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Question #1
W. E. B. Du Bois and the NAACP took the position on the World War I that black Americans should __________.
A.   unite with people of color around the world to destroy international imperialism
B.   boycott the military until it agreed to integrated units and black officers
C.   launch a widespread campaign of civil disobedience at home to bring about civil rights
D.   “close ranks” and support a patriotic effort in the hopes that it would earn them respect and legal equality at home
Question #2
The Great Migration was heavily influenced by __________.
A.   the opening of previously undeveloped farmland in the Ohio Valley
B.   poor economic conditions in the South combined with job opportunities in the North
C.   widespread calls by black leaders for a large-scale abandonment of the South
D.   expulsion decrees from southern states
Question #3
Between World War I and 1930, an estimated __________ black people departed the South.
A.   2,000,000
B.   4,000,000
C.   250,000
D.   500,000
Question #4
In 1915, the __________ came alive again, this time as a national organization dedicated to targeting blacks, Jews, and Catholics.
A.   National Urban League
B.   Ku Klux Klan
C.   National Association of Club Women
D.   NAACP
Question #5
A rift developed between Marcus Garvey and W. E. B. Du Bois because __________.
A.   Du Bois believed that Garvey was in the pay of the Department of Justice
B.   Du Bois advocated a more radical Pan-African agenda than Garvey
C.   Garvey rejected Pan-Africanism as a threat to his integrationist stance
D.   Garvey envisioned separate black nations in many locales across the world
Question #6
As black Americans migrated to the cities, upper-class white Americans __________.
A.   fled to the suburbs
B.   lobbied Congress for residential restrictions
C.   bought up urban properties to market to black families
D.   migrated to Canada and parts of Europe
Question #7
In 1927, the black writer __________ published Infants of Spring, a bitter satire of the Harlem Renaissance.
A.   Paul Robeson
B.   Claude McKay
C.   Zora Neale Hurston
D.   Wallace Thurman
Question #8
Many black Americans were initially wary of jazz music because __________.
A.   they believed it was being exploited by whites
B.   most lived in areas of the country where the music was rare
C.   they were more drawn to poetry
D.   they feared that the music’s improvisational style reinforced stereotypes about the race’s lack of mental discipline
Question #9
With black Americans often divided between their allegiances to the Republican Party and their attraction to Democratic Party policies toward wage-earners, the __________ began to make inroads among black working people in the 1920s.
A.   Socialist Party
B.   Progressive Party
C.   Universal Negro Improvement Association
D.   Communist Party

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