Deck 17: African Americans and the 1920s

Question 1

How was the Klan of the 1920s different from the Reconstruction-era Klan?

A) The Klan in the 1920s was violent and all-white, whereas the Reconstruction Klan generally was not.
B) The Klan of the 1920s expanded hate targets to Catholics, Jews, and immigrants as well as blacks.
C) The Klan of Reconstruction was more of a political power.
D) The Klan was able to run a viable candidate for president in 1924.

Answer 1

The Klan of the 1920s expanded hate targets to Catholics, Jews, and immigrants as well as blacks.

Question 2

What is true about academic studies and academic views of race in the 1920s?

A) Many scholars and writers were beginning to denounce ideas of white supremacy.
B) Scholars published books warning that immigrants and people of color were "diluting" the white race.
C) Many academic reports were beginning to accept that blacks and whites were equal.
D) Academic studies tended to avoid controversy during the 1920s, especially regarding issues of race.

Answer 2

Scholars published books warning that immigrants and people of color were "diluting" the white race.

Question 3

In 1921 and in 1924,Congress restricted immigration entirely from what region?

A) Asia
B) Africa
C) Europe
D) Australia

Answer 3

Asia

Question 4

Examine Map 16-2.Why did large numbers of blacks remain in the South despite the Great Migration of the early 1900s?

Question 5

Which of the following men played a pivotal role in expanding the membership of the NAACP through the 1920s?

A) James Weldon Johnson
B) W.E.B.Du Bois
C) Marcus Garvey
D) Booker T.Washington

Question 6

How did books like The Passing of the Great Race (1916)and The Rising Tide of Color (1920)connect to white supremacy?

A) They stopped it.
B) They weakened it.
C) They strengthened it.
D) They had no impact on it.

Question 7

How did the public react to the film The Birth of a Nation?

A) Like the NAACP, American audiences praised it for stereotyping blacks.
B) It was enormously unpopular among American audiences.
C) The film occasionally incited white violence against blacks.
D) The film encouraged students to study the American Revolution.

Question 8

What did Du Bois ask for at the first Pan-African Congress?

A) the creation of a central black nation for African Americans to inhabit
B) that Africans come to America and help African Americans gain rights
C) that Africa begin a communist revolution to support the Soviet Union
D) that countries in Africa work toward taking over a state within America

Question 9

What does the publicity poster for the film The Birth of a Nation convey about the Ku Klux Klan?

A) Members of the KKK are villains who should be jailed.
B) The KKK ruined Reconstruction for the nation.
C) Members of the KKK are heroes fighting for Christianity and justice.
D) The KKK was composed of European immigrants who were un-American.

Question 10

What is the connection between ideas about race in the 1920s and U.S.immigration policy during the decade?

A) Immigrants arrived in large numbers because of relaxed ideas about race.
B) The U.S.immigration service prevented Europeans but not Asians from arriving.
C) Congress acted on racist ideas to pass very restrictive immigration laws.
D) The President of the United States opened the U.S.border to free Mexican immigration.

Question 11

What led to the decline of the Ku Klux Klan in the 1920s?

A) People across the country began to see them as common terrorists and many began to denounce their ideas of racism.
B) Its leaders began to fight among themselves; also, a Klan leader was convicted of raping a young white woman who later died.
C) The Great Depression limited income, so many whites could no longer afford the expensive membership.
D) The Supreme Court declared it a dangerous, subversive organization.

Question 12

What organization reemerged shortly after the release of the movie The Birth of a Nation?

A) the NAACP
B) the Ku Klux Klan
C) Actors Against Racism
D) the first motion picture rating organization

Question 13

What author influenced Marcus Garvey's early ideas about changing the situation of blacks?

A) W.E.B.Du Bois
B) Teddy Roosevelt
C) Frederick Douglass
D) Booker T.Washington

Question 14

How did the NAACP respond when the sound version of The Birth of a Nation was released in 1930?

A) It celebrated the improved version of the film.
B) It renewed its opposition to the film.
C) It ignored the release of the film.
D) Its members attacked theaters showing the film.

Question 15

What organization did Marcus Garvey form in Jamaica in 1914?

A) the Universal Negro Improvement Association
B) the NAACP
C) the World Negro Association
D) the Congress of Racial Equality

Question 16

Why did the Ku Klux Klan work to prohibit alcohol?

A) The organization wanted to appeal to blacks.
B) The organization wanted to distance itself from white women.
C) The organization associated alcohol with a loose and immoral lifestyle.
D) The organization wanted to reach out to southern European immigrants.

Question 17

How are the NAACP and the 1915 film The Birth of a Nation related?

A) The NAACP collaborated with the filmmakers.
B) The NAACP refused to get involved in the controversy surrounding the film.
C) The NAACP voluntarily paid people to promote the film for its focus on racial equality and black success.
D) The NAACP had the film banned in a few cities but probably publicized it indirectly to a wider audience.

Question 18

What was the ultimate result of the Dyer anti-lynching bill?

A) It was the first piece of legislation to make lynching a federal crime, and lynchings greatly declined after this law was instituted.
B) It was very unpopular and it was never allowed to be discussed in the House.
C) Although the NAACP gained publicity for the anti-lynching crusade, the bill ultimately failed.
D) Although it passed, it was a very weak law and had no effect on slowing the tide of lynching.

Question 19

What was the relationship between native-born Protestant white women and the Ku Klux Klan?

A) they did not support the Klan
B) they formed separate auxiliary Klan units
C) they formed Klan units with black women
D) they did not allow their female children to serve in Klan groups

Question 20

What did the film Birth of a Nation depict?

A) Birth of a Nation was an incredibly racist film that portrayed blacks as either ignorant or immoral; it glorified the Ku Klux Klan
B) Birth of a Nation was a film about the American Revolution, as seen through the eyes of a black slaver.
C) Birth of a Nation was the first film directed, written, and produced by blacks; it attempted to glorify black patriots' military service during World War I.
D) Birth of a Nation was an accurate, although somewhat romanticized, portrayal of Reconstruction.

Question 21

Examine the Voices passage that appears under the heading "The Negro National Anthem" in Chapter 17.What is the subject of James Weldon Johnson's "Lift Every Voice and Sing"?

A) the black desire for a return to Africa
B) the black desire for supremacy over whites
C) the black desire for a more hopeful future after the experience of a challenging past
D) the black desire for segregated social services in order to avoid racist southern whites

Question 22

What idea did works like Color Struck and The Blacker the Berry… reflect?

A) Blacks, if given the opportunity, could excel in America.
B) Many black people also had color prejudices against darker-skinned blacks.
C) Slaves were constantly beaten, and degraded.
D) Most black intellectuals were leaning toward communism as a solution to black problems.

Question 23

How is Paul Robeson an example of black artistic development during the Harlem Renaissance?

A) He painted famous whites.
B) He sculpted famous blacks.
C) He ran integrated nightclubs.
D) He acted in major theatrical productions.

Question 24

What was the "Harlem Renaissance"?

A) a time when historic buildings in Harlem were given great attention
B) a brief time when blacks in Harlem had equal social rights to whites
C) a name given to the time period when Harlem was part of the New York colony
D) an outpouring of literary and artistic work from blacks during the 1920s

Question 25

Which was the most famous Harlem nightspot?

A) Ellington's
B) the Cotton Club
C) Connie's Inn
D) Sugar Cane

Question 26

What did Du Bois and Garvey,as well as other black leaders,have in common?

A) They had very little in common-they differed on just about every issue during the time.
B) They accepted segregation in America.
C) They shared a great interest in Africa and trying to improve or eliminate colonial rule.
D) They thought that working through the court system was the best way to win rights for blacks

Question 27

What benefits did Marcus Garvey and his ideas bring to many black people?

A) His organization brought direct economic benefits to blacks, providing a minimum income to all members of the UNIA, regardless of class or race.
B) Garvey brought spiritual salvation to his followers, as he was primarily a Baptist minister.
C) Garvey's ideas brought an opportunity to celebrate black culture, history, and heritage.
D) Garvey brought few benefits to his members, as his organization was always very small and extreme.

Question 28

What was true about the Cotton Club?

A) It was generally a black club with few whites allowed.
B) Blacks performed there but were not allowed entrance as customers.
C) It was known for its interracial character and its anti-discriminatory policies.
D) It was not very popular because it was in Harlem, and whites were afraid to travel there.

Question 29

What was the "Niggerati," according to Zora Neale Hurston?

A) white people who read and supported black literature
B) her black literary colleagues in the Harlem Renaissance
C) white racists
D) blacks who were racist against darker-skinned black people

Question 30

How did the Pullman Company respond to Randolph's attempt to make gains for the porters?

A) Because they realized the union represented all of their porters, they had no choice but to give in to some demands.
B) The Pullman Company fired those who were in the union and established their own alternative company union.
C) The company gave the workers more dignity when management adopted the slogan "Service not servitude."
D) They called in the National Guard.

Question 31

Why was the Pullman Company an early area for black labor organizing?

A) The company provided the lowest wages available for any blacks.
B) By the 1920s, it was the largest employer of black people in America.
C) They utilized blacks' educational skills in engineering and developing technology for railroads.
D) They were not discriminatory and allowed blacks great freedom in their jobs.

Question 32

What was true about the formal education of many black writers and artists of the Harlem Renaissance?

A) They were generally very poorly educated but made great strides in art and literature.
B) Many of them went to elite schools at a time when any college education was rare.
C) Generally, they had high-school educations but little additional schooling.
D) They felt that education for blacks was useless because they were confined to menial jobs.

Question 33

What is true about the occupations of black people after World War I and the Great Migration?

A) A great majority of blacks were now employed in industrial trades.
B) Almost all black industrial workers were union members.
C) Most black people were still employed in agricultural work or domestic service.
D) Many African Americans had college educations and were employed as managers.

Question 34

Why did the Harlem Renaissance end?

A) Racists began an influential campaign against art and literature.
B) The great artists of the period began to die off.
C) The Great Depression devastated book sales across the country.
D) Artists' disagreements over the role of literature became very heated, and they split apart.

Question 35

What was A.Philip Randolph's political orientation?

A) Democrat
B) Republican
C) Socialist
D) Randolph voted for whomever would support blacks.

Question 36

What is the connection between black radicalism in the U.S.and the Caribbean during the 1920s?

A) Black radicalism made no gains in the U.S.during the era.
B) Black radicalism disappeared because of police action against activists.
C) Some black radicals in the U.S., such as Marcus Garvey, were from Jamaica.
D) Some black radicals in the U.S.were banished to various Caribbean islands.

Question 37

How did Pullman porters react to the difficulties of their jobs?

A) Pullman porters were generally very uneducated and did not know how to change their situation.
B) Pullman porters formed a union to improve their situation.
C) The porters sometimes burned entire trains.
D) The porters tried to work behind the scenes, very quietly, to try to get helpful legislation passed by Congress.

Question 38

What images are conveyed in the 1937 Aaron Douglas painting Aspects of Negro Life?

A) black musicians and the KKK
B) black athletes involved in various sports
C) black children attending integrated schools
D) black life in the new African colony of Liberia

Question 39

How is James Weldon Johnson an example of civil rights leadership during the 1920s?

A) He was a black labor union president.
B) He was a star athlete who fought for integration.
C) He was a field secretary of the NAACP.
D) He was a Harlem Renaissance artist who fought for the inclusion of black art in museums.

Question 40

Which of the following types of discrimination did Pullman porters not face?

A) Customers called all porters by the same name, regardless of their real name.
B) They often had to purchase supplies and uniforms themselves.
C) They were paid less than white workers and were required to complete some job duties without pay.
D) They often were discriminated against within the black community as porters were considered lowly.

Question 41

The biggest obstacle faced by black baseball leagues was the lack of what item to play ball?

A) balls
B) bats
C) gloves
D) fields and stadiums

Question 42

Rent parties that served food,alcohol,and music in black Harlem never raised enough money to pay the next month's rent.

Question 43

The Urban League persuaded the Department of Labor during World War I to establish a Division of Negro Economics to advise the secretary of labor on issues involving black workers.

Question 44

By the World War I years, the NAACP and the Urban League regularly appealed to employers and unions to accept black laborers.

Question 45

Thomas Dixon's 1905 novel The Clansman is an example of racist literature that influenced white Americans to hate African Americans during the era.

Question 46

What was the result of black efforts to field black baseball teams in the 1920s?

A) The leagues folded by 1930.
B) The leagues surpassed attendance at white games.
C) The leagues thrived with black players and fans.
D) The leagues were banned by major league baseball.

Question 47

The Great Depression of the 1930s expanded job opportunities among the Brotherhood of Sleeping Car Porters.

Question 48

Black men were banned from which sport in 1887?

A) football
B) basketball
C) baseball
D) hockey

Question 49

What does the photograph of Noble Sissie and Eubie Blake that appears in Chapter 17 reveal about black entertainment during the 1920s?

A) Black entertainers had started to transition away from stereotypical dress and roles.
B) Black entertainers had to embrace the Jim Crow era's stereotype of subservience.
C) Black entertainers decided to remove themselves from the Broadway spotlight.
D) Black entertainers to remove black women from their acts.

Question 50

The success of the black Broadway musical Shuffle Along included a stint of 504 performances.

Question 51

What was one of the differences between white and black clubs in Harlem?

A) The black clubs were less expensive.
B) The white clubs refused to allow blacks to come in as customers.
C) The white clubs often had bands playing in smoke-filled rooms, while the black clubs disallowed dance numbers.
D) Some black clubs stayed open past the closing hour of 3:00 a.m.

Question 52

What is the linkage among the Great Depression,Rube Foster,and the Negro League system?

A) The onset of the Depression helped both Foster and the league system to thrive.
B) The onset of the Depression had no impact on either Foster or the league system.
C) The onset of the Depression and the death of Foster disrupted the league system.
D) The onset of the Depression killed the league system: games had to be cancelled due to lack of funding.

Question 53

In 1901 Baltimore Orioles manager John J.McGraw signed a black man,Charlie Grant,to play second base,claiming he was of what ethnicity?

A) white
B) black
C) Asian
D) Native American

Question 54

In 1919 in the Chicago Defender argued for a baseball league for what race or ethnicity of Americans?

A) white
B) black
C) Asian
D) Native American

Question 55

What was the relationship between white basketball coaches and the Big Ten regarding black players?

A) The coaches would accept black players for only one season.
B) The coaches would accept black players but not play them.
C) The coaches would accept only black players for their teams.
D) The coaches would not accept black players on their teams.

Question 56

Which of the following is true about amateur sports during the 1910s and 1920s?

A) Black players on white teams rarely felt discrimination from fans or other athletes.
B) Amateur sports were more rigidly segregated than professional sports.
C) Amateur sports at black colleges were very popular and well attended.
D) Amateur sports were almost nonexistent and died out before 1900.

Question 57

In 1923 Jean Toomer published Cane,a collection of stories and poetry about southern black life.

Question 58

Who was Andrew "Rube" Foster?

A) a white pitcher during the 1910s
B) the man behind the formation of the White National League
C) founder of the Negro National League
D) head of the National Hockey Association

Question 59

Racism in American society during the 1920s found expression primarily in one form.

Question 60

In 1918 Urban League officials met with Samuel Gompers,the longtime president of the AFL,and he agreed to bring more black people into the federation,but there were few tangible results.

Question 61

The first black man to be signed by a major league baseball team was Charlie __________.

Question 62

The Ku Klux Klan became a potent political force in the states of Indiana,Oklahoma,and __________during the 1920s.

Question 63

Why did many white Americans feel that the United States was under siege in the 1910s and the 1920s?

Question 64

What serious cultural developments did African-American writers accomplish prior to the 1920s and the Harlem Renaissance?

Question 65

The son of former slaves,Carter G.__________ earned a Ph.D.in history from Harvard and went on to found the Association for the Study of Negro Life and History.

Question 66

Two well-known white athletes during the 1920s were Babe __________ and Jack __________.

Question 67

How did the release of the film The Birth of a Nation impact whites in the U.S?

Question 68

In the early 1900s,people of African descent from sub-Saharan Africa developed the __________-__________ movement which emphasized their identity,shared experiences,and the need to liberate Africa from its European colonizers.

Question 69

The concept of the __________ Age during the 1920s included the founding of new forms of cultural expression in music,arts,and literature.

Question 70

The Brotherhood of Sleeping Car Porters was led by A.Phillip __________ in 1925.

Question 71

What is the relationship between whites and the Harlem Renaissance?

Question 72

Why did the Pullman porters organize into a union? How did they address difficulties presented by white-owned corporations?

Question 73

What were some of the difficulties faced by blacks in professional sports during the 1920s?

Question 74

Why did large numbers of whites during the 1920s become interested in elite or "high" black art for the first time in U.S.history?

Question 75

What type of activities did the NAACP utilize to improve the situation of blacks during the 1920s?

Question 76

Edward "Duke" __________ is an example of blacks transforming American music during the era as bandleaders,singers,musicians,and songwriters.

Question 77

The creative movement known as the __________ __________ took place primarily in New York City and produced many lasting cultural achievements in literature and art by African American people during the 1920s and 1930s.

Question 78

The __________ __________ in 1919 inspired Claude McKay to write a famous poem,"If We Must Die."

Question 79

What was the relationship between black leaders and Africa during the 1920s?

Question 80

The efforts of black baseball players to integrate major league baseball during the 1920s were a major success.