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Term used to describe the 1920s because of the popularity of a new kind of music
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Jazz Age
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Group of writers in the 1920s who believed that they were lost in a greedy, materialistic world that lacked moral values. They often chose to live in Europe.
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Lost Generation
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African American rebirth of literature in the 1920s, centered in Harlem
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Harlem Renaissance
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ways of communicating to big groups of people
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mass media
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What types of mass media were used in the 1920s?
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Newspapers and magazines, movies, and radio
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What types of changes occurred with the rise of the mass media in the 1920s?
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Development of a national culture; growth of the movie industry, newspapers, magazines, and radio.
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How was radio broadcasting important in the Jazz Age?
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The growing radio audiences helped to popularize Jazz.
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How were the experiences of African Americans reflected by the writers of the Harlem Renaissance?
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They wrote about traditional black culture and the experience of African Americans in society.
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