EOCT Review

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EOCT Review

• James Abraham

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Movies
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Jazz
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Harlem Renaissance

• Upbringing of African-American culture,
  literature, and music within New York City.
• Langston Hughes, Billy Holiday, and The Cotton
  Club were all key components to the growth of the
  Harlem Renaissance

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Langston Hughes

• Born in Joplin, Missouri in 1902
• Spent most of his childhood in Kansas
• He attended Columbia University to study in
  engineering
• Left in 1922 due to racial prejudice and lived in
  Harlem
• Worked various odd jobs as an adult

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• While working, He continued to write poetry even
  though his father disapproved.
• Some famous works are
• The Negro Speaks of Rivers
• Let America Be America Again
• Freedoms Plow
• Dear Lovely Death,

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Louis Armstrong

• Born on August 4, 1901 in New Orleans, Louisana
• Joe "King" Oliver acted as a mentor for him
• Known for his raspy voice

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• Helped popularize scatting for the public
• Best known for his trumpet and cornet
• Only officially made 7 albums of his jazz music

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Tin Pan Alley

• A collection of New York City-centered music
  publishers and songwriters who dominated the
  popular music of the United States in the late
  19th century and early 20th century.
• Started around 1885 in Manhattan

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• Examples
• "Hello! Ma Baby (Hello Ma Ragtime Gal)"
• "Only a Bird in a Gilded Cage"
• "Take Me Out to the Ball Game
• Composers
• Milton Ager
• Ernest Ball
• Con Conrad

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Irving Berlin

• Born on May 11,1888
• A Tin Pan Alley songwriter
• Staged many musical revues within New York City.

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Mass Production

• The production of large amounts of standardized
  products on production lines.
• It was popularized by Henry Ford in the early
  20th century
• Mass production typically uses moving tracks or
  conveyor belts to move partially complete
  products to workers

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Henry Ford

• Considered the father of modern assembly lines
  and mass production.
• Revolutionized the automobile industry with his
  Model T

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• Credited with Fordism
• He was a prolific inventor and was awarded 161
  U.S. patents.

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Stock Market Crash

• October 24, 1928 the first fallout of the stock
  market.
• Continued for a month causing a sharp decline in
  the market
• Started the Great Depression

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Great Depression

• Worldwide economic depression as early as 1928
• Started October 28, 1929 due to stock market
  crash
• Caused the highest unemployment rate within the
  country
• The New Deal was FDRs plan to restore the
  economy

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