32APPLIED HISTORY OF THE UNITED STATES: HISTORY 330-306-DW WINTER 2022

CLASHING AMERICAN CULTURES

TEST #1

The information used to answer all the following questions should be drawn
EXCLUSIVELY from your class notes, the slideshows and the class readings. Do not
draw from other sources.

PART 1 : (36%): For this section, you will have 6 questions to answer in class. The questions will be
provided in class on the day of the test. Each answer should be approximately 150 words long. You
cannot use notes in class for this section. However, you can prepare for this section by studying the
following topics:

 African Americans leaders (1870s to 1920s) and their political views;

 Fundamentalism;
 Lynching;
 The First Red Scare;
 The 1920s KKK;
 The prohibition movement;

PART 2 : SHORT ANSWERS: This section is worth 20% of the overall grade of this test. There are two
questions in this section. Your answers should be a minimum of 250 and a maximum of 400 words long.
Notes (lecture notes, readings, PowerPoint) are allowed for this section. However, you are strongly
encouraged to write the answers at home in their entirety and submit them with your test. Be sure not to
copy word for word the class notes and to refer to/cite the texts you have read.

1- Explain the Jim Crow system and the legal, political and social context that made possible its implementation.

2- What did it mean for the majority of white Anglo Saxon Protestant Americans to be American at the turn of the
century? How did that majority respond to the changing ethnic character of the nation, as millions of immigrants
entered the United States, and tried to enforce their model of “Americaness” on American society, from the 1880s
to the 1920s (draw from at least 3 examples of responses)?

PART 3 : READING QUESTIONS (12%) : This section is worth 12% of the overall grade of this test.
There will be three questions on the test drawn from the reading questions and you will have to answer
all three of them. To answer the questions, you can use in class your reading assignments.

PART 4 : ESSAY : This section is worth 32% of the overall grade of this test. Your answer should be
written in an essay form (introduction, body paragraphs, conclusion) and should be a minimum of 800
words and a maximum of 1000 words long. Avoid copying the class notes and draw as much as possible
from your readings. All notes are allowed for this section. You may write the entire essay, or part of it, at
home and submit it with the test.

Throughout the first three decades of the 20th century, American society experienced profound changes and acute
conflicts. While many adopted a new cultural and social outlook and enjoyed affluence, others resisted and struggled to
cope with the changes brought by the “modern times”. In an essay, explain how the United States socially and culturally
changed during that period, especially during the 1920s (30%), and explain, by drawing from as many relevant examples
as possible, why and how conservative Americans mounted a powerful resistance against this modernization of American
society (40%). According to you, who won the “culture wars” of the Roaring Twenties? Why (provide evidence)? (20%)