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Chapter 15: The Jazz Age, 1921—1929

The Jazz Age, 1921-1929

1
All of the following reinforced the rise of racism and nativism during the 1920s EXCEPT __________.
A)a widespread acceptance of eugenics
B)the economic recession
C)an increase in immigration in the years following World War I
D)the growing belief in creationism
2
All of the following provoked nativist fears in the Sacco and Vanzetti case EXCEPT __________.
A)the suspects were immigrants
B)the suspects were anarchists
C)the suspects were Italian
D)the suspects were laborers
3
After the passage of the National Origins Act of 1924, employers looked to __________ to provide the labor needed in the agriculture, mining, and railroad industries.
A)women
B)eastern and southern European immigrants
C)veterans of World War I
D)Mexican immigrants
4
For women of the 1920s, new fashions represented __________.
A)their traditional values
B)the nation’s growing urbanism
C)their new social, economic, and intellectual freedoms
D)the new wonders of industrialism
5
Most of the works of artists and writers of the 1920s could be characterized as __________.
A)depicting the challenges of the individual in the modern world
B)drawing inspiration from natural environments
C)attempting to convey the romanticism of the period
D)representing Americans’ return to traditional values
6
__________, one of the most famous writers of the 1920s, exposed the emptiness of modern society in his novel The Great Gatsby.
A)Ernest Hemingway
B)F. Scott Fitzgerald
C)Carl Sandburg
D)Eugene O’Neill
7
During the 1920s, the popularity of mass media, such as radio, movies, newspapers, and magazines, had the effect of __________.
A)fostering a national culture
B)making Americans feel disillusioned with urbanization
C)increasing interest in traditional values
D)creating regional barriers
8
Which theme characterized the writing of the Harlem Renaissance?
A)a desire to return to Africa
B)a call for self-reliance
C)proud defiance of racism
D)the importance of assimilating into American culture
9
African American voters __________ to elect the first African American representative in Congress from a Northern state.
A)used propaganda
B)used political lobbying
C)used the influence of the NAACP
D)voted as a bloc
10
__________ led a movement to create a settlement in Africa where African Americans could separate themselves from white society.
A)Booker T. Washington
B)Marcus Garvey
C)Langston Hughes
D)Claude McKay
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