Why Was the Armory Show of 1913 Significant

question 27

Multiple Choice

Why was the Armory Show of 1913 significant?

• A)It was a sensation that caused modern art to become one of the U.S.'s favorite subjects of debate.
• B)It exposed the Teapot Dome Scandal that overshadowed Harding's presidency to the public.
• C)It revealed that there was only an audience for modernist art in Europe, practically ending the movement in the United States.
• D)It was an effective demonstration of black nationalism and racial solidarity that went against Garveyism.
• E)It for the first time presented the idea of an accessible "real" world that could be explained by science and easily observed.

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