Question 1

Which sectors were the leading cause of economic growth in the 1920s, or "New Era"?

Accepted Answer

A)  universities and art galleries 
B)  illegal drinking establishments and jazz clubs 
C)  construction and automobile manufacturing 
D)  film and radio 
E)  professional sports and motion pictures 
A)  universities and art galleries 
B)  illegal drinking establishments and jazz clubs 
C)  construction and automobile manufacturing 
D)  film and radio 
E)  professional sports and motion pictures

Question 2

What was the significance of the events involving Mabel Puffer and Arthur Hazzard in Concord, New Hampshire?

Accepted Answer

A)  They demonstrated the rise in successful interracial marriages and the growing acceptance of the American public toward African American equality. 
B)  They demonstrated the controversial aspects of modernist art and how most of the general public viewed such pieces as low art. 
C)  They demonstrated that, despite having fought to "make the world safe for democracy," the United States remained unsafe for those who dared to cross the color line. 
D)  They demonstrated the willingness of African Americans and white Americans alike to defy the liquor laws that went into effect due to Prohibition. 
E)  They demonstrated how the growing freedom of American women as a whole tended to curb the effects of racism in the United States. 
A)  They demonstrated the rise in successful interracial marriages and the growing acceptance of the American public toward African American equality. 
B)  They demonstrated the controversial aspects of modernist art and how most of the general public viewed such pieces as low art. 
C)  They demonstrated that, despite having fought to "make the world safe for democracy," the United States remained unsafe for those who dared to cross the color line. 
D)  They demonstrated the willingness of African Americans and white Americans alike to defy the liquor laws that went into effect due to Prohibition. 
E)  They demonstrated how the growing freedom of American women as a whole tended to curb the effects of racism in the United States.

Question 3

To what extent did women's lives change in the 1920s?

Accepted Answer

Women's lives underwent significant chan

Question 4

Conservative moralists saw the flappers as just another sign of

Accepted Answer

A)  progress. 
B)  equality. 
C)  women's rights. 
D)  a degenerating society. 
E)  an economic downturn. 
A)  progress. 
B)  equality. 
C)  women's rights. 
D)  a degenerating society. 
E)  an economic downturn.

Question 5

Describe the influence of modernism in literature.

Accepted Answer

Modernism in literature had a profound i

Question 6

Who, in 1921, told Hemingway that he and his friends who had served in the war "are a lost generation"?

Accepted Answer

A)  Gertrude Stein 
B)  Ezra Pound 
C)  T. S. Eliot 
D)  Franz Boas 
E)  Ernest Hemingway 
A)  Gertrude Stein 
B)  Ezra Pound 
C)  T. S. Eliot 
D)  Franz Boas 
E)  Ernest Hemingway

Question 7

Many mainstream Americans found "modernist" art bewildering.

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False

Question 8

The novel This Side of Paradise concerned

Accepted Answer

A)  immigrant life in New York City. 
B)  the lax enforcement of Prohibition. 
C)  modernist student life at Princeton. 
D)  fundamentalist attacks on modernism. 
E)  the beginnings of Miami's tourist industry. 
A)  immigrant life in New York City. 
B)  the lax enforcement of Prohibition. 
C)  modernist student life at Princeton. 
D)  fundamentalist attacks on modernism. 
E)  the beginnings of Miami's tourist industry.

Question 9

The horrors of the Great War accelerated

Accepted Answer

A)  the need to rearm in the early 1920s. 
B)  the formation of the United Nations. 
C)  the birth of computers. 
D)  rebellion in the United States. 
E)  the rise of modernism in the arts. 
A)  the need to rearm in the early 1920s. 
B)  the formation of the United Nations. 
C)  the birth of computers. 
D)  rebellion in the United States. 
E)  the rise of modernism in the arts.

Question 10

Match each description with the item below.
-Gertrude Stein

Accepted Answer

A) was a politician who, while campaigning, promised a return to "normalcy" and went on to succeed Woodrow Wilson 
B) was the New York nurse and midwife in the working-class tenements of Manhattan who observed many young mothers struggling to provide for their growing families 
C) hosted a cultural salon in Paris that became a gathering place for American and European modernists 
D) was the first African American to enroll at Barnard College, positioned herself at the center of the Harlem Renaissance, and became an anthropologist, folklorist, and novelist 
E) became the director of publicity and research for the National Association for the Advancement of Colored People and editor of its journal, The Crisis
F)was an athlete who was especially popular with working-class men because he had been born poor and lived for years wandering in search of work
G)developed an affordable automobile for the masses and developed a production model that other automakers would go on to adopt
H)was the leader of black nationalism and racial solidarity whose message most appealed to poor blacks in northern cities 
A) was a politician who, while campaigning, promised a return to "normalcy" and went on to succeed Woodrow Wilson 
B) was the New York nurse and midwife in the working-class tenements of Manhattan who observed many young mothers struggling to provide for their growing families 
C) hosted a cultural salon in Paris that became a gathering place for American and European modernists 
D) was the first African American to enroll at Barnard College, positioned herself at the center of the Harlem Renaissance, and became an anthropologist, folklorist, and novelist 
E) became the director of publicity and research for the National Association for the Advancement of Colored People and editor of its journal, The Crisis
F)was an athlete who was especially popular with working-class men because he had been born poor and lived for years wandering in search of work
G)developed an affordable automobile for the masses and developed a production model that other automakers would go on to adopt
H)was the leader of black nationalism and racial solidarity whose message most appealed to poor blacks in northern cities

Question 11

The growth of advertising in the United States slowed the creation of a mass culture.

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False

Question 12

Who developed the theoretical basis for quantum physics?

Accepted Answer

A)  Albert Einstein 
B)  Isaac Newton 
C)  Max Planck 
D)  Werner Heisenberg 
E)  Sir Francis Bacon 
A)  Albert Einstein 
B)  Isaac Newton 
C)  Max Planck 
D)  Werner Heisenberg 
E)  Sir Francis Bacon

Question 13

What did the NAACP emphasize?

Accepted Answer

A)  legal action against discrimination 
B)  the formation of a black political party 
C)  vocational and technical education 
D)  Garvey's concept of social and political separation of blacks 
E)  strictly black membership 
A)  legal action against discrimination 
B)  the formation of a black political party 
C)  vocational and technical education 
D)  Garvey's concept of social and political separation of blacks 
E)  strictly black membership

Question 14

The development of a "mass culture" in the 1920s refers to

Accepted Answer

A)  the death of the Democratic party and the idea that everyone shared the same political party. 
B)  the rise of national brands, advertising, and radio and film releases with a national audience. 
C)  the relative lack of immigration during the period, which caused there to be few ethnic groups. 
D)  the growth of shared opinions on science and technology in the face of impending war. 
E)  modernism's popularity across the United States, uniting Americans in a shared artistic culture. 
A)  the death of the Democratic party and the idea that everyone shared the same political party. 
B)  the rise of national brands, advertising, and radio and film releases with a national audience. 
C)  the relative lack of immigration during the period, which caused there to be few ethnic groups. 
D)  the growth of shared opinions on science and technology in the face of impending war. 
E)  modernism's popularity across the United States, uniting Americans in a shared artistic culture.

Question 15

What industry provided the leading example of modern, mechanized mass-production techniques in the 1920s?

Accepted Answer

A)  textiles 
B)  radios 
C)  automobiles 
D)  shipbuilding 
E)  agriculture 
A)  textiles 
B)  radios 
C)  automobiles 
D)  shipbuilding 
E)  agriculture

Question 16

Which of the following is true of the novels of Ernest Hemingway?

Accepted Answer

A)  They portrayed utopian communities in a socialist society and, unconcerned with war, attempted to envision a world devoid of conflict. 
B)  They attacked the corruption of machine politics in the large cities through a series of moralizing narratives. 
C)  They traced the philosophical connections between twentieth-century America and eighteenth-century Britain. 
D)  They described the frenetic, hard-drinking lifestyle and the cult of robust masculinity that Hemingway himself epitomized. 
E)  They were intended to capture his belief in the impossibility of writing anything resembling real life while writing fiction. 
A)  They portrayed utopian communities in a socialist society and, unconcerned with war, attempted to envision a world devoid of conflict. 
B)  They attacked the corruption of machine politics in the large cities through a series of moralizing narratives. 
C)  They traced the philosophical connections between twentieth-century America and eighteenth-century Britain. 
D)  They described the frenetic, hard-drinking lifestyle and the cult of robust masculinity that Hemingway himself epitomized. 
E)  They were intended to capture his belief in the impossibility of writing anything resembling real life while writing fiction.

Question 17

Harold Edward "Red" Grange is best associated with

Accepted Answer

A)  politics. 
B)  football. 
C)  boxing. 
D)  baseball. 
E)  communism. 
A)  politics. 
B)  football. 
C)  boxing. 
D)  baseball. 
E)  communism.

Question 18

Which of the following statements accurately describes the relationship between African Americans and sports such as baseball in the 1920s?

Accepted Answer

A)  Baseball remained a segregated sport with so-called Negro Leagues. 
B)  African Americans were forbidden from playing sports entirely. 
C)  Most of the star professional players of the day were African Americans. 
D)  African Americans were only allowed to play sports in college. 
E)  Pursuing sports was undesirable for whites and African Americans alike due to small crowds. 
A)  Baseball remained a segregated sport with so-called Negro Leagues. 
B)  African Americans were forbidden from playing sports entirely. 
C)  Most of the star professional players of the day were African Americans. 
D)  African Americans were only allowed to play sports in college. 
E)  Pursuing sports was undesirable for whites and African Americans alike due to small crowds.

Question 19

Describe the variety of spectator sports common in the 1920s. How successful were they in capturing the imagination of Americans?

Accepted Answer

In the 1920s, spectator sports were incr

Question 20

Match each description with the item below.
-Margaret Sanger

Accepted Answer

A) was a politician who, while campaigning, promised a return to "normalcy" and went on to succeed Woodrow Wilson 
B) was the New York nurse and midwife in the working-class tenements of Manhattan who observed many young mothers struggling to provide for their growing families 
C) hosted a cultural salon in Paris that became a gathering place for American and European modernists 
D) was the first African American to enroll at Barnard College, positioned herself at the center of the Harlem Renaissance, and became an anthropologist, folklorist, and novelist 
E) became the director of publicity and research for the National Association for the Advancement of Colored People and editor of its journal, The Crisis
F)was an athlete who was especially popular with working-class men because he had been born poor and lived for years wandering in search of work
G)developed an affordable automobile for the masses and developed a production model that other automakers would go on to adopt
H)was the leader of black nationalism and racial solidarity whose message most appealed to poor blacks in northern cities 
A) was a politician who, while campaigning, promised a return to "normalcy" and went on to succeed Woodrow Wilson 
B) was the New York nurse and midwife in the working-class tenements of Manhattan who observed many young mothers struggling to provide for their growing families 
C) hosted a cultural salon in Paris that became a gathering place for American and European modernists 
D) was the first African American to enroll at Barnard College, positioned herself at the center of the Harlem Renaissance, and became an anthropologist, folklorist, and novelist 
E) became the director of publicity and research for the National Association for the Advancement of Colored People and editor of its journal, The Crisis
F)was an athlete who was especially popular with working-class men because he had been born poor and lived for years wandering in search of work
G)developed an affordable automobile for the masses and developed a production model that other automakers would go on to adopt
H)was the leader of black nationalism and racial solidarity whose message most appealed to poor blacks in northern cities

Exam 23: A Clash of Cultures

Which sectors were the leading cause of economic growth in the 1920s, or "New Era"?

What was the significance of the events involving Mabel Puffer and Arthur Hazzard in Concord, New Hampshire?

To what extent did women's lives change in the 1920s?

Conservative moralists saw the flappers as just another sign of

Describe the influence of modernism in literature.

Who, in 1921, told Hemingway that he and his friends who had served in the war "are a lost generation"?

Many mainstream Americans found "modernist" art bewildering.

The novel This Side of Paradise concerned

The horrors of the Great War accelerated

Match each description with the item below. -Gertrude Stein

The growth of advertising in the United States slowed the creation of a mass culture.

Who developed the theoretical basis for quantum physics?

What did the NAACP emphasize?

The development of a "mass culture" in the 1920s refers to

What industry provided the leading example of modern, mechanized mass-production techniques in the 1920s?

Which of the following is true of the novels of Ernest Hemingway?

Harold Edward "Red" Grange is best associated with

Which of the following statements accurately describes the relationship between African Americans and sports such as baseball in the 1920s?

Describe the variety of spectator sports common in the 1920s. How successful were they in capturing the imagination of Americans?

Match each description with the item below. -Margaret Sanger

The Collision of Cultures

Englands Colonies

Colonial Ways of Life

From Colonies to States

The American Revolution

Strengthening the New Nation

The Early Republic

The Emergence of a Market Economy

Nationalism and Sectionalism

The Jacksonian Era

The South

Religion

Western Expansion

The Gathering Storm

The War of the Union

The Era of Reconstruction

Business and Labor in the Industrial Era

The New South and the New West

Political Stalemate and Rural Revolt

Seizing an American Empire

The Progressive Era

America and the Great War

The Reactionary Twenties

The Great Depression

The Second World War

The Cold War and the Fair Deal

Cold War America

A New Frontier and a Great Society

Rebellion and Reaction

Conservative Revival

Twenty-First Century America

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