Chapter Review 663Key Terms
Harlem Renaissance A modern artistic and literary
movement that celebrated African American life
and culture in early twentieth-century Harlem,
New York. Among its key figures were Langston
Hughes, Richard Wright, and Zora Neale Hurston
(literature); Duke Ellington (music); Jacob
Lawrence (painting); and Aaron Douglas (sculp-
ture), 658
National Origins Act A federal law, passed in
1929 that curtailed immigration, especially from
southern and eastern Europe and Asia, 640
Scopes trial Also called the “Monkey Trial,” it was
a celebrated 1924 contest that pitted Darwinian
evolutionists against fundamentalist “Creationists.”
John T. Scopes, a teacher charged with defying
Tennessee law by teaching evolution, was found
guilty and fined $100, 651Review Questions
1.The introduction suggests that the prohibition of
alcohol encouraged people to flaunt other conven-
tions. To what extent were the cultural shifts of
the 1920s a rebellion against tradition?
2.How did traditionalists respond to these social
and cultural transformations? Was the fundamen-
tal tension, as the chapter suggests, between rural
and urban cultures? Or was it between classes or
ethnic groups?
3.How did technological changes such as radio, the
automobile, and the airplane influence culture?
How did “mass culture” touch the lives of
Americans? Did it improve life or diminish it?
4.How did the 1920s liberate women, African
Americans, and minorities?Read and Review
Chapter 24Margaret Sanger,
Happiness in Marriage, p. 647
Advertisements from 1925
and 1927, p. 649
Prohibition is a Failure, p. 653Creed of Klanswomen, p. 654Bartolomeo Vanzetti, Court
Statement,p. 656
Downtown Scene with Cars,
1911,p. 660
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