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QUESTION 1: African American culture in the 1920s, from poetry to the blues, was notable for

its expression of middle-class black values.

pandering to white audiences.

authentically reflecting the black experience.

reinforcing racist stereotypes.

QUESTION 2: Black newspapers like the Chicago Defender described conditions in the North for African Americans as

no better but no worse than life in the South.

filled with violence and danger.

offering opportunities not available in the South.

culturally foreign due to large number of foreign immigrants.

QUESTION 3: Despite their differences, Langston Hughes and Marcus Garvey agreed that

to be truly free, black Americans needed to return to Africa.

African American success did not depend on white approval.

economic self-sufficiency was essential to developing racial pride.

artistic expression was crucial to the development of a positive African American identity.

QUESTION 4: During the 1920s, women who wore short skirts and makeup and enjoyed smoking, drinking, and dancing were called

New Negroes.

matinee idols.

suffragettes.

flappers.

QUESTION 5: How did the marketing of Listerine during the 1920s reflect the role of advertising in a consumer-oriented economy?

It compared product's quality to other similar items.

It convinced consumers they had a need they weren't previously aware of.

It identified the wealthy as the product's target audience.

It suggested that use of the product would improve the consumer's economic prospects.

QUESTION 6: In the 1920s, Madison Avenue was home to the fledgling

automobile industry.

advertising industry.

movie industry.

stock market.

QUESTION 7: Movie stars such as Douglas Fairbanks Jr. and Mary Pickford influenced Americans' taste in

food.

fashion.

books.

decor.

QUESTION 8: Republican victory in the 1924 presidential election can be attributed to the split within the Democratic party over

social welfare policy.

Darwin's theory of evolution.

farm relief.

prohibition.

QUESTION 9: The "American Plan," proposed by Secretary of Commerce Herbert Hoover, sought to undermine labor unions by encouraging business leaders to

fire union members.

provide workers with health insurance.

ban the distribution of leaflets.

export jobs to other countries.

QUESTION 10: The Harlem Renaissance would not have occurred were it not for the

Great Migration.

National Association for the Advancement of Colored People.

Universal Negro Improvement Association.

Chicago Defender.

QUESTION 11: The Sacco and Vanzetti case, like the cases of Charles Schenck and Jacob Abrams, demonstrated a predisposition among native-born Americans to see immigrants as

a threat to the safety and security of the American people.

proponents of free speech and civil liberties.

responsible for spreading the influenza epidemic.

to blame for America's moral decline.

QUESTION 12: The corruption scandal that rocked President Warren G. Harding's administration was known as

the Red Scare.

Black Tuesday.

Teapot Dome.

American Mercury.

QUESTION 13: The fact that a wide array of labor-saving devices became available to American consumers during the 1920s was a response to

increased access to electricity in urban areas.

the availability of large amounts of disposable income.

advertising's ability to create demand for unnecessary items.

the effectiveness of the assembly line.

QUESTION 14: The growth of the Ku Klux Klan outside the South during the 1920s can be attributed to the

spread of white supremacist ideology.

passage of the National Origins Act.

organization's adoption of nativist and traditionalist views.

popularity of Garveyism among African Americans.

QUESTION 15: The incident that sparked the Chicago race riots of 1919 demonstrated that

racial segregation was practiced in the North as well as the South.

World War I veterans were not being reintegrated into American society.

the Great Migration had little impact on life in northern cities.

many African Americans were radicals and anti-capitalists.

QUESTION 16: The passage of the National Origins Act in 1924 inspired nativist reformers to

declare victory and withdraw from politics.

organize English language and citizenship classes for immigrants.

encourage Mexican Americans to return to their native land.

oppose the execution of the Italian anarchists Sacco and Vanzetti.

QUESTION 17: The research findings of Franz Boas and Ruth Benedict on race and culture supported the beliefs of

Henry Ford.

W. J. Simmons.

W. E. B. Du Bois.

E. P. Cubberly.

QUESTION 18: The writers and artists who saw the spread of mass culture and growth of consumerism as assaults on individualism, creativity, and intellectual exploration were known as the

Lost Generation.

Talented Tenth.

star system.

New Negroes.

QUESTION 19: U.S. Senator and future Supreme Court Justice Hugo Black was a member of the

American Civil Liberties Union.

National Association for the Advancement of Colored People.

Industrial Workers of the World.

Ku Klux Klan.

QUESTION 20: What made it possible for income inequality to grow during the 1920s, a period of apparent prosperity?

Government corruption scandals like Teapot Dome benefited the wealthy and hurt the poor.

Increased mechanization of factory work led to massive unemployment among unskilled laborers.

Corporate and governmental efforts to destroy labor unions resulted in lower wages among the working class.

Corporate profits grew much faster than wages did, so more wealth was accumulated by the already rich.

QUESTION 21: What was the movement of thousands of African Americans from the South to the North and West in search of better jobs and better treatment during World War I called?

The Mass Exodus

The Great Migration

Black Tuesday

The Harlem Renaissance

QUESTION 22: Which of the following challenged the homogeneity of mass consumer culture?

Motion pictures

Advertising

Radio

Fashion

QUESTION 23: Which of the following consumer goods had a transformative impact on day-to-day life in the United States during the 1920s?

Refrigerator

Radio

Automobile

Toaster

QUESTION 24: Who launched the government crusade to rid the country of political radicals like Emma Goldman, an anarchist and feminist, during the Red Scare of 1919?

Oliver Wendell Holmes

A. Mitchell Palmer

Calvin Coolidge

Woodrow Wilson

QUESTION 25: Who promoted the ?Back to Africa? movement, which sought to move black Americans to their ancestral homelands?

D. C. Stephenson and the Ku Klux Klan

A. Philip Randolph and the African American labor movement

Marcus Garvey and the Universal Negro Improvement Association

W.E.B. Du Bois and the National Association for the Advancement of Colored People