WorksheetsChapter 22: A Clash of Cultures (1920-1929)
Total questions: 46
Worksheet time: 41mins
After the rationing of the war years, Americans wanted to have all the modern conveniences such as refrigerators, vacuum cleaners, electric stoves and radios.
True
False
Post-World War I economic boom did not benefit farmers because American society had moved away from an agricultural society.
True
False
The Harlem Renaissance refers to
The period when more than six million African Americans migrated out of the South.
The integration of previously all white neighborhoods and schools.
the explosion of a new urban black culture that sought to redefine itself through music, art, and literature
The explosive race riots that erupted to segregation and racial oppression.
African Americans fled from the South in pursuit of
jobs, higher wages, better benefits, bigger cities
jobs, higher wages, escape racism, better education
jobs, higher wages, more hospitable climate, escape slavery
Jobs, higher wages, escape slavery, better education
The Harlem Renaissance is a direct result of what major event?
World War I
The Emancipation Proclomation
The Roaring Twenties
The Great Migration
By far the most significant economic and social development of the early twentieth century was the widespread ownership of automobiles.
True
False
Post-World War I the United States actively practiced isolationism in an effort to concentrate on issues at home.
True
False
The mass production of automobiles changed social life by allowing people to escape the confines of urban life.
True
False
Nativism is
The belief that anyone should be allowed to come to the US
A belief that America should be for American's and not immigrants
The separation between state and federal governments
An economic system
President Coolidge was a man of honesty and a good administrator who would speak out against racial prejudices. What was his nickname?
The Sweeper
Silent Cal
The Boater
Roaring 20's Man
Which was the name of a scandal during Harding's presidency?
Business Boom Scandal
Supplemental Draft Scandal
Toaster Scandal
Teapot Dome Scandal
Which president promised a "return to normalcy"?
Taft
Hoover
Harding
Coolidge
What horrible thing happened in 1929?
The stock market crashed
Germany invaded Poland
A massive hurricane swept through Florida
Hoover was implicated in the Teapot Dome Scandal
Founder of the Universal Negro Improvement Association and leading spokesman for “Negro Nationalism” in the 1920’s. Leader of the Back-to-Africa Movement
Marcus Garvey
Langston Hughes
F. Scott Fitzgerald
Clarence Darrow
What was the title of Fitzgerald's first big commercially successful novel and why was it so successful?
The Great Gatsby; it was emblematic of the Jazz Age of the time.
This Side of Paradise; it showed the behaviors of the rebellious youth that attracted readers.
The Beautiful and Damned; because people wanted to read a story they felt reflected Fitzgerald's life.
Tender is the Night; because people expected to see romance novels from him and this was his best.
Which product was not created in the 1920s to make women’s lives easier at home?
Vacuum
Dishwasher
Television
Washing Machine
When Coolidge decided not to run for re-election, Harding would become president.
True
False
Young women in the 1920s who declared their independence from traditional values were known as __________________________.
Fads
Actresses
Flappers
Beyonce
Which ethnic group was forbidden from immigrating to the United States by the immigration laws passed in the 1920s?
Japanese
German
Serbian
French
For modernists, being completely misunderstood by their intended audience would be considered a great honor.
True
False
Perhaps the most profound discovery of the Modernist Era is ____________’s theory of relativity.
Sigmund Freud
Albert Einstein
Helmut Mudd
David Tindall
This law, passed by Congress in 1924, lowered the number of immigrants allowed from European nations to 2 percent of the number who lived in the United States as reported in the 1890 census.
The Immigration Act of 1925
Emergency Immigration Act of 1925
Non-Immigration Act of 1924
The Immigration Act of 1924
This group opposed applying modern scholarship to Biblical studies because they believed in a strict or literal interpretation of the Bible. Lead by William Jennings Bryan, they would attempt to stop the teaching of evolution in schools.
Fundamentalism
The New Klan
Nativism
Conservatism
This nationwide organization was devoted to “100 percent Americanism.” Members of this group were taught to play upon whatever prejudices were most prominent in a particular area.
Fundamentalism
The New Klan
Nativism
Conservatism
The Red Scare of 1919 and a renewal of the large-scale immigration that had been cut off during the war helped generate a renewed surge of anti-immigrant hysteria called this. This group associated the New Immigrants with radical ideas such as socialism, communism, and anarchism.
Fundamentalism
The New Klan
Nativism
Conservatism
During WWI, he would be placed in charge of the Food Administration. Mockingly referred to as the “Wonder Boy” by a former president, his predecessors doubted his ability to sustain the good times of the late 1920’s. This skepticism would prove accurate with the collapse of the Stock Market in 1929.
Herbert Hoover
Warren G. Harding
Calvin Coolidge
Woodrow Wilson
This presidential candidate was selected, not for his abilities or experience, but rather for the mere fact that he was available. His promise to “return to normalcy” reflected his unexceptional background and personality. His presidency would be considered the worst in history.
Herbert Hoover
Warren G. Harding
Calvin Coolidge
Woodrow Wilson
He was a virtuous evangelist for capitalism who would bring stability to the White House. He was a man of honesty and a good administrator who would speak out against racial prejudices. Truly changed by the death of his son, he would later not fight for reelection.
Herbert Hoover
Warren G. Harding
Calvin Coolidge
Woodrow Wilson
Believed that being misunderstood as a modern writer was a badge of honor. Words, rather than people, were the characters in this author's writing. As friends with Hemingway, this person would inform him that he was a member of the “lost” generation.
Gertrude Stein
F. Scott Fitzgerald
Sigmund Freud
Albert Einstein
Labeled as “ this voice of the generation”, this author would coin the term the “Jazz Age” and publish the novel “This Side of Paradise.”
Gertrude Stein
F. Scott Fitzgerald
Sigmund Freud
Albert Einstein
Published the groundbreaking work, The Interpretation of Dreams, in which it stressed the crucial role of the subconscious in shaping behavior and moods.
Gertrude Stein
F. Scott Fitzgerald
Sigmund Freud
Albert Einstein
During Prohibition, throughout the nation, the consumption of alcohol increased.
True
False
Because of the generally good working conditions during the 1920s?
child labor became more abundant as the need for laborers increased.
prices rose and working hours increased.
unions had a hard time recruiting members.
collective bargaining became very popular to ensure the best pay for union members.
The popular type of art that appeared in the early 1920's was known as impressionism.
True
False
The mass production of automobiles changed social life because it lead to harsher working environment which spurred the creation of new unions.
True
False
The Roaring Twenties pitted a cosmopolitan urban America against the values of an insular, rural America.
True
False
The NAACP favored legal challenges over militant protests as a way to end racial discrimination.
True
False
As president, Warren G. Harding was actually more progressive than Woodrow Wilson in his attitudes and policies toward African Americans.
True
False
