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Identify and state the historical significance of the following: -Bolshevik revolution

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Most American writers and cultural commentator before World War I had celebrated American democracy and politics.Why did the 1920s produce a cultural critic like H.L.Mencken who mocked democracy and middle American values? Was Mencken's criticism itself a healthy reflection of democracy or the sign of a dangerous cynicism entering American life?

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Identify and state the historical significance of the following: -Fordism

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What were the greatest changes in religious and moral values in the 1920s? How did Americans respond to these changes?

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Identify and state the historical significance of the following: -Margaret Sanger

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The Ku Klux Klan virtually collapsed in the late 1920s when


A) the immigration restriction laws of the early 1920s were repealed.
B) the organization was publicly exposed as a corrupt and cynical racket.
C) the advent of radio led to a new level of public knowledge and tolerance.
D) the Klan proved unable to implement its program.
E) both political parties sharply criticized the Klan as un-American.

F) None of the above
G) C) and D)

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Identify and state the historical significance of the following: -F.Scott Fitzgerald

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The Immigration Act of 1924 discriminated directly against


A) Canadians and West Indians.
B) northern and western Europeans.
C) Latin Americans.
D) Jews and Muslims.
E) southern and eastern Europeans and Japanese.

F) A) and B)
G) A) and C)

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Identify and state the historical significance of the following: -United Negro Improvement Association

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Identify and state the historical significance of the following: -William Faulkner

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Top gangster Al Capone was finally convicted and sent to prison for the crime of


A) murder.
B) income tax evasion.
C) kidnapping.
D) conspiracy to violate the prohibition laws.
E) running criminal prostitution rings.

F) B) and D)
G) B) and E)

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In what ways did writers like F.Scott Fitzgerald,Ernest Hemingway,and Theodore Dreiser reflect the prevalent American culture of the 1920s? In what ways did they criticize it?

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In response to the need to develop greater and greater mass markets for their products,American business in the 1920s relied especially on the new techniques of


A) developing a large range of product variation.
B) price competition.
C) direct selling through catalogs and door-to-door solicitation.
D) consumer advertising.
E) government-backed guarantees of product performance.

F) B) and E)
G) B) and D)

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Identify and state the historical significance of the following: -red scare

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Identify and state the historical significance of the following: -Ernest Hemingway

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The Harlem Renaissance can best be described as


A) a celebration of black culture and creative expression
B) the migration of Southern blacks to northern sections of New York City
C) the movement led by Marcus Garvey
D) the effort to resist racism and segregation in the North.
E) None of these

F) B) and E)
G) B) and D)

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Identify and state the historical significance of the following: -Claude McKay

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Identify and state the historical significance of the following: -"Jelly Roll" Morton

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Identify and state the historical significance of the following: -Willa Cather

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Henry Ford's most distinctive contribution to the automobile industry was


A) installment credit buying of cars.
B) the internal combustion engine.
C) introducing a variety of automobile models with varied colors and styles.
D) design changes that improved speed.
E) production of a standardized, relatively inexpensive automobile.

F) B) and C)
G) A) and B)

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