Modern Poetry: Historical Context

Question 1

The important amendment that passed in the 1920s for women gave them the right to

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vote

Question 2

Sandburg, Frost, St. Vincent Millay were poets who were more connected to...

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nature/common people

Question 3

What other form of writing also boomed during modernism?

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the short story

Question 4

Modernists also saw mass society as a threat to the ___, especially ___.

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individual; artist

Question 5

The 1920s bragged a booming economy, increased incomes, & greater value in leisure & spending $

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true

Question 6

[?] made the sale and production of alcohol illegal

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Prohibition

Question 7

The Jazz Age was also known as the...

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Roaring 20s

Question 8

Black Tuesday, 1929 marked the beginning of the

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Great Depression

Question 9

The writers of the modern period were influenced by new ideas that challenged ___ views.

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traditional

Question 10

What of these were NOT a major movement in modernist poetry?

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retroism

Question 11

The massive spending and production produced by which event helped end the economic crisis?

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World War II

Question 12

Which New York neighborhood helped earn this era's name "The Jazz Age"?

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Harlem

Question 13

Which of these famous names did NOT come from the Harlem Renaissance?

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Eliot

Question 14

The black farmers and sharecroppers moved up north. This migration eventually led to...

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Harlem Renaissance

Question 15

Poets of the day began to explore the impact of rapid ___ and uncertainty of ___

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change; individual

Question 16

"Mass culture" in the 1920s saw a significant increase in

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media & production

Question 17

What amendment passed in the 1920s that greatly benefited women?

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19th

Question 18

The New Deal program was an initiative seen through by who's administration?

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Roosevelt

Question 19

Modernists felt a ___ of culture was occurring and would result in alienation.

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standardization

Question 20

What kind of publication was on the rise in the early decades of the 20th century?

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magazines

Question 21

Which major event was most influential on American writers in the early 20th century?

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World War I

Question 22

Modernist writers were responding to the loss of ___ they felt in the wake of WWI

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idealism

Question 23

The war signaled an end to [?] and ushered in an era of ruthlessness, political corruption, etc

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idealism

Question 24

Ernest Hemingway's career began with the influential experience of being a...

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newspaper reporter

Question 25

A record number of women started earning wages in the workplace by...

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1930s

Question 26

The Dust Bowl most affected...

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agriculture and farmers

Question 27

Who was a famous writer who called the 1920s the "Greatest, gaudiest spree in history"?

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F. Scott Fitzgerald

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