transported to the rest of America during the Great Mgiration
  10. 20. This Lost Generation Writer wrote about Mississippi citizens struggling to adjust to modern times
  11. 21. This Lost Generation writer relied on satire to encourage Americans to scrutinize our own norms and ideas
Down
  1. 1. This was the old way that people found husbands
  2. 3. Most traditionalists lived in this type of environment
  3. 4. Modernist Christians believe that the Bible should be understood this way
  4. 7. This Harlem Renaissance writer showed the world the stories that Black Southerners used to teach their children
  5. 8. After WWI, people started doing this to find a good time or wife
  6. 9. This New Orleans genre of music was brought to the rest of America through early recordings during the Harlem Renaissance
  7. 13. This Lost Generation Writer wrote about how Great Depression hardships forced normal Americans into desperate situations
  8. 16. This jazz performer later used his position as a cultural ambassador to fight for Black rights in Africa and America
  9. 17. Thanks to household innovations and shortened work schedules, Americans were able to experience this idea on a regular basis
  10. 18. This Harlem Renaissance writer celebrated the diversity of Black culture