Question 1

The 1920s was a time of heroes. Why? Why were Charles Lindbergh, Babe Ruth, and Henry Ford all so greatly admired in this decade? What were the similarities and differences in their appeal?

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Question 2

Some historians have considered the political tensions of the 1920s in terms of a rural, conservative, and nativist backlash against a rising urban, progressive, and "New Immigrant" America. Do you agree with this proposition? Why or why not? Cite specific political, economic, and social developments in America during the 1920s to support your argument.

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Question 3

Assume one of the following identities: a) a radical political revolutionary, b) an immigrant low-wage worker, c) an industrialist, d) a sports hero, e) a single modern woman in her twenties, f) a black civil rights activist in the South, g) a black jazz musician in Chicago or Harlem, or h) aspiring modernist artist or writer. Would you like to have lived in the America of the 1920s? Why or why not? Explain what you find most alluring about life in America during the 1920s and what adverse developments might have led you to leave America during that decade.

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Question 4

What part did African American artists, writers, and musicians play in the new culture of the 1920s? How do you explain this burst of cultural creativity at a time when most blacks were still oppressed and segregated?

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Question 5

​Each of the following multiple choice questions has multiple correct responses. Select the correct responses for each of the following questions.
-Among the consequences of prohibition were

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Question 6

Describe the dominant political, cultural, and social themes of American literature in the 1920s. Explain why these literary themes and modernism captured the cultural zeitgeist of the 1920s.

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Question 7

The leading cultural critic of the 1920s, H.L. Mencken, attacked all of the following except

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While Mencken did criticize various cultural aspects of American society, he did not always condemn technology. In fact, he often praised advancements in transportation, communication, and other technological fields.

Question 8

Do you think that the 1920s should be most noted as a decade of anxiety and intolerance or a decade of revolutionary cultural innovation, excess, and liberation? What were the deepest political, economic, and social forces shaping American culture in this period? How did theses influential forces also shape how particular groups of Americans viewed themselves and their respective places in American society?

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Question 9

​Each of the following multiple choice questions has multiple correct responses. Select the correct responses for each of the following questions.
-During the red scare

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During the red scare, hundreds of immigrant radicals were deported from the United States, many states passed laws making it a crime to advocate violence, and several lawfully elected Socialists were denied their seats in the New York State legislature. However, there is no evidence to suggest that labor union membership nearly doubled or that the United States threatened war against the revolutionary Soviet Union during this time period.

Question 10

How did the rise of the mass media and marketing affect the kind of people Americans admired and imitated during the 1920s? How did the rise of the mass media, marketing, and advertising affect American consumer habits and spending during the 1920s?

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Question 11

List at least five major economic and/or technological developments of the 1920s. Select the three most significant ones and explain your choices.

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Question 12

What sparked the greater public expression of sexuality in the 1920s? Did the greater frankness about sex represent an advance for women, or did it open opportunities for exploitation of women?

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Question 13

In what ways did writers like F. Scott Fitzgerald, Ernest Hemingway, Langston Hughes, and Theodore Dreiser reflect the prevalent American cultural milieu of the 1920s? In what ways did these authors criticize severely particular prevalent cultural trends in America during the 1920s?

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Question 14

​Each of the following multiple choice questions has multiple correct responses. Select the correct responses for each of the following questions.
-The postwar anxiety and intolerance of Americans in the 1920s was manifested in the

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All of the options provided were manifestations of the postwar anxiety and intolerance of Americans in the 1920s. The Sacco-Vanzetti case involved the trial and execution of two Italian immigrants for a crime they may not have committed, fueled by anti-immigrant sentiment. State laws prohibiting the advocacy of violent social change were meant to suppress any perceived threats to the existing social order. The resurgence of the Ku Klux Klan was fueled by a desire to maintain white supremacy and control over marginalized groups. The Immigration Act of 1924 severely restricted immigration based on national origin, reflecting anti-immigrant sentiment. Deportation of radicals to Russia was part of a series of government actions to suppress perceived threats to American society, including anarchist and communist beliefs.

Question 15

How did traditional Christian religious principles and moral values find themselves challenged by cultural liberals and iconoclasts? Why were the themes of these cultural liberals and iconoclasts so threatening to traditional mores and values of Protestant America? How did modernism's various cultural expressions illustrate the iconoclastic, fragmented, and uncertain cultural milieu of the 1920s?
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Question 16

Which of the following was not among prominent African American cultural figures of the 1920s?

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Ralph Ellison was not a prominent African American cultural figure of the 1920s. He was a writer and a prominent figure in the African American literary movement of the mid-20th century. The other choices were prominent figures in African American culture in the 1920s, with Joseph "King" Oliver and Jelly Roll Morton being prominent jazz musicians, Langston Hughes being a renowned poet and writer, and W.C. Handy being known as the "Father of the Blues."

Question 17

Do you think that the noble experiment of prohibition did more harm than good or vice versa? Explain your view by citing specific consequences of the prohibition amendment.

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Question 18

Most American writers and cultural commentator before World War I had celebrated American democracy and politics. Why did the 1920s produce a cultural critic like H.L. Mencken who mocked democracy and middle American values? Was Mencken's criticism itself a healthy reflection of democracy or the sign of a dangerous cynicism entering American life?

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Question 19

​Each of the following multiple choice questions has multiple correct responses. Select the correct responses for each of the following questions.
-In the mid-1920s the Ku Klux Klan gained considerable power by attacking

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Question 20

The Harlem Renaissance can best be described as

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The Harlem Renaissance was a cultural movement in the 1920s and 1930s centered in the primarily African American neighborhood of Harlem, New York City. It celebrated black culture and creative expression through various artistic mediums, such as literature, music, and visual arts. It was a prominent and vibrant black community that produced notable figures such as Langston Hughes, Zora Neale Hurston, and Duke Ellington.

Quiz 30: American Life in the Roaring Twenties 1920-1929

The 1920s was a time of heroes. Why? Why were Charles Lindbergh, Babe Ruth, and Henry Ford all so greatly admired in this decade? What were the similarities and differences in their appeal?

What part did African American artists, writers, and musicians play in the new culture of the 1920s? How do you explain this burst of cultural creativity at a time when most blacks were still oppressed and segregated?

​Each of the following multiple choice questions has multiple correct responses. Select the correct responses for each of the following questions. -Among the consequences of prohibition were

Describe the dominant political, cultural, and social themes of American literature in the 1920s. Explain why these literary themes and modernism captured the cultural zeitgeist of the 1920s.

The leading cultural critic of the 1920s, H.L. Mencken, attacked all of the following except

​Each of the following multiple choice questions has multiple correct responses. Select the correct responses for each of the following questions. -During the red scare

How did the rise of the mass media and marketing affect the kind of people Americans admired and imitated during the 1920s? How did the rise of the mass media, marketing, and advertising affect American consumer habits and spending during the 1920s?

List at least five major economic and/or technological developments of the 1920s. Select the three most significant ones and explain your choices.

What sparked the greater public expression of sexuality in the 1920s? Did the greater frankness about sex represent an advance for women, or did it open opportunities for exploitation of women?

In what ways did writers like F. Scott Fitzgerald, Ernest Hemingway, Langston Hughes, and Theodore Dreiser reflect the prevalent American cultural milieu of the 1920s? In what ways did these authors criticize severely particular prevalent cultural trends in America during the 1920s?

​Each of the following multiple choice questions has multiple correct responses. Select the correct responses for each of the following questions. -The postwar anxiety and intolerance of Americans in the 1920s was manifested in the

Which of the following was not among prominent African American cultural figures of the 1920s?

Do you think that the noble experiment of prohibition did more harm than good or vice versa? Explain your view by citing specific consequences of the prohibition amendment.

​Each of the following multiple choice questions has multiple correct responses. Select the correct responses for each of the following questions. -In the mid-1920s the Ku Klux Klan gained considerable power by attacking

The Harlem Renaissance can best be described as

Each of the following multiple choice questions has multiple correct responses. Select the correct responses for each of the following questions. -Among the consequences of prohibition were

Each of the following multiple choice questions has multiple correct responses. Select the correct responses for each of the following questions. -During the red scare

Each of the following multiple choice questions has multiple correct responses. Select the correct responses for each of the following questions. -The postwar anxiety and intolerance of Americans in the 1920s was manifested in the

Each of the following multiple choice questions has multiple correct responses. Select the correct responses for each of the following questions. -In the mid-1920s the Ku Klux Klan gained considerable power by attacking