The chapter introduction tells the story of Sister Aimee and the imaginary Smiths to make the point that
A. transformations of the New Era mixed ambivalently with traditional beliefs and practices.
B. in the Jazz Age, truth was often stranger than fiction.
C. Catholics, like other marginal groups, were becoming more culturally influential in the urbanized mass culture of the 1920s.
D. modern methods and values had taken over the minds of Americans by the 1920s.
Answer: A
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A) evict France from trade within Asia. B) begin the industrialization process in Asia. C) confine European trade to restricted regions of Guangzhou. D) force Europeans to trade only in the cities of its east coast. E) conduct the fur trade in Siberia.
The Foot Soldier Revolution was characterized by a shift to
a. primogeniture. b. unigeniture. c. multigeniture. d. duogeniture.
The cult of Mithras was particularly popular with
a. women. b. Stoics. c. the army. d. poets. e. lawyers.
A famous alliance between communist and nationalist parties in the 1920s took place in
a. Burma. b. Syria. c. the Dutch East Indies. d. China. e. Vietnam.