USA HISTORY

THE ROARING 20S 1920 1929

1920S AMERICAN CULTURE

Question [CLICK ON ANY CHOICE TO KNOW THE RIGHT ANSWER]
Jazz was brought to northern cities by
A
older generations
B
musicians from the Mexico City area
C
southern African Americans
D
World War I veterans
Explanation: 

Detailed explanation-1: -The jazz age began after the great migration occurred around 1915 to 1920. The African Americans escaped oppression from the rural south and moved to the northern cities. The sudden influx of African Americans to the city brought jazz culture, including famous musicians such as Louis Armstrong.

Detailed explanation-2: -Between the 1890s and 1910s, African-Americans in the South developed a new style of music that came to be known as jazz. The roots of jazz are planted in ragtime, blues, spirituals, work songs, and even military marches.

Detailed explanation-3: -Jazz originates from New Orleans in the early 1910s, with stylistic origins of genres like blues, ragtime, classical, and marches. A big role in the birth of jazz was played by Western African musical and cultural expressions with the tradition of “call and response”.

Detailed explanation-4: -Like their migratory counterparts, musicians left the South during this period for a variety of reasons. However, the migration of jazz musicians is often explained primarily in economic terms. To be certain, economic opportunities were a significant contributing factor for musicians journeying north.

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