TCI History Alive! Chapter 28 Popular Culture in the Roaring Twenties 낱말 카드 | Quizlet

Charleston

a dance that originated as an African American folk dance in the South and became popular throughout the United States and Europe during the Roaring Twenties

Roaring Twenties

a nickname given to the 1920s because of the decade's prosperity, technological advances, and cultural boom

League of Women Voters

formed in 1920, a grassroots organization created to influence government and public policy by educating voters about public issues

equal rights amendment (ERA)

a proposed but never ratified Constitutional amendment first introduced in 1923 by Alice Paul for the purpose of guaranteeing equal rights for all Americans regardless of gender

Jazz Age

the era during the 1920s in which jazz became increasingly popular in the United States

Harlem Renaissance

an era of heightened creativity among African American writers, artists, and musicians who gathered in Harlem during the 1920s

Lost Generation

a group of young Americans-including E. E. Cummings, Ernest Hemingway, F. Scott Fitzgerald, John Dos Passos, and Sherwood Anderson-who established themselves as prominent postwar writers during the 1920s

consumer culture

a culture that views the consumption of large quantities of goods as beneficial to the economy and a source of personal happiness

credit

an arrangement for buying something now with borrowed money and paying off the loan over time

installment buying

an arrangement in which a buyer makes a down payment on a product to be purchased and the seller loans the remainder of the purchase price to the buyer; the purchaser must pay back the loan over time, in monthly installments, or the seller can reclaim the product

popular culture

the culture of ordinary people, including music, visual arts, literature and entertainment that is shaped by industries that spread information and ideas, especially the mass media

grassroots organization

an organization created and run by its members, as opposed to a strong central leader

jazz

a music form developed by African Americans beginning in the 1910s and influenced by blues, ragtime, and European and African musical traditions

improvisation

a process by which musicians make up music as they play rather than relying solely on printed scores

spectator sports

a sport that attracts large numbers of fans who watch professional or semi-professional athletes play