Check Your Understanding- Chapter 30 Flashcards
In December 1919, the United States government deported nearly 250 immigrant radicals to
Soviet Russia.
The Ku Klux Klan of the 1920s attained its greatest political strength in
the Midwest and the South.
Cultural Pluralists like Horace Kallen and Randolph Bourne argued that
immigrants should not be required to melt into the Anglo-American norm but should maintain and develop their diverse cultures within the United States.
All of the following were true of the advent of mass advertising in the 1920s except
sports was the one business which lagged behind the rest of the consumer economy of the 1920s.
Frederick W. Taylor, a prominent inventor and engineer, was best known for his
promotion of industrial efficiency and scientific management.
The first widespread commercial use of airplanes was for
mail delivery.
Radio was unique among the major cultural developments of the 1920s because it
drew people back into homes and family circles rather than away from them.
Feminist Margaret Sanger took the lead in the battle for
contraception.
The term for an African-American of the 1920s who proudly asserted black culture and demanded social equality with whites was
New Negro.
Buying stock on margin meant purchasing
it on credit with only a small down payment.
As secretary of the treasury, Andrew Mellon placed the heaviest tax burden on
middle-income groups.
All of the following constituted the economic policies and programs of the U.S. government during the 1920s except
instituting substantial consumer fraud protections and restrictions on reckless speculation on Wall Street markets and in real estate transactions.
