Angie's quiz

During the 1920s, large numbers of Americans were able to purchase relatively expensive automobiles, appliances, and radios through the relatively new innovation of

• big box discount stores

• consumer co-ops

• special sales and price reductions at certain times of the year

• catalog sales

• installment plan credit purchases

The Scopes Trial illustrated the nation’s debate over

• religious conservatism versus modern scientific theories

• women’s suffrage versus the Cult of Domesticity

• the rural verses urban split within the nation

• immigration and fears of leftist radicals

• the proper role of government and the New Deal

Which of the following trials best illustrates the religious conflict in the 1920’s between fundamentalism and modernism?

• The Scottsboro trial

• The Leopold-Loeb trial

• The Albert B. Fall Trial

• The Sacco-Vanzetti trial

• The John T. Scopes trial

The Sacco and Vanzetti trial, conviction, appeals, and executions highlighted for many observers

• the intensity with which the American public followed lurid news stories

• the flaws in the American justice system

• the hypocrisy of Americans

• the public's fears of foreigners and Communists

• the ongoing clash between religion and science

Marcus Garvey is best known for

• founding the National Association for the Advancement of Colored People

• spearheading the anti-lynching movement

• encouraging blacks to own businesses and assisting them in the back-to-Africa movement

• fighting to end Jim Crow segregation

• promoting African American music and culture

American writers of the 1920s have often been called the "lost generation" because they

• were politically conservative in a radical era

• found it difficult to get their work published

• failed to achieve fame in their lifetime

• were disillusioned with the course of American life

• preferred to write for a European rather than an American audience

Which of the following did the Ku Klux Klan support?

• pacifism

• catholicism

• prohibition

• Integration

• Birth Control

The flappers of the 1920’s challenged traditional American attitudes about women by supporting

• gender equality in salaries

• greater freedom in manner of dress and moral behavior

• an equal rights amendment

• a federal law to establish prenatal clinics in rural areas

• a federal birth control and abortion rights protection law

Langston Hughes was a leading figure in which of the following?

• Harlem Renaissance

• efforts to promote efficiency by eliminating wasted motion

• The beginning of the NAACP

• An outpouring of Black artistic and literary creativity

• The establishment of motion picture palaces

Which of the following best describes the Harlem Renaissance?

• The rehabilitation of decaying urban areas

• The most famous art show of the early twentieth century

• An outpouring of Black artistic and literary creativity

• The beginning of the NAACP

• The establishment of motion picture palaces