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What was life like in America during Prohibition? What groups did prohibition affect most,and why?

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Life in America during Prohibition was c...

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What developments led to a growing consumerism in America during the 1920s? What were some of the new products,how did people learn about them,and how did they manage to purchase them?

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Several developments led to a growing co...

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Who were some of the artists and writers who became expatriates in Europe during the 1920s? What were their reasons for leaving?

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The consumer economy of the United States looked very good during the 1920s,as evidenced by the fact that

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A)   unemployment was just below 10 percent on average.
B)   per capita incomes in the United States grew by about 10 percent during the decade.
C)   most people enjoyed rising wages and rising standards of living.
D)   one out of every two privately owned cars in the world belonged to Americans.
E)   industries in America produced 8 percent more during the Twenties than in the years just prior to the war.

Question 5

The Harlem Renaissance was an African American movement characterized by all of the following except

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A)   a celebration of black literary forms.
B)   a political quest for racial equality.
C)   embrace of the "new Negro".
D)   a "younger generation" of intellectuals and artists.
E)   the flowering of jazz as a musical form.

Question 6

Which of the following is not a true statement about the resurgence of the Ku Klux Klan in the 1920s?

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A)   It saw itself as the embodiment of old southern and Protestant values.
B)   It recruited members in the North and in cities.
C)   It was demonized in D.W. Griffith's film, Birth of a Nation.
D)   It was virulently anti-Catholic.
E)   It gained media attention when one of its leaders was accused of the rape and murder of a woman in Indiana.

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