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CH. 10 ~ The Roaring 1920's ~ FL ~ SS.912.A.5.1 - 5.12

Total questions: 107

Worksheet time: 2hrs 59mins

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1.

The graph below provides information about the percentage of unemployed workers from 1914 to 1929. What was the primary cause of changes to the unemployment rate in the United States in 1918 and 1919?

a)

The effects of demobilization

b)

The impact of "Red Scare"

c)

The passage of the Emergency Quota Act

d)

The Bolshevik victory in the Russian Civil War

2.

What innovation in the automobile industry does this photo best illustrate?

a)

The assembly line

b)

The forty-hour week

c)

Customized production

d)

Strict worker safety rules

3.

Why were more people able to own automobiles, radios, washing machines, and other goods in the 1920s?

a)

because of advertising

b)

because of lower taxes on imports

c)

because of installment buying

d)

because the trucking industry grew

4.

Whose flight from New York to Paris, France, in 1927 persuaded people that air travel could be important?

a)

Orville and Wilbur Wright

b)

Georgia O'Keeffe

c)

Charles Lindbergh

d)

Amelia Earhart

5.

Which group did not benefit from the economic boom of the 1920s?

a)

factory workers

b)

truck drivers

c)

movie theater owners

d)

farmers

6.

What change in the 1920s caused cities to expand outward?

a)

more automobiles

b)

more immigrants

c)

more skyscrapers

d)

taller skyscrapers

7.

At whom was Prohibition aimed?

a)

immigrants who were communists

b)

people who drank alcoholic beverages

c)

soldiers returning home from war

d)

famous sports and movie stars

8.

Which of the following had the greatest influence on entertainment and the arts during the 1920s?

a)

automobiles

b)

television

c)

newspapers

d)

radio

9.

What form of music became popular in the 1920s?

a)

hip hop

b)

rock and roll

c)

country

d)

jazz

10.

Which African American became a famous writer during the Harlem Renaissance?

a)

Langston Hughes

b)

Billie Holiday

c)

Duke Ellington

d)

Bessie Smith

11.

What was the movement of people to cities called?

a)

consumer goods

b)

installment buying

c)

mechanization

d)

urbanization

12.

Making monthly payments until the full price has been paid

a)

consumer goods

b)

installment buying

c)

mechanization

d)

urbanization

13.
Who invented the assembly line and made production more efficient?
a)
FDR
b)
Thomas Edison
c)
Eli Whitney
d)
Henry Ford
14.
What is the word for anti-immigrant attitudes?
a)
isolationism
b)
Neutrality
c)
Nativism
d)
Federalism
15.
What is a tax on imports?
a)
Payroll Tax
b)
tariff
c)
Trust
d)
Pension
16.
What scandal during Warren Harding led a member of his cabinet to go to jail?
a)
Cabaret Scandal
b)
Speakeasy Scandal
c)
Teapot Dome Scandal
d)
Big Oil Scandal
17.
What did Harding promise America in the election of 1920?
a)
No income tax
b)
lower wages
c)
no immigrants
d)
Return to Normalcy
18.
What did people want the Return to Normalcy to focus on
a)
Social Issues
b)
Foreign Policy
c)
Domestic Economic Issues
d)
International Trade
19.

What was the fear of Communist infiltration of America?

a)

Red Scare

b)

Mexican Repatriation

c)

Prohibition

d)

Domino Theory

20.
What was the awakening of African-American identity, art and culture in NYC called?
a)
Tin Pan Alley
b)
Harlem Renaissance
c)
Back to Africa
d)
Garveyism
21.
What group was most influential in the passage of Prohibition?
a)
Immigrants
b)
Women
c)
Children
d)
Laborers
22.
What was the name of the migration of African-Americans to the North called?
a)
Great Migration
b)
Racial Riots
c)
Back to Africa
23.

What did the 18th Amendment do?

a)

Income Tax

b)

Women's Suffrage

c)

Prohibition ban alcohol

d)

lowers voting age to 18

24.
What was one major result of Prohibition?
a)
No one drank in USA
b)
Lower immigration rates
c)
Rise in organized crime or mafia
d)
increased taxes for government
25.
What were the secret clubs that sold alcohol called?
a)
Markets
b)
Bootleggers
c)
Speakeasies
d)
Hideaways
26.

What did the 21st Amendment do?

a)

Ended prohibition/18th Amendment

b)

Created the draft

c)

Women's sffrage

d)

Presidents get 2 terms of office

27.

Who were the women who fought traditional values during the 1920s?

a)

Flappers

b)

Suffragettes

c)

Temperance Women

d)

Business Owners

28.

Presidents Harding and Coolidge favored policies that

a)

supported the growth of business

b)

encouraged activism

c)

brought about social reform

d)

discouraged laissez faire

29.

At its heart, the Scopes Trial was a clash between

a)

religion and science

b)

biology and science

c)

evolution and science

d)

education and science

30.

How was Henry Ford able to reduce the sale price of the Model T?

a)

with the use of the assembly line

b)

changing locations

c)

importing all raw materials

d)

increasing the wages of his workers

31.

Which of these limited immigration during the 1920s?

a)

National Origins Act

b)

KKK

c)

Scientific Management

d)

The Great Migration

32.

Involved transferring oil reserves from the Interior Department to private companies for profit

a)

Teapot Dome Scandal

b)

Scopes Trial

c)

Great Migration

d)

Jazz Age

33.

Italians convicted of murder mainly because they were foreigners.

a)

Sacco & Vanzetti

b)

Scopes & Darrow

c)

Bryan & Darrow

d)

Mario & Luigi

34.

Period in the 1920s when suspected communists and other radicals were arrested due to the fear of the spread of communism.

a)

Red Scare

b)

Teapot Dome Scandal

c)

Scopes Trial

d)

KKK

35.

Disillusioned poets and novelists who wrestled with the meaning of war and life.

a)

Lost Generation

b)

Harlem Renaissance

c)

flappers

d)

The Great Gatsby

36.

What type of economy did the US have in the 1920s?

a)

laissez faire capitalism

b)

socialsim

c)

communism

d)

command economy

37.
This Jazz musician would become the most popular jazz musician of his time.
a)
Paul Lawrence Dunbar
b)
Eugene O'Neill
c)
Louis Armstrong
d)
Ernest Hemingway
38.
Movies without sound were called _______.
a)
Talkies
b)
Motion pictures
c)
Silent movies
d)
Features
39.
Movies with sound were called ______.
a)
features
b)
talkies
c)
pictures
d)
films
40.
Who was one of the most famous baseball players during the 1920s?
a)
Babe Ruth
b)
Gertrude Ederle
c)
Amelia Earhart
41.
Who became the first woman to fly across the Atlantic Ocean in 1928?
a)
Amelia Earhart
b)
Charles Lindbergh
c)
Bessie Smith
42.
What were the Charleston, Lindy Hop, and the Jitterbug?
a)
Popular people during the 1920s
b)
Popular places during the 1920s
c)
Popular dances during the 1920s
d)
Popular foods during the 1920s
43.
What was F. Scott Fitzgerald's most famous book?
a)
The Jazz Age
b)
Prohibition
c)
The Great Gatsby
44.

The 21st Amendment repealed which amendment?

a)

15

b)

3

c)

18

d)

25

45.

These people oppose organized government.

a)

Anarchists

b)

Giants fans

c)

Republicans

d)

Communists

46.

Who made the first non-stop flight across the Atlantic Ocean?

a)

Amelia Earhart

b)

Benjamin Franklin

c)

Charles Lindbergh

d)

Wright Brothers

47.

Attorney-General A. Mitchell Palmer conducted a series of raids... The most spectacular of the "Palmer Raids" occurred in January 1920.

-"Start-up of the Department and WWI, 1913-1921," U.S. Department of Labor, www.dol.gov (accessed November 21, 2013)


What was the primary reason for the raids described in this excerpt?

a)

To prevent workers from joining labor organizations

b)

To block civil rights advocates from staging public protests

c)

To suppress the teaching of evolution in college

d)

To halt the spread of communist ideas by radicals

48.

Cartoons such as this one took the position that deportation was necessary because-

a)

assimilation programs in the United States had been unsuccessful

b)

economic decline had increased the competition for jobs

c)

communists were infiltrating the United States

d)

political machines had too much power in urban areas

49.

America's present need is not heroics but healing;... not revolution but restoration;... not submergence in internationality but sustainment in triumphant nationality.

-Warren G. Harding, presidential campaign speech, 1920-


This excerpt illustrated Harding's campaign promise to be a president who would-

a)

help the country recover from the turmoil of the previous decade

b)

refuse to allow the continuation of laissez-faire economic policies

c)

use diplomacy to establish alliances with other countries

d)

improve economic growth by promoting unrestricted immigration

50.

During the 1920s, Clarence Darrow and William Jennings Bryan were most closely identified with the-

a)

increased use of credit by US consumers

b)

development of new forms of popular entertainment

c)

decline of public support for Progressive reforms

d)

conflict between modernism and traditionalism

51.

Why did the "Return to Normalcy" agenda of US presidential candidate Warren G. Harding appeal to many voters in the 1920s election?

a)

The public wanted to help build war torn countries.

b)

There were significant shortages of military supplies.

c)

There was a decrease in demand for consumer goods.

d)

The public wanted to concentrate on domestic economic issues.

52.

This 1924 cartoon satirizes a scandal that led to-

a)

public disappointment over revelations of government corruption

b)

widespread dissatisfaction with a lack of economic development

c)

public frustration with government neglect of the working class

d)

widespread anger over excessive partisan politics

53.

Which headline describes a consequence of the Teapot Dome scandal?

a)

A

b)

B

c)

C

d)

D

54.

Which of the following identifies two effects of the Harlem Renaissance?

a)

o Increased geographic concentration of African Americans

o Increased popularity of venues featuring African American Artists

b)

o Founding of colleges for African Americans

o Founding of the Socialist Party

c)

o Founding of Tuskegee University

o Migration of African Americans to western states

d)

o Ratification of constitutional amendments ensuring right for African Americans

o Increased support for the prohibition of alcoholic beverages

55.

Which of these cause-and-effect relationships is accurate?

a)

The ideas of social Darwinism led to the passage of Prohibition laws.

b)

The signing of the Treaty of Versailles contributed to the implementation of the New Deal.

c)

The ideas of the Harlem Renaissance influenced the growth of the Civil Rights movement.

d)

The rise of fascism in Italy influenced the onset of the Red Scare

56.

Decade with economic prosperity; led to mass consumerism Harlem Renaissance redefined arts and culture Flappers, young women with bobbed hair and short skirts, became a symbol for the era

a)

Great Depression

b)

Roaring Twenties

c)

Harlem Renaissance

d)

Social Securities

57.

Followers of a social, economic and political ideology; no social classes would exist. Historically, many Americans feared communism. WWI – Espionage Act and Sedition Act to prosecute suspected Communist. Fear fueled the Red Scare

a)

Dawes Plan

b)

Nineteenth Amendment

c)

New Deal

d)

Communists

58.

1924 – U.S plan to resolve the crippling WWI reparations that Germany was required to pay (was straining diplomacy)

Provided an end to Allied occupation of Germany and a staggered payment plan for Germany to pay reparations

a)

Dawes Plan

b)

Four Power Treaty

c)

New Deal

d)

Dust Bowl

59.

1922 – raised tariffs on imported goods to protect American factories and farms (policy of protectionism)which made it difficult for European nations to trade, impacted their ability to pay their war debts

a)

Volstead Act

b)

National Labor Relations Act

c)

Fordney-McCumber Act

d)

Neutrality Act

60.

Eighteenth Amendment - banned the sale and import of alcoholic beverages; passed in 1920 Protestants, Progressives and women led the movement Led directly to the rise of organized crime Twenty-first Amendment repealed this ban (1933)

a)

Prohibition

b)

Red Scare

c)

Rosewood Incident

d)

Sit-down Strike

61.

Cultural period during the 1920s which brought new styles of dance and music Credited to African-American’s new musical techniques blended with African traditions

a)

Red Scare

b)

Jazz Age

c)

Black Tuesday

d)

New Deal

62.

Decade with economic prosperity; led to mass consumerism


Harlem Renaissance redefined arts and culture


Flappers, young women with bobbed hair and short skirts, became a symbol for the era

a)

Great Depression

b)

Roaring Twenties

c)

Harlem Renaissance

d)

Social Securities

63.

1932 – 1939 – devastating economic downturn that saw stock prices fall, businesses fail and large-scale unemployment in Europe and U. S.


F.D.R. implemented a “New Deal” plan to put the nation back to work

a)

Great Depression

b)

New Deal

c)

Communists

d)

NAACP

64.

Followers of a social, economic and political ideology; no social classes would exist.


Historically, many Americans feared communism.


WWI – Espionage Act and Sedition Act to prosecute suspected Communist.


Fear fueled the Red Scare

a)

Dawes Plan

b)

Nineteenth Amendment

c)

New Deal

d)

Communists

65.

1924 – U.S plan to resolve the crippling WWI reparations that Germany was required to pay (was straining diplomacy)


Provided an end to Allied occupation of Germany and a staggered payment plan for Germany to pay reparations

a)

Dawes Plan

b)

Four Power Treaty

c)

New Deal

d)

Dust Bowl

66.

1922 – raised tariffs on imported goods to protect American factories and farms (policy of protectionism)


Made made it difficult for European nations to trade, impacted their ability to pay their war debts


Allowed for growth of monopolies in the U.S. Industry

a)

Volstead Act

b)

National Labor Relations Act

c)

Fordney-McCumber Act

d)

Neutrality Act

67.

Cultural period during the 1920s which brought new styles of dance and music


Credited to African-American’s new musical techniques blended with African traditions


Spread by rise of radio broadcast to white middle class

a)

Red Scare

b)

Jazz Age

c)

Black Tuesday

d)

New Deal

68.

Eighteenth Amendment - banned the sale and import of alcoholic beverages; passed in 1920


Protestants, Progressives and women led the movement


Led directly to the rise of organized crime


Twenty-first Amendment repealed this ban (1933)

a)

Prohibition

b)

Red Scare

c)

Rosewood Incident

d)

Sit-down Strike

69.

Fear of communism spread after Russia overthrew their Czar.


Strikes in U.S. caused fear that this was the start of a communist revolution.


Led to exaggerated charges, illegal search and seizures, unwarranted arrests and anti-immigration nativism.

a)

Fordney-McCumber Act

b)

Red Scare

c)

Dawes Plan

d)

Kellog-Briand Pact

70.

Italian immigrants arrested, tried and executed for murdering a guard & robbing a shoe factory.


Convicted on circumstantial evidence; conviction was more about their radical anarchists and pro-union beliefs.


Even though someone else confessed to the crime, their case was not retried or overturned

a)

Sacco and Vanzetti

b)

Dawes Plan

c)

Communists

d)

Black Tuesday

71.

Shocked U.S. citizens by revealing corruption and greed within the federal government


Bribery scandal involved leased petroleum reserves to private oil companies without competitive bidding


Damaged the reputation of the Harding Administration

a)

Teapot Dome

b)

Communists

c)

Four Power Treaty

d)

Dawes Plan

72.

Treaty signed by the United States, United Kingdom, France and Japan in 1921.


All agreed to maintain the Pacific territories of the other countries and to not seek further territorial expansion


Agreed to go in conference to deal with disagreements

a)

Volstead Act

b)

Big Four

c)

Four Power Treaty

d)

Tennessee Valley Authority

73.

1928 – international agreement between 62 countries to outlaw war; a “faith” pact


Included Germany as an equal partner; unlike the Versailles

Treaty


Indicated that Germany was seen as a serious power that could be trusted

a)

Kellog-Briand Pact

b)

Dawes Plan

c)

Volstead Act

d)

National Recovery Act

74.

Based on belief that the U. S. should stay out of European conflicts; isolationist response


Imposed a ban on shipments of war materials.


Limited U. S. ability to aid Britain and France against Nazi Germany; seen by many as a negative result

a)

New Deal

b)

Social Security

c)

Communists

d)

Neutrality Act

75.

1921-1922, world’s largest naval powers gathered to discuss naval disarmament & ways to relieve tensions in East Asia


Leaders sought to prevent another war


Resulted in the Five-Power, Four-Power and Nine-Power Treaty; served to uphold the status quo in the Pacific

a)

Kellog-Briand Pact

b)

Washington Naval Conference

c)

Four Power Treaty

d)

Teapot Dome

76.

Founded in 1915 during WWI; Jane Addams was its 1st president


Brought diverse women together to work toward world peace; disarmament and abolition of violence


Lobbied governments on international, national & local levels

a)

Washington Naval Conference

b)

Kellog-Briand Pact

c)

Roaring Twenties

d)

Women's International League for Peace and Freedom

77.

1919 – banned the manufacturing, sale or transporting of alcohol


Supported by Progressives


Later repealed

a)

18th Admendment

b)

19th Amendment

c)

21st Amendment

d)

13th Amendment

78.

Emerged following WWI; reaction to modernism


Rejected the “Roaring Twenties” and all they represented

Attempted to restore old morals and Protestant religious values


Believed the Bible was literal; rejected evolution theory; led to John Scopes’ “Monkey Trial”

a)

Teapot Dome

b)

Fundamentalist Movement

c)

Harlem Renaissance

d)

Neutrality Act

79.

Period of growth and celebration of African-American culture; artistic creativity in art, music and literature

Originated in Harlem, New York; spread across the country

Began to promote ideas and beliefs later seen in the Civil Rights movement

a)

Fundamentalist

b)

Teapot Dome

c)

Harlem Renaissance

d)

Dawes Plan

80.

National Association for the Advancement of Colored People


Sought full social and economic equality for African Americans


Concentrated on litigation to overturn disenfranchisement of blacks established by Jim Crow statutes

a)

ACLU

b)

NAACP

c)

ESE

d)

TPT

81.

Suffrage for women

Established that no state could deny a citizen the right to vote based on gender

Which Amendment?

a)

19th

b)

18th

c)

13th

d)

21st

82.

1923 – attack on an African-American town; massacring and driving residents out permanently


Incited by rumors of a white women attacked by a black man


No one was charged in the incident; nine survivors were compensated by the Florida legislature in 1944

a)

Fundamentalist Movement

b)

Harlem Renaissance

c)

Volstead Act

d)

Rosewood Incident

83.

Civilized Indian tribes from Georgia and Florida that joined together for protection


Lived in Northern Florida, when Americans attacked, they retreated into the Everglades


Many were forced to move to Oklahoma reservations on the disgraceful Trail of Tears when U.S. wanted their homelands

a)

Seminole Indians

b)

Creek Indians

c)

Apalachee Indians

d)

Timucua Indians

84.

A nationalist organization founded in 1914 by Marcus Garvey


Worked for the advancement of people of African descent around the world


“One God! One Aim! One Destiny!; worked to help relocate some African-American to African settlements

a)

NAACP

b)

BLU

c)

Negro Improvement Association

d)

TPT

85.

Formally the National Prohibition Act; enacted in 1919


Provided support to enforce the Eighteenth Amendment; prohibiting the manufacture and sale of alcoholic beverages

a)

Prohibition Act

b)

Volstead Act

c)

Rosewood Incident

d)

Teapot Dome

86.

Much of the economic growth of the 1920's was based on?

a)

increased trade with other nations

b)

the production of the new consumer goods

c)

rising prices of agriculture products

d)

the rapid development of the West

87.

How did the policies of Presidents Harding and Coolidge reflect a change of direction in the U.S politics?

a)

They rejected social reform in favor of laissez-faire economics and support for big business

b)

both increased the taxes for the wealthy

c)

they favored income tax and rejected low taxes on individuals and corporations

d)

they promoted increased involvement in world-affairs

88.

What did the rejection of the League of Nations, the higher tariffs imposed be the Fordney-McCumber Act, and the Emergency Quota Act all point to during the early 1920's

a)

Increasing Militarism

b)

Increasing imperialism

c)

Increasing isolationism

d)

increasing internationalism

89.

In the 1920's, which US action furthered the goal of international peace?

a)

joining a league to secure military cooperation

b)

holding a conference to renounce imperialism

c)

advocating a policy to promote isolationism

d)

signing the Kellogg-Briand Pact to outlaw armed conflicts

90.

What did the Washington Naval Conference, the Nine-Power treaty, and the Kellogg-Briand pact have in common?

a)

they were attempts at promoting world peace without the League of Nations

b)

they were created secret alliances between the former Allied and Central powers

c)

they were a series of naval disarmament treaties involving the allied powers of World War 1

d)

they were disarmament treaties that limited the number of tanks and the use of poison gas

91.

Based on the graph, what effects did the Emergency Quota Act of 1921 and the National Origins Act of 1924 have on immigration levels in the United States?

a)

together they held immigration levels for several years

b)

neither reduced immigration substantially

c)

together they reduced immigration

d)

together they reduced immigration for a time, but it rebounded in ten years

92.

Which problem was demonstrated by events at Rosewood in 1923?

a)

The weakening strength of the Ku Klux Klan in southern states

b)

The continuing prevalence of racism in southern towns

c)

Racial tensions in Northern cities in the years after WW1

d)

The absence of agricultural employment in southern communities

93.

Which pair of events illustrates an accurate cause-and-effect relationship?

a)

Sacco and Vanzetti trial -> ratification of the women suffrage act

b)

Rebirth of the KKK -> Formation of the Populist Party

c)

Red Scare -> Demand for limits on immigration

d)

Cheap food prices -> Start of the great depression

94.

"I was always embarrassed by the words sacred, glorious, and sacrifice to describe the fist World war... I have seen nothing sacred, and the things that were glorious had no glory and all the sacrifices were like the meatpacking stockyards at Chicago if nothing was done with the meat except to bury it... Abstract words such as glory, honor, courage, or hallow were obscene beside the concrete names of villages, the numbers of roads, the names of rivers, the number of regiments and the dates." Ernest Hemingway, A Farewell to Arms


Of which of the literacy movements or group of this work of Ernest Hemingway representative

a)

Modernists

b)

Muckrakers

c)

Lost Generation

d)

Harlem Renaissance

95.

Why was there racial unrest in Northern cities after World War 1?

a)

African-Americans had been given the right to vote for the first time

b)

African-Americans baseball players were being allowed to play on previously all-white teams

c)

The arrival of large numbers of immigrants from Eastern Europe caused tensions with the African-Americans

d)

The migration of African-Americans and returning African-American Veterans had created a greater competition for jobs and housing

96.

What did African-American writers, artists, and musicians hope to achieve during the Harlem Renaissance?

a)

To display their ability as conscientious workers in the workplace

b)

To show that the pursuit of material success can often be lead to tragedy

c)

To demonstrate that African-Americans could produce great works of literature and art

d)

To reveal that conditions of African-Americans in the South were almost as bad as in the North

97.

What do the philosophies of the African-Americans leaders-Marcus Garvey, Booker T. Washington, and W.E.B. Dubois-suggest?

a)

African-Americans believed that racial equality could not be achieved in the US

b)

Only Booker T. Washington felt that whites would accept African-Americans as equals

c)

Conditions were generally acceptable to the African-American community as they were

d)

Frustrations with continuing inequality led African-Americans to fight discrimination in different ways

98.

What was the primary cause of the changes to the unemployment rate in the United States in 1920& 1921?

a)

The effects of demobilization

b)

the impact of the "Red Scare"

c)

The passage of the Emergency Quota Act

d)

The Bolshevik victory in the Russian Civil War

99.

Use your knowledge of U.S. history and the political cartoon below to select which statement best summarizes the economic relationship between the U.S. and Europe

during the 1920's.

a)

Regardless of the fact that our market was in short supply of numerous goods post WWI, we suggested open door policies with European countries.

b)

As European countries struggled to recover post-WWI, they approached a dominate U.S. market that was in possession of numerous supplies

c)

Although Europe countries established a stable economic market post-WWI, they

approached the U.S. with a need for agricultural items.

d)

European countries refused to trade agricultural goods with U.S. post-WWI due to the

fact that Russia was omitted from the Treaty of Versailles

100.

What factor contributing to Florida's growth in the 1920's is missing from the graphic above?

a)

Real Estate Boom

b)

Decreasing levels of crime

c)

Grand opening of Walt Disney World

d)

Increasing cultural diversity

101.

Which event do these newspapers describe?

a)

Cold War

b)

Red Scare

c)

Prohibition

d)

Great Migration

102.

The controversies surrounding these issues were all signs of what aspect of American life?

a)

The need for government intervention during economic crises

b)

The benefits of new technologies introduced by popular inventors

c)

The tension between traditional and modern values and beliefs

d)

The importance of fighting against communism at home and abroard

103.

One of the most promising of the young Negro poets said to me once, “I want to be a poet—not a Negro poet”. . . And I was sorry the young man said that, for no great poet has ever been afraid of being himself. And I doubted then that, with his desire to run away spiritually from his race, this boy would ever be a great poet.


Based on the excerpt, what advice would Langston Hughes have given to young African Americans during the Harlem Renaissance?

a)

He would have challenged them to further their literary training.

b)

He would have encouraged them to celebrate their racial identity.

c)

He would have suggested that they shape a tradition of passive resistance.

d)

He would have recommended that they promote a tradition of racial tolerance.

104.

What do the philosophies of these three African-American leaders suggest?

a)

African Americans believed that racial equality could not be achieved in the United States.

b)

Only Booker T. Washington felt that whites would accept African Americans as equals.

c)

Conditions were generally acceptable to the African-American community as they were.

d)

Frustrations with continuing inequality led African Americans to fight discrimination in different ways.

105.

By using slogans like the one above, the Ku Klux Klan was attempting to gain the support of which of the following groups?

a)

Nativists

b)

Isolationists

c)

Suffragists

d)

Prohibitionists

106.

“And black men’s feet learned roads. Some said goodbye cheerfully… others fearfully, with terrors of unknown dangers in their mouths… others in their eagerness for distance said nothing. The daybreak found them gone. The wind said North. Trains said North. The tides and tongues said North, and men moved like the great herds before the glaciers .”

—Zora Neale Hurston as quoted in Sorrow’s Kitchen: the Life and Folklore of Zora Neale Hurston


What major event in American History is Florida born author Zora Neale Hurston describing in this quote?

a)

The abolishment of slavery

b)

The Great Migration

c)

The Harlem Renaissance

d)

The Red Scare

107.

The political cartoon depicts Uncle Sam in 1920.

What is the main idea of the cartoon?

a)

The land of opportunity is not for Russian immigrants.

b)

If an alien is from Latin America, he or she can be deported.

c)

Packing vicious aliens like sardines is a serious violation of human rights.

d)

Dangerous Communists and anarchists should be sent out of the country.