MODULE 7: JAZZ AGE

Question 1

Which statement best characterizes American attitudes toward the market in the 1920s?

Answer 1

An attitude of consumerism dominated the decade.

Question 2

What is one way that the popularity of the automobile in the 1920s impacted American culture?

Answer 2

More Americans took vacations.

Question 3

In what way did new radio programs of the 1920s such as Amos and Andy contribute to anti-Black racism?

Answer 3

They perpetuated stereotypes of Black people as conniving and untrustworthy.

Question 4

Barnstorming was a common activity for pilots in the 1920s. What is the best description of this activity?

Answer 4

A rousing show to demonstrate pilots’ skills.

Question 5

In what significant way did the usefulness of aviation change during the 1920s and 1930s?

Answer 5

Passenger flights became commercially viable.

Question 6

Which statement best characterizes American attitudes toward the market in the 1920s?

Answer 6

An attitude of consumerism dominated the decade.

Question 7

What is one way that the popularity of the automobile changed life for many Black Americans?

Answer 7

Many Black Americans moved from the South to Detroit to work in one of Ford’s factories.

Question 8

Which then-new technology transformed American culture during the 1920s?

Answer 8

the radio

Question 9

What is one example of White Americans engaging with Black culture in the 1920s?

Answer 9

The growing popularity of Jazz music.

Question 10

What is one example of anti-Black racism in popular entertainment of the 1920s?

Answer 10

The prevalent use of blackface.

Question 11

Which of the following best describes Henry Ford’s philosophy toward workers on his assembly line?

Answer 11

Pay workers high enough wages to buy an automobile for themselves.

Question 12

What is one way that the popularity of radio had an impact on American culture during the Jazz Age?

Answer 12

It diminished regional accents and slang.

Question 13

As opposed to more conventional racial violence in the Jim Crow era, what made the Tulsa Massacre unique?

Answer 13

The use of military-grade weapons such as machine guns and airplanes.

Question 14

Which route might a Black family undertaking the “Great Migration” in the 1910s and 1920s take?

Answer 14

Alabama to Detroit.

Question 15

What was the Great Migration?

Answer 15

refers to movement from the South and into Northeastern and Midwestern cities. Thus, Alabama to Detroit is one plausible route for the Great Migration.

Question 16

The fundamentalism at the heart of the Scopes or “Monkey” trial was a reaction against what set of ideas?

Answer 16

Modern religious ideas which saw the Bible as metaphorical.

Question 17

What is one way that the Ku Klux Klan in the 1920s was different from the original Klan of the 1860s?

Answer 17

The Klan achieved popularity outside the South.

Question 18

What was one benefit that Northern cities of the Jazz Age could offer Black Americans, which Southern cities could not?

Answer 18

The opportunity for greater political engagement.

Question 19

What false rumor led to the violence of the Tulsa Massacre in 1921?

Answer 19

A Black man had assaulted a White woman.
The riot began when a 19-year-old Black man was falsely accused of sexually assaulting a White woman.

Question 20

What is one important consequence of the “Great Migration” that Black families undertook in the 1910s and 1920s?

Answer 20

The Harlem Renaissance.

Question 21

Which division in American society did the Scopes or “Monkey” Trial of 1925 highlight?

Answer 21

Urban vs. Rural values

Question 22

What was one important consequence of the Scopes or “Monkey” trial?

Answer 22

Fundamentalism seemed discredited and retreated from the public view.

Question 23

Which description fits many of the victims of the Tulsa Massacre?

Answer 23

Well-to-do Black individuals.

Question 24

What was one positive development stemming from Prohibition?

Answer 24

A decrease in diseases such as cirrhosis.
Although alcohol was nonetheless consumed during Prohibition, limited access to intoxicating beverages led to a decline in liver diseases such as cirrhosis.

Question 25

What belief was common to the “New Negro” of the 1920s?

Answer 25

Viewing Africa as a common homeland for all Black people.
Pan-Africanism, as suggested by intellectuals such as Marcus Garvey, invigorated Black life, and instilled a pride in one’s ancestral homeland.

Question 26

What element of life for women actually declined over the course of the 1920s?

Answer 26

Voter participation.
This may seem counterintuitive, given that they had only recently had their right to vote enshrined in the 19th amendment, but voter participation declined for both men and women in the 1920s.

Question 27

How did many of the Lost Generation find inspiration for their writing?

Answer 27

Living in other countries for extended periods of time.
Many of the Lost Generation writers were expatriates who lived the high life in other countries, due in part to their disillusionment with the United States after the First World War.

Question 28

What facet of life for “New Women” of the 1920s changed the most dramatically?

Answer 28

Style and fashion.
Flappers were easily identified by their short “bob” haircuts, as well as looser styles of clothing that allowed more skin to be shown and emphasized a slender and willowy physique.

Question 29

In what areas of American culture did the Harlem Renaissance most directly contribute?

Answer 29

Figures such as Langston Hughes and Claude McKay invigorated Black New York with a vibrant flourishing of the arts.

Question 30

This movement of writers had, in the words of F. Scott Fitzgerald, “grown up to find all gods dead, all wars fought, all faith in man shaken” after World War I. What was this movement called?

Answer 30

The Lost Generation.
This quote demonstrates the disillusionment with mainstream, middle-class society that was common to the Lost Generation writers.

Question 31

How did Prohibition divide a major American political party?

Answer 31

Democrats were divided between its northern urban and Southern rural wings.
Northern Democrats were often Catholics who resented the Protestant moral reform at the heart of Prohibition.

Question 32

What traits were common to Lost Generation writers?

Answer 32

Living abroad, and disillusionment with American society.
Feeling unmoored from modern developments in American society, many writers in this clique wrote and lived in other countries.

Question 33

Which of the following best describes the scandals of the Harding administration?

Answer 33

Harding’s subordinates abused their positions for private gain.
Teapot Dome is the most well remembered of the Harding administration scandals. The Secretary of the Interior, Albert Fall, awarded a company a favorable no-bid contract for drilling oil in exchange for a princely sum of cash.

Question 34

What policies best characterize the foreign policy of Harding and Coolidge?

Answer 34

International cooperation and disarmament.
The Kellogg-Briand treaty was emblematic of these efforts. Earlier historians sometimes characterized U.S. policy during these years as “isolationism,” but the U.S. frequently engaged with other countries, albeit on its own terms and for its own interests.

Question 35

Which phrase best describes Coolidge’s guiding beliefs as president?

Answer 35

The chief business of America is business.

Question 36

What were Coolidge’s beliefs as president?

Answer 36

Coolidge believed that it was private industry, rather than the government, that was the most positive and productive force in American society.

Question 37

Which slogan best characterizes the agenda of the Warren Harding presidency?

Answer 37

Return to normalcy.
Harding believed the best course for the country was to undo the spirit of reform, experimentation, and foreign involvement that characterized his predecessor, Woodrow Wilson.

Question 38

Wynn is assigned with writing a research paper on a topic of her choice from the 1920s. Which of the following research questions is neither too narrow or too broad?

Answer 38

What was the impact of Ford’s assembly line on America’s industries and workforce?

Question 39

Katie knows that thinking critically about her sources is an important part of conducting historical research. Which of the following statements best describes the most important part of thinking critically?

Answer 39

Asking questions
Asking who, what, when, where, and why will help you understand, evaluate, and evaluate the information and ideas you are looking at.

Question 40

Leah is trying to determine if one of her sources is trustworthy and reliable. She knows she can use the CRAAP method as a way of evaluating her source. However, she can’t remember what the P stands for – what is the last criteria she should use as she determines if her source is appropriate for her research paper?

Answer 40

Purpose