Unit 2 Review

Unit 2 Review

This is an interactive Unit 2 Review!

Directions: Read the text carefully. Give your best attempt with each question.

​Unit 2: Contested American Identity in the Early 20th Century

Guiding Question: What did it mean to be a modern American?​

Multiple Choice

Unit 2 starts in 1877 with the end of ______________, where black people in the south were dealing with intense racism and injustices.

• ricochet

• reconstruction

• declaration

• slavery

Multiple Choice

From 1915 to about 1970, the _____ _________ took place. This was the relocation of more than 6 million African Americans migrating to big cities in the north like New York, Detroit, Chicago, Philadelphia.  

• Great Migration

• Harlem Renaissance

• Great Depression

• High Renaissance

Multiple Choice

African Americans were able to take advantage of the need for industrial workers that arose during the _____ _____ ___. 

• Great Migration

• Second World War

• First World War

• High Renaissance

They began to build a new place for themselves in public life, actively confronting racial prejudice as well as economic, political and social challenges to create a black urban culture that would exert enormous influence in the decades to come. 

African Americans as affected by the Great Migration

Open Ended

What is one noticing you have of this map of the Great Migration?

Multiple Choice

One of the most well known of these black urban culture centers was here in New York, known as the ______ ___________

• Great Migration

• High Renaissance

• Harlem Renaissance

• End of Reconstruction

A. Philip Randolph, W.E.B. Dubois, Marcus Garvey, Alaine Locke and Zora Neale Hurston. 

Notable African American thinkers from that time were:

Multiple Choice

Unfortunately, after African Americans migrated north, it was clear that there were still deep racial tensions. 

The _______ ____ _____ of 1919 is just one example of the racial tensions, where a fatal swimming incident turned into a city-wide riot with bombs and everything!

• Social Damages of Detroit

• Race Fights of Philadelphia

• New York Race Riots

• Chicago Race Riots

Multiple Choice

After World War 1 ended (1918), there was a shift in American society. Scholars refer to that change as “The ______ Age”.

• Modern

• Roaring

• New

• Great

Multiple Choice

One of the changes signifying the Modern Age was the _____-_____ ______ (where folks saw life in the city as much easier, and those in the city regarded country-folk as dirty, poor and uneducated).

• Urban-Rural Divide

• Country-City Divide

• Farmer vs. Businessman Development

Another change signifying the Modern Age was

...the development in scientific knowledge (like automobiles and movies) and the effect this new technology had on society - especially with youth (now, they were able to travel very far in a short amount of time, or view movies that transported them to see things they'd never seen before) which also resulted in a change in attitude (like women cutting their hair short or starting to show their ankles with their fashion choices).

All of that review brings us to...

TODAY!

There is one group of people left to look at before we finish off this unit. We will spend today investigating why their membership hit a historic high in the 1920's.

Open Ended

What does this graphic suggest about membership in the KKK during the 1920s?

Open Ended

What does this graphic suggest about membership in the KKK during the 1920s?

Open Ended

What questions do the graphics raise for you?