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Which amendment to the Constitution is known as the Prohibition amendment?


A) Seventeenth
B) Eighteenth
C) Nineteenth
D) Twentieth
E) Twenty-first

F) A) and B)
G) C) and D)

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Which court case or legal action brought the Fourteenth and Fifteenth Amendments back to life?


A) Abrams v. United States (1918)
B) Schenck v. United States (1917)
C) Buchanan v. Worley (1917)
D) Plessy v. Ferguson (1896)
E) Guinn v. United States (1915)

F) A) and E)
G) B) and E)

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MATCHING Match each description with the item below. -Gertrude Stein


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

K) B) and J)
L) F) and I)

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Discuss the emerging mass culture from the crucible of the Great War to the Great Depression.

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The 1920s "New Era" was created by advances in all of the following EXCEPT:


A) communications
B) transportation
C) government-funded programs
D) business organization
E) the spread of mass consumerism

F) C) and D)
G) A) and E)

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Who wrote "fed up With Jim Crow laws, / People who are cruel And afraid, / Who lynch and run, / Who are scared of me And me of them"?


A) Claude McKay
B) Jean Toomer
C) DuBose Heyward
D) Langston Hughes
E) W. E. B. Du Bois

F) B) and D)
G) A) and D)

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MATCHING Match each description with the item below. -Margaret Sanger


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

K) A) and J)
L) C) and D)

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The novel This Side of Paradise concerned:


A) immigrant life in New York City
B) the lax enforcement of Prohibition
C) modernist student life at Princeton
D) fundamentalist attacks on modernism
E) the beginnings of Miami's tourist industry

F) A) and E)
G) B) and E)

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The Roaring Twenties was dubbed the "Jazz Age" by:


A) Upton Sinclair
B) Ernest Hemingway
C) Langston Hughes
D) Louis Armstrong
E) F. Scott Fitzgerald

F) B) and C)
G) A) and E)

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The NAACP emphasized:


A) legal action against discrimination
B) the formation of a black political party
C) vocational and technical education
D) Garvey's concept of social and political separation of blacks
E) strictly black membership

F) A) and C)
G) B) and E)

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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:


A) Albert Einstein
B) Isaac Newton
C) Werner Heisenberg
D) Max Planck
E) Sir Francis Bacon

F) B) and D)
G) B) and C)

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Discuss the meaning and significance of the Harlem Renaissance.

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The Harlem Renaissance was a cultural, social, and artistic movement that took place in the 1920s in the Harlem neighborhood of New York City. It was a time of great creativity and expression for African American writers, artists, musicians, and intellectuals. The significance of the Harlem Renaissance lies in its role in challenging racial stereotypes and promoting African American culture and identity. It provided a platform for African American artists to showcase their talents and express their experiences, contributing to a broader understanding and appreciation of African American culture. The Harlem Renaissance also had a significant impact on American society as a whole, as it helped to break down racial barriers and promote greater understanding and acceptance of African American contributions to the arts and literature. It also played a key role in the development of the Civil Rights Movement, as it helped to foster a sense of pride and empowerment within the African American community. Overall, the Harlem Renaissance was a pivotal moment in American history, as it not only showcased the immense talent and creativity of African American artists, but also helped to pave the way for greater racial equality and cultural diversity in the United States.

In 1920, how many cars were registered in the United States?


A) 4 million
B) 6 million
C) 8 million
D) 10 million
E) 11 million

F) A) and E)
G) C) and D)

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The major American prophets of modernist literature lived in Europe.

A) True
B) False

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Examine and evaluate the characteristics of the African American life in the 1920s.

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Who was once known as the "Lone Eagle"?


A) W. E. B. Du Bois
B) Henry Ford
C) Charles Lindbergh
D) Woodrow Wilson
E) Marcus Garvey

F) C) and D)
G) A) and B)

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The novels of Ernest Hemingway:


A) portrayed utopian communities in a socialist society
B) attacked the corruption of machine politics in the large cities
C) traced the philosophical connections between twentieth-century America and eighteenth-century Britain
D) described the frenetic, hard-drinking lifestyle and the cult of robust masculinity that Hemingway himself epitomized
E) documented "the greatest, gaudiest spree in history"

F) D) and E)
G) A) and C)

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The Roaring Twenties pitted a cosmopolitan urban America against the values of an insular rural America.

A) True
B) False

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Conservative moralists saw the flappers as just another sign of:


A) progress
B) equality
C) women's rights
D) a degenerating society
E) the work of the devil

F) None of the above
G) C) and E)

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Which of the following did W.E.B. Du Bois say in his opposition to Marcus Garvey?


A) "We have to rid ourselves of this viper."
B) "He will help only his friends and not the great mass of black people."
C) "He thinks that black people are only good enough to be plumbers."
D) "He believes himself to be the very second coming of Christ."
E) He is "the most dangerous enemy of the Negro race. . . . He is either a lunatic or a traitor."

F) A) and D)
G) A) and E)

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