Question 1

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 2

Describe the consumer culture of 1920s America. How did consumer culture shape this era and vice versa?

Accepted Answer

The consumer culture of 1920s America wa

Question 3

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 4

Jazz music was a combination of folk, gospel, and country.

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False

Question 5

Gertrude Stein was a(n)

Accepted Answer

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

Question 6

Many mainstream Americans found "modernist" art bewildering.

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False

Question 7

Trace the career of Marcus Garvey and discuss how his philosophy divided the African American community in the 1920s.

Accepted Answer

Marcus Garvey was a Jamaican-born politi

Question 8

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 9

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 10

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 11

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 12

During the 1920s, scientists' ideas about the nature of the universe inspired modernist artists to try new techniques.

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False

Question 13

Match each description with the item below.
-Zora Neal Hurston

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)was a flapper and writer who defied traditional standards for women and enjoyed putting on spectacles such as dancing in New York water fountains
H)developed an affordable automobile for the masses and developed a production model that other automakers would go on to adopt
I)was the leader of black nationalism and racial solidarity whose message most appealed to poor blacks in northern cities
J)was the first black Rhodes Scholar and became the guiding spirit of the "new" African American culture 
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)was a flapper and writer who defied traditional standards for women and enjoyed putting on spectacles such as dancing in New York water fountains
H)developed an affordable automobile for the masses and developed a production model that other automakers would go on to adopt
I)was the leader of black nationalism and racial solidarity whose message most appealed to poor blacks in northern cities
J)was the first black Rhodes Scholar and became the guiding spirit of the "new" African American culture

Question 14

Match each description with the item below.
-Alain Le Roy Locke

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)was a flapper and writer who defied traditional standards for women and enjoyed putting on spectacles such as dancing in New York water fountains
H)developed an affordable automobile for the masses and developed a production model that other automakers would go on to adopt
I)was the leader of black nationalism and racial solidarity whose message most appealed to poor blacks in northern cities
J)was the first black Rhodes Scholar and became the guiding spirit of the "new" African American culture 
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)was a flapper and writer who defied traditional standards for women and enjoyed putting on spectacles such as dancing in New York water fountains
H)developed an affordable automobile for the masses and developed a production model that other automakers would go on to adopt
I)was the leader of black nationalism and racial solidarity whose message most appealed to poor blacks in northern cities
J)was the first black Rhodes Scholar and became the guiding spirit of the "new" African American culture

Question 15

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 16

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

Question 17

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 18

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 19

Match each description with the item below.
-Marcus Garvey

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)was a flapper and writer who defied traditional standards for women and enjoyed putting on spectacles such as dancing in New York water fountains
H)developed an affordable automobile for the masses and developed a production model that other automakers would go on to adopt
I)was the leader of black nationalism and racial solidarity whose message most appealed to poor blacks in northern cities
J)was the first black Rhodes Scholar and became the guiding spirit of the "new" African American culture 
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)was a flapper and writer who defied traditional standards for women and enjoyed putting on spectacles such as dancing in New York water fountains
H)developed an affordable automobile for the masses and developed a production model that other automakers would go on to adopt
I)was the leader of black nationalism and racial solidarity whose message most appealed to poor blacks in northern cities
J)was the first black Rhodes Scholar and became the guiding spirit of the "new" African American culture

Question 20

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

Exam 23: A Clash of Cultures

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

Describe the consumer culture of 1920s America. How did consumer culture shape this era and vice versa?

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

Jazz music was a combination of folk, gospel, and country.

Gertrude Stein was a(n)

Many mainstream Americans found "modernist" art bewildering.

Trace the career of Marcus Garvey and discuss how his philosophy divided the African American community in the 1920s.

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

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

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

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

During the 1920s, scientists' ideas about the nature of the universe inspired modernist artists to try new techniques.

Match each description with the item below. -Zora Neal Hurston

Match each description with the item below. -Alain Le Roy Locke

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

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

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

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

Match each description with the item below. -Marcus Garvey

Who developed the theoretical basis for quantum physics?

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, Slavery, and King Cotton

Religion, Romanticism, and Reform

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

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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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