Brainscape's Knowledge GenomeTM

Browse over 1 million classes created by top students, professors, publishers, and experts.


See full index

History > Unit 9 Test 2.3.16 > Flashcards

Unit 9 Test 2.3.16 Flashcards

You may prefer our related Brainscape-certified flashcards:
AP® U.S. History flashcards European History 101 flashcards AP® European History flashcards AP® World History flashcards World History 102 flashcards U.S. History 102 flashcards World History 101 flashcards U.S. History 101 flashcards
1
Q

Businesspeople used the red scare to

A

break the backs of fledgling unions

How well did you know this?
1
Not at all
2
3
4
5
Perfectly
2
Q

Enforcement of the Volstead Act met the strongest resistance from

A

eastern city dwellers

How well did you know this?
1
Not at all
2
3
4
5
Perfectly
3
Q

Disillusioned by war and peace, Americans in the 1920s did all of the following EXCEPT

(pages 720-723)

a. condemn “un-American” lifestyles.
b. restrict immigration.
c. denounce “radical” foreign ideas.
d. enter a decade of economic difficulties.

A

d. enter a decade of economic difficulties

How well did you know this?
1
Not at all
2
3
4
5
Perfectly
4
Q

The most spectaular example of lawlessness and gangsterism in the 1920s was

A

Chicago

How well did you know this?
1
Not at all
2
3
4
5
Perfectly
5
Q

Many Polish peasants learned about America from all of the following EXCEPT

(page 726)

a. letters from friends and relatives.
b. agents from steamship lines.
c. Catholic missionaries.This answer is correct.
d. agents from the U.S. railroads.

A

c. Catholic missionaries.

How well did you know this?
1
Not at all
2
3
4
5
Perfectly
6
Q

The red scare of 1919-1920 was provoked by

A

the public’s association of labor violence with its fear of revolution

How well did you know this?
1
Not at all
2
3
4
5
Perfectly
7
Q

One of the primary obstacles to working class solidarity and organization in America was

A

ethnic diversity

How well did you know this?
1
Not at all
2
3
4
5
Perfectly
8
Q

The religion of almost all Polish immigrants to the United States was

A

Roman Catholicism

How well did you know this?
1
Not at all
2
3
4
5
Perfectly
9
Q

Most American assumed that prohibition

A

would be permanent

How well did you know this?
1
Not at all
2
3
4
5
Perfectly
10
Q

The immigration quota system adopted in the 1920s discriminated directly against

A

southern and eastern Europeans

How well did you know this?
1
Not at all
2
3
4
5
Perfectly
11
Q

The post-World War I Ku Klux Klan advocated all of the following EXCEPT

(pages 722-723)

a. opposition to prohibition
b. opposition to birth control
c. anti-Catholicism
d. fundamentalist religion

A

a. opposition to prohibition

How well did you know this?
1
Not at all
2
3
4
5
Perfectly
12
Q

“Cultural pluralists” like Horace Kallen and Randolph Bourne generally advocated that

A

immigrants should be able to retain their traditional cultures rather than blend into a single American “melting pot.”

How well did you know this?
1
Not at all
2
3
4
5
Perfectly
13
Q

Immigration restrictions of the 1920s were introduced as a result of

A

the nativist belief that northern Europeans were superior to southern and eastern Europeans.

How well did you know this?
1
Not at all
2
3
4
5
Perfectly
14
Q

The most tenacious persuer of “radical” elements during the red scare was

A

A. Mitchell Palmer

How well did you know this?
1
Not at all
2
3
4
5
Perfectly
15
Q

The Ku Klux Klan of the 1920s was a reaction against

A

the forces of diversity and modernity that were transforming American culture

How well did you know this?
1
Not at all
2
3
4
5
Perfectly
16
Q

The trial of John T. Scopes in 1925 centered on the issue of

A

teaching evolution in public schools

How well did you know this?
1
Not at all
2
3
4
5
Perfectly
17
Q

Frederick W. Taylor, a prominent inventor and engineer, was best known for his

A

promotion of industrial efficiency and scientific management.

How well did you know this?
1
Not at all
2
3
4
5
Perfectly
18
Q

After the Scopes “Monkey Trial,”

A

fundamentalist religion remained a vibrant force in American spiritual life

How well did you know this?
1
Not at all
2
3
4
5
Perfectly
19
Q

Which of the following was NOT among the industries that prospered mightily with widespread use of the automobile?

a. aluminum
b. rubber
c. oil
d. highway construction

A

a. aluminum

How well did you know this?
1
Not at all
2
3
4
5
Perfectly
20
Q

Henry Ford’s contribution to the automobile industry was

A

relatively cheap automobiles

How well did you know this?
1
Not at all
2
3
4
5
Perfectly
21
Q

Bruce Barton, author of The Man Nobody Knows, expressed great admiration for Jesus Christ because Barton

A

believed that Christ was the best advertising man of all time

How well did you know this?
1
Not at all
2
3
4
5
Perfectly
22
Q

The automobile revolution resulted in all of the following EXCEPT

a. the consolidation of schools.
b. the spread of suburbs.
c. a loss of population in less attractive states.
d. the increased dependence of women on men.

A

d. the increased dependence of women on men.

How well did you know this?
1
Not at all
2
3
4
5
Perfectly
23
Q

Among the major figures promoted by mass media image makers and new “sports industry” in the 1920s were

A

Babe Ruth and Jack Dempsey

How well did you know this?
1
Not at all
2
3
4
5
Perfectly
24
Q

According to John Dewey, a teacher’s primary goal is to

A

educate a student for life

How well did you know this?
1
Not at all
2
3
4
5
Perfectly
25
Q

John Dewey can rightly be called the “father of the _________________________.”

A

progressive education

How well did you know this?
1
Not at all
2
3
4
5
Perfectly
26
Q

All of the following helped to make the prosperity of the 1920s EXCEPT

a. increased productivity of workers.
b. perfection of assembly line production.
c. rapid expansion of capital.
d. government stimulation of the economy.

A

d. government stimulation of the economy.

How well did you know this?
1
Not at all
2
3
4
5
Perfectly
27
Q

The prosperity that developed in the 1920s

A

was accompanied by a cloud of consumer debt

How well did you know this?
1
Not at all
2
3
4
5
Perfectly
28
Q

Of the following, the one LEAST related to the other three is

a. Frederick W. Taylor.
b. Clarence Darrow.
c. William Jennings Bryan.
d. John T. Scopes.

A

a. Frederick W. Taylor.

How well did you know this?
1
Not at all
2
3
4
5
Perfectly
29
Q

The main problem faced by American manufacturers in the 1920s involved

A

developing expanded markets of people to buy their products

How well did you know this?
1
Not at all
2
3
4
5
Perfectly
30
Q

With the advent of radio and motion pictures

A

much of the rich diversity of immigrant culture was lost

How well did you know this?
1
Not at all
2
3
4
5
Perfectly
31
Q

As Secretary of the Treasury, Andrew Mellon placed the tax burden on the

A

middle-income groups

How well did you know this?
1
Not at all
2
3
4
5
Perfectly
32
Q

Jazz music was developed by

A

American blacks

How well did you know this?
1
Not at all
2
3
4
5
Perfectly
33
Q

Which of the following was NOT among prominent African American cultural figures in the 1920s?

a. “Jelly Roll” Morton
b. Joseph “King” Oliver
c. Langston Hughes
d. Ralph Ellison

A

d. Ralph Ellison

How well did you know this?
1
Not at all
2
3
4
5
Perfectly
34
Q

The first ‘talkie” motion picture was

A

The Jazz Singer

How well did you know this?
1
Not at all
2
3
4
5
Perfectly
35
Q

Charles Lindbergh’s solo flight across the Atlantic made him an American hero especially because

A

his wholesome youthfulness contrasted with the cynicism and debunking of the jazz age

36
Q

Automobiles, radios, and motion pictures

A

contributed to the standardization of American life

37
Q

Margaret Sanger was most noted for her advocacy of

A

birth control

38
Q

To justify their new sexual frankness, many Americans pointed to

A

the theories of Sigmund Freud

39
Q

Marcus Garvey, founder of the United Negro Improvement Association, is known for all of the following EXCEPT

a. promoting the resettlement of American blacks in Africa.
b. cultivating feelings of self-confidence and self-reliance among blacks.
c. establishing the idea of the talented tenth to lead African Americans.
d. promoting black owned businesses.

A

c. establishing the idea of the talented tenth to lead African Americans.

40
Q

Job opportunities for women in the 1920s

A

tended to cluster in a few low paying fields

41
Q

Buying stock “on margin” meant

A

purchasing it with a small down payment

42
Q

The 1920 cenus revealed that for the first time most

A

Americans lived in cities

43
Q

Match each literary figure with the correct work.

A. Ernest Hemingway 1. The Sun Also Rises
B. F. Scott Fitzgerald 2. Main Street
C. Sinclair Lewis 3. The Sound and the Fury
D. William Faulkner 4. The Great Gatsby

A

A-1, B-4, C-2, D-3

44
Q

Warren G. Harding’s weaknesses as president included all of the following EXCEPT

a. unwillingness to hurt people’s feelings by saying no.
b. lack of political experience.
c. mediocre mind.
d. inability to detect moral weaknesses in his associates.

A

b. lack of political experience.

45
Q

The Teapot Dome scandal involved the corrupt mishandling of

A

naval oil reserves

46
Q

Match each member of President Harding’s cabinet below with his major area of responsibility.

A. Charles Evans Hughes 1. taxes and tariffs
B. Andrew Mellon 2. naval oil reserves
C. Herbert Hoover 3. naval arms limitation
D. Albert Fall 4. foreign trade and trade associations
E. Harry Daugherty 5. justice and law enforcement

A

A-3, B-1, C-4, D-2, E-5

47
Q

In the 1920s the Fordney-McCumber Tariff ____________________ tariff rates and the Hawley-Smoot Tariff ____________________ tariff rates, so that by 1930 the tariff rates had been substantially ____________________ from the opening of the decade.

A

raised; raised; raised

48
Q

____________________________ was (were) adversely affected by the demobilization policies adopted by the federal government at the end of World War I.

A

Organized labor

49
Q

During the 1920s, the Supreme Court

A

often ruled against progressive legislation

50
Q

Warren G. Harding was willing to seize the initiative on the issue of international disarmament because

A

businesspeople were unwilling to help pay for a larger United States Navy

51
Q

One exception to President Warren G. Harding’s policy of isolationism involved in the Middle east, where the United States sought to

A

secure oil-drilling concessions for American companies

52
Q

Republican economic policies under Warren G. Harding

A

hoped to encourage the government actively to assist business along the path to profits

53
Q

The major political scandal of Harding’s administration resulted in the conviction and imprisonment of his secretary of

A

the interior

54
Q

Which one of the following members of President Harding’s cabinet proved to be incompetent or corrupt?

A

Albert Fall

55
Q

The Supreme Court cases of Muller and Adkins centered on

A

the question of whether women merited special legal and social treatment

56
Q

The 1928 Kellog-Briand Pact

A

outlawed war as a solution to international rivalry

57
Q

The nonbusiness group that realized the most significant, lasting gains from World War I was

A

veterans

58
Q

Which of the following was NOT a consequence of the American policy of raising tariffs sky-high in the 1920s?

a. international economic distress was deepened.
b. the postwar chaos in Europe was prolonged.
c. American foreign trade declined.
d. the American economy slipped into recession.

A

the American economy slipped into recession

59
Q

The Progresive party did not do well in the 1924 election because

A

too many people shared in prosperity to care about reform

60
Q

One of the major problems facing farmers in the 1920s was

A

overproduction

61
Q

Senator Robert LaFollette’s Progressive party advocated all of the following EXCEPT

a. opposition to monopolies.
b. relief for farmers.
c. increased power to the Supreme Court.
d. opposition to antilabor injunctions.

A

c. increased power to the Supreme Court.

62
Q

America’s major foreign policy problem in the 1920s was addressed by the Dawes Plan, which

A

provided a solution to tangle of war-debt and war-reparations system

63
Q

In the early 1920s, one glaring exception to America’s general indifference to the outside world was its

A

armed intervention in the Caribbean and Central America

64
Q

During Coolidge’s predsidency, government policy was set largely by the interests and values of

A

the business community

65
Q

The intended beneficiaries of the Mcnary-Haugen Bill were __________________________; the intended beneficiaries of the Norris-LaGuardia Act were ___________________.

A

farmers; labor unions

66
Q

In 1924 the Democratic party convention failed by a single vote to adopt a resolution condemning

A

the Ku Klux Klan

67
Q

Which of the following splits did not affect the Democratic Party in 1924?

a. Fundamentalists versus Modernists
b. immigrants versus old-stock Americans
c. urbanities versus suburbanites
d. “wets” versus “drys”

A

c. urbanites versus suburbanites

68
Q

Which of the following descriptive attributes is least characteristic of President Coolidge?

a. frugality
b. wordiness
c. shyness
d. honesty

A

b. wordiness

69
Q

As a result of Ameria’s inistence that its Allies’ war debts be repaid in full,

A

the French and British demanded enormous reparations payment from Germany

70
Q

After the initial shock of the Harding scandals, many Americans reacted by

A

excusing some of the wrongdoers on the grounds that “they had gotten away with it.”

71
Q

In the mid-1920s President Coolidge twice refused to sign legislation proposing to

A

subsidize farm prices

72
Q

America’s European allies argued that they should not have to repay loans that the United States made to them during World war I because

A

they had paid a much heavier price in lost lives, so it was only fair for the United States to write off the debt

73
Q

When elected to the presidency in 1928, Herbert Hoover

A

combined small town values with wide experience in modern corporate America

74
Q

President Hoover’s approach to the Great Depression was to

A

offer federal assistance to businesses and banks but not individuals

75
Q

In America, the Great Depression caused

A

a decade long decline in the birthrate

76
Q

All of the following were political liabilities for Alfred Smith EXCEPT this

a. Catholic religion.
b. failure to win the support of American Labor.
c. big-city background.
d. support for the repeal of Prohibition.

A

b. failure to win the support of American Labor.

77
Q

President Hoover’s public image was severely damaged by his

A

handling of the dispersal of the Bonus Army

78
Q

The Reconstruction Finance Corporation was establihed to

A

make loans to businesses, banks, and state and local governments

79
Q

The most colorful presidential candidate of the 1920s was

A

Alfred E. Smith

80
Q

The Bonus Expeditionary Force marched on Washington, D.C., in 1932 to demand

A

immediate full payment of bonus payments promised to World War I veterans

81
Q

President Herbert Hoover believed that the Great Depression could be ended by doing all of the following EXCEPT

a. providing direct aid to the people.
b. continuing to rely on the American tradition of rugged individualism.
c. keeping faith in the efficiency of the industrial system.
d. directly assisting businesses and banks.

A

a. providing direct aid to the people.

82
Q

The “alphabetical agency” set up under Hoover’s administration to provide aid to busines and local governments was the

A

Reconstruction Finance Corporation (RFC)

83
Q

The Federal Farm Board, created by the Agricultural Marketing Act, lent money to farmers primarily to help them to

A

organize producers’ cooperatives

84
Q

As a result of the Hawley-Smoot Tariff of 1930,

A

the worldwide depression deepened

85
Q

In response to the League of Nation’ investigation into Japan’s invasion and occupation of Manchuria,

A

Japan left the League

86
Q

The 1932 Stimson Doctrine

A

declared that the United States would not recognize any territorial acquisition achieved by force of arms.

87
Q

One of Herbert Hoover’s chief strengths as a presidential candidate was his

A

talent for administration

History (19 decks)

Brainscape helps you reach your goals faster, through stronger study habits.
© 2024 Bold Learning Solutions. Terms and Conditions