Question 1

Define what the phrase "The Modernist Revolt" means.

Accepted Answer

The phrase "The Modernist Revolt" refers

Question 2

The consumer culture generated bewildering changes in everyday life.

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False

Question 3

Petting parties were:

Accepted Answer

A)  opportunities for young men and women to experiment sexually with each other 
B)  opportunities for young men and women to learn about proper treatment of dogs and cats 
C)  opportunities to raise money for the American Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals 
D)  visits to the zoo so young people could get away from their parents 
E)  parents' chance to teach their children proper morals 
A)  opportunities for young men and women to experiment sexually with each other 
B)  opportunities for young men and women to learn about proper treatment of dogs and cats 
C)  opportunities to raise money for the American Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals 
D)  visits to the zoo so young people could get away from their parents 
E)  parents' chance to teach their children proper morals

Question 4

MATCHING
Match each description with the item below.
-Charles A. Lindbergh Jr.

Accepted Answer

A) wrote This Side of Paradise 
B) New York nurse and midwife in the working-class tenements of Manhattan 
C) wrote Three Lives 
D) wrote The Waste Land 
E) was the NAACP field secretary
F)was a silent film star
G)denounced "indecent dance" as "an offense against womanly purity"
H)was nicknamed the "Galloping Ghost"
I)was the leader of Negro nationalism
J)made the first solo transatlantic flight 
A) wrote This Side of Paradise 
B) New York nurse and midwife in the working-class tenements of Manhattan 
C) wrote Three Lives 
D) wrote The Waste Land 
E) was the NAACP field secretary
F)was a silent film star
G)denounced "indecent dance" as "an offense against womanly purity"
H)was nicknamed the "Galloping Ghost"
I)was the leader of Negro nationalism
J)made the first solo transatlantic flight

Question 5

Baseball, like football, tended to attract:

Accepted Answer

A)  large crowds of spectators 
B)  women spectators 
C)  black spectators 
D)  lower-class spectators 
E)  immigrant spectators 
A)  large crowds of spectators 
B)  women spectators 
C)  black spectators 
D)  lower-class spectators 
E)  immigrant spectators

Question 6

MATCHING
Match each description with the item below.
-F. Scott Fitzgerald

Accepted Answer

A) wrote This Side of Paradise 
B) New York nurse and midwife in the working-class tenements of Manhattan 
C) wrote Three Lives 
D) wrote The Waste Land 
E) was the NAACP field secretary
F)was a silent film star
G)denounced "indecent dance" as "an offense against womanly purity"
H)was nicknamed the "Galloping Ghost"
I)was the leader of Negro nationalism
J)made the first solo transatlantic flight 
A) wrote This Side of Paradise 
B) New York nurse and midwife in the working-class tenements of Manhattan 
C) wrote Three Lives 
D) wrote The Waste Land 
E) was the NAACP field secretary
F)was a silent film star
G)denounced "indecent dance" as "an offense against womanly purity"
H)was nicknamed the "Galloping Ghost"
I)was the leader of Negro nationalism
J)made the first solo transatlantic flight

Question 7

The amendment to the Constitution that barred the manufacture or sale of intoxicating liquors went into effect in:

Accepted Answer

A)  1911 
B)  1920 
C)  1922 
D)  1928 
E)  1932 
A)  1911 
B)  1920 
C)  1922 
D)  1928 
E)  1932

Question 8

After encountering strong resistance, Mabel Puffer and Arthur Hazzard:

Accepted Answer

A)  were married in New Hampshire 
B)  were married in New York 
C)  were married in Canada 
D)  were never allowed to marry 
E)  were really not engaged to be married 
A)  were married in New Hampshire 
B)  were married in New York 
C)  were married in Canada 
D)  were never allowed to marry 
E)  were really not engaged to be married

Question 9

The Waste Land, a poem that became the favorite of many modernist readers because of its sense of disillusionment and its suggestion of a burned-out civilization, was written by:

Accepted Answer

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

Question 10

The movement of southern blacks to the North:

Accepted Answer

A)  was called the Great Migration 
B)  created the rise of the KKK 
C)  saw many African Americans return to Africa 
D)  was so large that southern agriculture was interrupted 
E)  meant industry could no longer hire whites 
A)  was called the Great Migration 
B)  created the rise of the KKK 
C)  saw many African Americans return to Africa 
D)  was so large that southern agriculture was interrupted 
E)  meant industry could no longer hire whites

Question 11

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 12

In physics, the theory of relativity was developed and explained by:

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

The first radio station to begin broadcasting regularly scheduled programs was located in:

Accepted Answer

A)  Detroit, Michigan 
B)  New York, New York 
C)  Cleveland, Ohio 
D)  Pittsburg, Pennsylvania 
E)  Boston, Massachusetts 
A)  Detroit, Michigan 
B)  New York, New York 
C)  Cleveland, Ohio 
D)  Pittsburg, Pennsylvania 
E)  Boston, Massachusetts

Question 14

Describe the defensive temper of the 1920s. What factors contributed to it?

Accepted Answer

The defensive temper of the 1920s was ch

Question 15

The NAACP favored militant protests over legal challenges as a way to end racial discrimination.

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False

Question 16

MATCHING
Match each description with the item below.
-James Weldon Johnson

Accepted Answer

A) wrote This Side of Paradise 
B) New York nurse and midwife in the working-class tenements of Manhattan 
C) wrote Three Lives 
D) wrote The Waste Land 
E) was the NAACP field secretary
F)was a silent film star
G)denounced "indecent dance" as "an offense against womanly purity"
H)was nicknamed the "Galloping Ghost"
I)was the leader of Negro nationalism
J)made the first solo transatlantic flight 
A) wrote This Side of Paradise 
B) New York nurse and midwife in the working-class tenements of Manhattan 
C) wrote Three Lives 
D) wrote The Waste Land 
E) was the NAACP field secretary
F)was a silent film star
G)denounced "indecent dance" as "an offense against womanly purity"
H)was nicknamed the "Galloping Ghost"
I)was the leader of Negro nationalism
J)made the first solo transatlantic flight

Question 17

Paul Gauguin acknowledged that the upheavals of cultural modernism and the aftermath of the war produced "an epoch of progress."

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False

Question 18

Amelia Earhart:

Accepted Answer

A)  was the first aviator to fly around the world 
B)  was the first woman to fly solo across the Atlantic 
C)  was the first pilot to fly solo across the Atlantic 
D)  was the first woman elected to Congress 
E)  was an advocate of Prohibition 
A)  was the first aviator to fly around the world 
B)  was the first woman to fly solo across the Atlantic 
C)  was the first pilot to fly solo across the Atlantic 
D)  was the first woman elected to Congress 
E)  was an advocate of Prohibition

Question 19

MATCHING
Match each description with the item below.
-Marcus Garvey

Accepted Answer

A) wrote This Side of Paradise 
B) New York nurse and midwife in the working-class tenements of Manhattan 
C) wrote Three Lives 
D) wrote The Waste Land 
E) was the NAACP field secretary
F)was a silent film star
G)denounced "indecent dance" as "an offense against womanly purity"
H)was nicknamed the "Galloping Ghost"
I)was the leader of Negro nationalism
J)made the first solo transatlantic flight 
A) wrote This Side of Paradise 
B) New York nurse and midwife in the working-class tenements of Manhattan 
C) wrote Three Lives 
D) wrote The Waste Land 
E) was the NAACP field secretary
F)was a silent film star
G)denounced "indecent dance" as "an offense against womanly purity"
H)was nicknamed the "Galloping Ghost"
I)was the leader of Negro nationalism
J)made the first solo transatlantic flight

Question 20

MATCHING
Match each description with the item below.
-T. S. Eliot

Accepted Answer

A) wrote This Side of Paradise 
B) New York nurse and midwife in the working-class tenements of Manhattan 
C) wrote Three Lives 
D) wrote The Waste Land 
E) was the NAACP field secretary
F)was a silent film star
G)denounced "indecent dance" as "an offense against womanly purity"
H)was nicknamed the "Galloping Ghost"
I)was the leader of Negro nationalism
J)made the first solo transatlantic flight 
A) wrote This Side of Paradise 
B) New York nurse and midwife in the working-class tenements of Manhattan 
C) wrote Three Lives 
D) wrote The Waste Land 
E) was the NAACP field secretary
F)was a silent film star
G)denounced "indecent dance" as "an offense against womanly purity"
H)was nicknamed the "Galloping Ghost"
I)was the leader of Negro nationalism
J)made the first solo transatlantic flight

Exam 23: A Clash of Cultures, 1920-1929

Define what the phrase "The Modernist Revolt" means.

The consumer culture generated bewildering changes in everyday life.

Petting parties were:

MATCHING Match each description with the item below. -Charles A. Lindbergh Jr.

Baseball, like football, tended to attract:

MATCHING Match each description with the item below. -F. Scott Fitzgerald

The amendment to the Constitution that barred the manufacture or sale of intoxicating liquors went into effect in:

After encountering strong resistance, Mabel Puffer and Arthur Hazzard:

The Waste Land, a poem that became the favorite of many modernist readers because of its sense of disillusionment and its suggestion of a burned-out civilization, was written by:

The movement of southern blacks to the North:

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

In physics, the theory of relativity was developed and explained by:

The first radio station to begin broadcasting regularly scheduled programs was located in:

Describe the defensive temper of the 1920s. What factors contributed to it?

The NAACP favored militant protests over legal challenges as a way to end racial discrimination.

MATCHING Match each description with the item below. -James Weldon Johnson

Paul Gauguin acknowledged that the upheavals of cultural modernism and the aftermath of the war produced "an epoch of progress."

Amelia Earhart:

MATCHING Match each description with the item below. -Marcus Garvey

MATCHING Match each description with the item below. -T. S. Eliot

The Collision of Cultures

England’s Colonies

Colonial Ways of Life

From Colonies to States

The American Revolution, 1776-1783

Strengthening the New Nation

The Early Republic, 1800-1815

The Emergence of a Market Economy, 1815-1850

Nationalism and Sectionalism, 1815-1828

The Jacksonian Era, 1828-1840

The South, Slavery, and King Cotton, 1800-1860

Religion, Romanticism, and Reform, 1800-1860

Western Expansion, 1830-1848

The Gathering Storm, 1848-1860

The War of the Union, 1861-1865

The Era of Reconstruction 1865-1877

Business and Labor in the Industrial Era, 1860-1900

The New South and the New West, 1865-1900

Political Stalemate and Rural Revolt, 1865-1900

Seizing an American Empire, 1865-1913

The Progressive Era, 1890-1920

America and the Great War, 1914-1920

The Reactionary Twenties

The Great Depression, 1929-1939

The Second World War, 1933-1945

The Cold War and the Fair Deal, 1945-1952

Cold War America, 1950-1959

A New Frontier and a Great Society, 1960-1968

Rebellion and Reaction, 1960s and 1970s

Conservative Revival, 1977-1990

Twenty-first-century America, 1993-present

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