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Here's an unshmoopy question for you... You'll want to get nice and cozy with this

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passage... go ahead and hit pause for a skinny minute to look 'er over...

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Which of the following is supported by information in the essay?And here are the potential answers...

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Ok, so once again, we have a question that wants us to look through our answer choices

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and pick the one backed up by the passage.

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Let's find out who our three pretenders are... First we've got A... "The Ku Klux Klan was

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banned during the 1920s."

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The Klan is mentioned in the last two paragraphs, but no mention of banning. We can kick the

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Klan to the curb. B? "The majority of Americans lived in rural

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communities."

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Not according to this sentence in the second paragraph...

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...that claims most people were living in cities in 1920.

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What about C... "Very few people struck it rich during the Roaring Twenties."

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Really? Then why were they so "roaring?"

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Right out of the gate we are told it was an "era of unprecedented affluence."

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Finally... D -- "1920s America was extremely divided, both culturally and politically."

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Definitely. Throughout this passage, we are continually reminded of the divide between

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country and city folk, rich and poor, black and white...

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Our answer is D.

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As in, "Dinosaur heyday."

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