1920s EXAM

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In spite of the proclaimed moral foundation of the 18th Amendment, it lead to:

1) Unemployment as well as economic and moral bankruptcy

2) The motivation for women to be treated equally with men

3) A nationwide increase in crime and lawlessness

4) The emergence of “youth culture”

3) A nationwide increase in crime and lawlessness

A result of the passage of the 19th Amendment was:

1) The Socialist Party of America grew in numbers and political strength

2) Increased consumerism

3) A backlash against women’s voices in politics

4) Women of different races tended to believe unified female political participation was impossible

4) Women of different races tended to believe unified female political participation was impossible

Part of what the ‘20s “roar” was a booming economy. This was the result of all of the following EXCEPT:

1) The power of advertising through new mediums like radio and film

2) The introduction of new goods and new technologies

3) “Pro-business” government policies

4) The “ripple" effect” in economic production

1) The power of advertising through new mediums like radio and film

Increasing consumerism in the 1920s was the result of all of the following EXCEPT:

1) advertisers used psychological plots to make people “dissatisfied with what they have”

2) People were able to make purchases on "installment plans"

3) The Great Migration

4) The ability to mass-market goods

3) The Great Migration

The "New Negro" movement of the 1920s broadened and redefined American culture. An important aspect of this artistic movement was its:

1) Work to blur and eventually eliminate racial inequality

2) Proud assertion of African heritage

3) Role in influencing The Great Migration

4) Ability to please White people

All of the following are reasons America fell in love with organized sports in the 1920s EXCEPT:

1) Increased rights for women attracted women to sports like tennis, swimming and archery

2) New laws limiting working hours increased leisure time

3) More Americans were attending college, introducing greater numbers of people to sports like football and baseball

4) Radio allowed Americans to follow sports even if they could not watch in person

3) More Americans were attending college, introducing greater numbers of people to sports like football and baseball

Ownership of automobiles dramatically increased in the 1920s and were an integral part of the changing social and economic fabric of the country.  This was largely due to:

1) Automobiles provided young people a way to court away from the prying eyes of parents

2) The growth of cities required more people to own automobiles in order to commute to work

3) The passage of the Federal Highways Act of 1921

4) The adoption of the principles of "scientific management" to increase production and lower purchasing costs of automobiles

4) The adoption of the principles of "scientific management" to increase production and lower purchasing costs of automobiles

Radio broadcasts brought dramatic changes to the lives of ordinary Americans by:

1) Singlehandedly creating “youth "culture”

2) Connecting Americans with instant news and participating in cultural events

3) Creating a growing divide between “urban” and “rural” Americans

4) Reinforcing “traditional” values

2) Connecting Americans with instant news and participating in cultural events

The Great Migration was a result of “push factors” like:

1) The violence and repression in the Jim Crow South

2) Encouragement to move by people like Marcus Garvey

3) The rural nature of daily life in the Deep South

4) The Harlem Renaissance

1) The violence and repression in the Jim Crow South

The Great Migration was the result of "pull" factors like:

1) Demand for factory work in the industrial mid-west

2) The Harlem Renaissance

3) Chain migration by West African and Caribbean immigrants

4) Violence and repression in the Jim Crow South

1) Demand for factory work in the industrial mid-west

"Youth culture" emerged for the first time in the 1920s the result of:

1) The realization that life is short following the Spanish Flu and devastation of the First World War

2) The ability of young people to get away from the prying eyes of their parents and neighbors

3) Urbanization and new technology sharing trends on a national scale

4) Jazz music and Prohibition encouraging a care-free attitude among young people

5) Slang

3) Urbanization and new technology sharing trends on a national scale

All of the following are examples of 1920s "youth culture" EXCEPT::

1) styles of appearance like seersucker suits and pegged pants for men, "step-ins", bobbed hair and pallor mortis makeup for women

2) Dance fads like the "Charleston" and "Turkey Trot"

3) “Talkies”

4) The development of slang

3) “Talkies”

The thesis of Booker T. Washington's Industrial Education for the Negro was:

1) Talk is cheap - African Americans must work themselves up through commerce

2) Abstract and theoretical knowledge has its place, but the trades are the only place Blacks can find work in the early 20th century

3) African Americans need to socially and economically advance through “industrial development”

4) Unlike Dr. Du Bois' argument about "tracking" is unethical and unjust

3) African Americans need to socially and economically advance through “industrial development”

The emergence of "youth culture" in the 1920s was a product of all of the following EXCEPT:

1) Film and advertising

2) Mass media

3) Slang

4) Automobiles allowing people to have the opportunity to get away from parents and nosy neighbors

3) Slang

Elements of youth culture in the 1920s were:

1) Syncopated music, new tech, and political change

2) Changes in social structure, use of language and music

3) Changes in clothing and hair styles, use of language and music

4) Changes in hair styles, resistance to parental control, fighting for social justice

3) Changes in clothing and hair styles, use of language and music

In A Flapper's Appeal to Parents, Page:

1) Attempts to shift blame for the behavior of young people on the moral and economic failings of parents

2) Agrees with the "older generation" that young people ought Flappers are all that is wrong with America

3) Both admonishes the "older" generation for looking down on Flappers, but also asks for their guidance and support

4) Argues that "youth culture" is new and exciting and is nothing to be feared

3) Both admonishes the "older" generation for looking down on Flappers, but also asks for their guidance and support

Blevins' observations in Flapper Jane address:

1) Concerns and worries for the future of humankind

2) The shockingly revealing clothing and concerns about their relation to morals and behavior

3) Praise for the new fashions being adopted by young women in the 1920s

4) Worries that showing so much flesh heralds the ending of civilization

2) The shockingly revealing clothing and concerns about their relation to morals and behavior

The values and mores (a socioloigcal term referring to what is acceptable or celebrated) of the Harlem Renaissance are reflected in art through:

1) A celebration of the tolerance and acceptance African-Americans found in places like NYC

2) A rejection of all things associated with White America

3) A recognition by White America of the important contributions of Black Americans

4) Its emphasis on the African roots of Blacks

4) Its emphasis on the African roots of Blacks

Jazz, a uniquely American form of music, became wildly popular (and synonymous with) the 1920s because of:

1) Its connection to the Great Migration and expression of the freedoms and opportunities experienced by young Black musicians

2) Reaction to the stuffy, formalized music of the "older generation"

3) Its association with youth culture, speakeasies and its growth and spread via new technologies

4) Its roots in West African rhythms and use of European instruments

5) Its heavy syncopation, improvisation and association with speakeasies

3) Its association with youth culture, speakeasies and its growth and spread via new technologies

All of the following were reasons behind the "urban/rural divide" in the 1920s EXCEPT:

1) Urban Americans enjoyed more opportunities and more varied types of leisure activities

2) Rural America did not participate in the economic boom as much as urban Americans

3) Urban Americans rejected the influx of both migrants and immigrants

4) Rural America did not value prolonged education

5) Youth culture was more prevalent in urban areas giving the impression of their having “loose morals”

3) Urban Americans rejected the influx of both migrants and immigrants

All of the following are true of the Harlem Renaissance EXCEPT:

1) It sought the approval of White America

2) It focused on the Black experience in America

3) It sought to fight against degrading stereotypes

4) It emphasized the natural beauty of African Americans

5) It intentionally “legitimized” Black culture and speech

1) It sought the approval of White America

One of the root causes of "urban/rural divide" that became so pronounced in the 1920s was:

1) The movement of immigrants and African Americans

2) A perception of cities as locations of vice and crime, as opposed to rural communities which were centers of virtue and morality

3) Deep political divisions between Democrats and Republicans

4) The passage of the 19th Amendment

2) A perception of cities as locations of vice and crime, as opposed to rural communities which were centers of virtue and morality

The Scopes "Monkey Trial" was about:

1) Highlighting divisions between urban and rural America

2) Whether John Scopes could teach evolution in a public high school

3) The rights of citizens of the state of Tennessee to determine what could or could not be taught in public schools

4) Whether or not monkeys could be kept as pets

2) Whether John Scopes could teach evolution in a public high school

The Republican administrations of Coolidge, Harding and Hoover did all of the following EXCEPT:

1) Support labor unions

2) Encourage corporate mergers

3) Believed that “what was good for business is good for America”

4) Limit taxes

1) Support labor unions

One of the results of the Republican Presidents of the 1920s was:

1) A rapidly expanding (perhaps to the point of unsustainability) stock market

2) A strengthening of labor laws

3) Increased foreign immigration, the result of corporate demand for labor

4) The development of new techologies

1) A rapidly expanding (perhaps to the point of unsustainability) stock market

All of the following were "new technologies" developed and expanded during the 1920s EXCEPT:

1) Radio

2) Television

3) Airplanes

4) Moving pictures

5) Automobiles

2) Television

The "new technologies" of the 1920s were instrumental in the economic expansion of the decade because:

1) As corporations made more money, employees were paid more as the wealth "trickled down"

2) They allowed people to move to where there were jobs more quickly and efficiently

3) New markets were created along with new methods of marketing (selling)

4) Republican Presidential administrations cut corporate taxes

3) New markets were created along with new methods of marketing (selling)

An example of the "ripple effect" of new technologies in the automobile industry is:

1) New industries were created to support the automobile industry like radios which could be put in cars, or advertising to youth culture who would want to buy these new products

2) More autos require the construction of roads, the drilling of petroleum, the production of replacement parts and the growth of new industries to service cars

3) More autos meant more workers making autos who had money to spend on buying things

4) The creation of "company towns" near both transportation hubs and raw materials

2) More autos require the construction of roads, the drilling of petroleum, the production of replacement parts and the growth of new industries to service cars

As the American economy in the 1920s expanded with new technologies, new "company towns" emerged, such as:

1) Seattle, Portland, San Francisco, Los Angeles

2) Detroit, Los Angeles, Houston, Seattle

3) Denver, Detroit, New Orleans, Philadelphia

4) Toledo, Cleveland, Memphis, Los Angeles

2) Detroit, Los Angeles, Houston, Seattle

The "Red Scare" was the result of:

1) Anti-labor policies of the Coolidge, Harding and Hoover administrations

2) Race "riots" across the nation following the First World War

3) The Great Migration and immigrants from East Europe

4) Revolution in Russia, large numbers of immigrants and labor unrest

4) Revolution in Russia, large numbers of immigrants and labor unrest