Question 1

In what ways did the African American community benefit from the changes of the 1920s, and how did it pass them by?

Accepted Answer

The African American community benefited

Question 2

Which of the following accurately describes the "new women" of the 1920s such as flappers?

Accepted Answer

A)  women who called for the establishment of laws that would keep dresses and skirts long enough to cover women's knees 
B)  women who defied traditional standards for women with a carefree, self-indulgent rebelliousness 
C)  the majority of women in the United States, many of whom were struggling to make ends meet due to high unemployment rates 
D)  women who welcomed the vote but enthusiastically accepted the traditional roles of mother and wife 
E)  women who insisted that higher education was the path to enlightenment and established coeducational colleges across the country 
A)  women who called for the establishment of laws that would keep dresses and skirts long enough to cover women's knees 
B)  women who defied traditional standards for women with a carefree, self-indulgent rebelliousness 
C)  the majority of women in the United States, many of whom were struggling to make ends meet due to high unemployment rates 
D)  women who welcomed the vote but enthusiastically accepted the traditional roles of mother and wife 
E)  women who insisted that higher education was the path to enlightenment and established coeducational colleges across the country

Question 3

In 1937, ________ set out to become the first pilot to fly around the world and disappeared over the South Pacific.

Accepted Answer

A)  Charles Lindbergh Jr. 
B)  Amelia Earhart 
C)  Wilbur Wright 
D)  Orville Wright 
E)  Jack Dempsey 
A)  Charles Lindbergh Jr. 
B)  Amelia Earhart 
C)  Wilbur Wright 
D)  Orville Wright 
E)  Jack Dempsey

Question 4

How did the scientific work of Albert Einstein, Max Planck, and Werner Heisenberg influence American thought?

Accepted Answer

The scientific work of Albert Einstein,

Question 5

Gertrude Stein was a(n)

Accepted Answer

A)  disc jockey. 
B)  Dada artist. 
C)  experimentalist writer. 
D)  freedom fighter in the Great War. 
E)  member of Congress. 
A)  disc jockey. 
B)  Dada artist. 
C)  experimentalist writer. 
D)  freedom fighter in the Great War. 
E)  member of Congress.

Question 6

Which of the following statements accurately characterizes the decade between the end of the Great War and the onset of the Great Depression?

Accepted Answer

A)  The decade saw a drastic decrease in urbanization due to the end of war preparations and widespread poverty due to the loss of urban wartime jobs. 
B)  The decade saw an onset of a shared sense of safety and prosperity, as Jim Crow laws were abolished and African Americans were rewarded for their contributions to the war. 
C)  As anti-Communist hysteria died down after the war, the decade saw many beneficial trade deals with Communist nations and a large Communist presence in American politics. 
D)  The decade saw a dramatic turn away from traditional religious beliefs and "native" ways of life, leading to the most liberal political climate the nation had ever seen. 
E)  As wartime agricultural exports dropped, the decade saw the prosperity of the urban middle class and an agricultural recession, resulting in millions of people moving to cities. 
A)  The decade saw a drastic decrease in urbanization due to the end of war preparations and widespread poverty due to the loss of urban wartime jobs. 
B)  The decade saw an onset of a shared sense of safety and prosperity, as Jim Crow laws were abolished and African Americans were rewarded for their contributions to the war. 
C)  As anti-Communist hysteria died down after the war, the decade saw many beneficial trade deals with Communist nations and a large Communist presence in American politics. 
D)  The decade saw a dramatic turn away from traditional religious beliefs and "native" ways of life, leading to the most liberal political climate the nation had ever seen. 
E)  As wartime agricultural exports dropped, the decade saw the prosperity of the urban middle class and an agricultural recession, resulting in millions of people moving to cities.

Question 7

Which of the following statements accurately describes jazz?

Accepted Answer

A)  It was a European innovation emerging from modern classical music. 
B)  It blended several musical traditions, such as ragtime and the blues. 
C)  It was originally a literary movement started by novelists. 
D)  It helped calm the fears of rural fundamentalists. 
E)  It originated in the western United States. 
A)  It was a European innovation emerging from modern classical music. 
B)  It blended several musical traditions, such as ragtime and the blues. 
C)  It was originally a literary movement started by novelists. 
D)  It helped calm the fears of rural fundamentalists. 
E)  It originated in the western United States.

Question 8

The ________ amendment to the Constitution is known as the Prohibition amendment and resulted in ________.

Accepted Answer

A)  Seventeenth; women's right to vote 
B)  Eighteenth; widespread lawbreaking 
C)  Nineteenth; effective voting protections for African Americans 
D)  Twentieth; a postwar boom in agricultural exports 
E)  Twenty-first; the end of Jim Crow laws 
A)  Seventeenth; women's right to vote 
B)  Eighteenth; widespread lawbreaking 
C)  Nineteenth; effective voting protections for African Americans 
D)  Twentieth; a postwar boom in agricultural exports 
E)  Twenty-first; the end of Jim Crow laws

Question 9

In physics, the theory that the fundamental concepts of space, time, matter, and energy are not distinct, independent things with stable dimensions was developed by

Accepted Answer

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

Question 10

Which of the following was a result of the Great Migration?

Accepted Answer

A)  The economy in the North collapsed in the mid-1920s due to the loss of agricultural and sharecropping jobs. 
B)  African Americans tended to find camaraderie with Irish and Italian immigrants who identified with them. 
C)  Northern states granted women the right to vote due to pressure from the western states. 
D)  The number of ethnic groups in the United States soared, making the overall white population the minority for the first time. 
E)  African Americans who had participated in the migration still experienced discrimination but fewer injustices than before. 
A)  The economy in the North collapsed in the mid-1920s due to the loss of agricultural and sharecropping jobs. 
B)  African Americans tended to find camaraderie with Irish and Italian immigrants who identified with them. 
C)  Northern states granted women the right to vote due to pressure from the western states. 
D)  The number of ethnic groups in the United States soared, making the overall white population the minority for the first time. 
E)  African Americans who had participated in the migration still experienced discrimination but fewer injustices than before.

Question 11

The 1920s pitted a cosmopolitan urban America against the values of an insular rural America.

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False

Question 12

Which London-based American not only wrote and published modernist works but mentored up-and-coming authors?

Accepted Answer

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

Exam 23: A Clash of Cultures

In what ways did the African American community benefit from the changes of the 1920s, and how did it pass them by?

Which of the following accurately describes the "new women" of the 1920s such as flappers?

In 1937, ________ set out to become the first pilot to fly around the world and disappeared over the South Pacific.

How did the scientific work of Albert Einstein, Max Planck, and Werner Heisenberg influence American thought?

Gertrude Stein was a(n)

Which of the following statements accurately characterizes the decade between the end of the Great War and the onset of the Great Depression?

Which of the following statements accurately describes jazz?

The ________ amendment to the Constitution is known as the Prohibition amendment and resulted in ________.

In physics, the theory that the fundamental concepts of space, time, matter, and energy are not distinct, independent things with stable dimensions was developed by

Which of the following was a result of the Great Migration?

The 1920s pitted a cosmopolitan urban America against the values of an insular rural America.

Which London-based American not only wrote and published modernist works but mentored up-and-coming authors?

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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