Unit 9 Test 2.3.16 Flashcards
Businesspeople used the red scare to
break the backs of fledgling unions
Enforcement of the Volstead Act met the strongest resistance from
eastern city dwellers
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.
d. enter a decade of economic difficulties
The most spectaular example of lawlessness and gangsterism in the 1920s was
Chicago
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.
c. Catholic missionaries.
The red scare of 1919-1920 was provoked by
the public’s association of labor violence with its fear of revolution
One of the primary obstacles to working class solidarity and organization in America was
ethnic diversity
The religion of almost all Polish immigrants to the United States was
Roman Catholicism
Most American assumed that prohibition
would be permanent
The immigration quota system adopted in the 1920s discriminated directly against
southern and eastern Europeans
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. opposition to prohibition
“Cultural pluralists” like Horace Kallen and Randolph Bourne generally advocated that
immigrants should be able to retain their traditional cultures rather than blend into a single American “melting pot.”
Immigration restrictions of the 1920s were introduced as a result of
the nativist belief that northern Europeans were superior to southern and eastern Europeans.
The most tenacious persuer of “radical” elements during the red scare was
A. Mitchell Palmer
The Ku Klux Klan of the 1920s was a reaction against
the forces of diversity and modernity that were transforming American culture
The trial of John T. Scopes in 1925 centered on the issue of
teaching evolution in public schools
Frederick W. Taylor, a prominent inventor and engineer, was best known for his
promotion of industrial efficiency and scientific management.
After the Scopes “Monkey Trial,”
fundamentalist religion remained a vibrant force in American spiritual life
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. aluminum
Henry Ford’s contribution to the automobile industry was
relatively cheap automobiles
Bruce Barton, author of The Man Nobody Knows, expressed great admiration for Jesus Christ because Barton
believed that Christ was the best advertising man of all time
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.
d. the increased dependence of women on men.
Among the major figures promoted by mass media image makers and new “sports industry” in the 1920s were
Babe Ruth and Jack Dempsey
According to John Dewey, a teacher’s primary goal is to
educate a student for life
John Dewey can rightly be called the “father of the _________________________.”
progressive education
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.
d. government stimulation of the economy.
The prosperity that developed in the 1920s
was accompanied by a cloud of consumer debt
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. Frederick W. Taylor.
The main problem faced by American manufacturers in the 1920s involved
developing expanded markets of people to buy their products
With the advent of radio and motion pictures
much of the rich diversity of immigrant culture was lost
As Secretary of the Treasury, Andrew Mellon placed the tax burden on the
middle-income groups
Jazz music was developed by
American blacks
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
d. Ralph Ellison
The first ‘talkie” motion picture was
The Jazz Singer
Charles Lindbergh’s solo flight across the Atlantic made him an American hero especially because
his wholesome youthfulness contrasted with the cynicism and debunking of the jazz age
Automobiles, radios, and motion pictures
contributed to the standardization of American life
Margaret Sanger was most noted for her advocacy of
birth control
To justify their new sexual frankness, many Americans pointed to
the theories of Sigmund Freud
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.
c. establishing the idea of the talented tenth to lead African Americans.
Job opportunities for women in the 1920s
tended to cluster in a few low paying fields
Buying stock “on margin” meant
purchasing it with a small down payment
The 1920 cenus revealed that for the first time most
Americans lived in cities
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-1, B-4, C-2, D-3
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.
b. lack of political experience.
The Teapot Dome scandal involved the corrupt mishandling of
naval oil reserves
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-3, B-1, C-4, D-2, E-5
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.
raised; raised; raised
____________________________ was (were) adversely affected by the demobilization policies adopted by the federal government at the end of World War I.
Organized labor
During the 1920s, the Supreme Court
often ruled against progressive legislation
Warren G. Harding was willing to seize the initiative on the issue of international disarmament because
businesspeople were unwilling to help pay for a larger United States Navy
One exception to President Warren G. Harding’s policy of isolationism involved in the Middle east, where the United States sought to
secure oil-drilling concessions for American companies
Republican economic policies under Warren G. Harding
hoped to encourage the government actively to assist business along the path to profits
The major political scandal of Harding’s administration resulted in the conviction and imprisonment of his secretary of
the interior
Which one of the following members of President Harding’s cabinet proved to be incompetent or corrupt?
Albert Fall
The Supreme Court cases of Muller and Adkins centered on
the question of whether women merited special legal and social treatment
The 1928 Kellog-Briand Pact
outlawed war as a solution to international rivalry
The nonbusiness group that realized the most significant, lasting gains from World War I was
veterans
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.
the American economy slipped into recession
The Progresive party did not do well in the 1924 election because
too many people shared in prosperity to care about reform
One of the major problems facing farmers in the 1920s was
overproduction
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.
c. increased power to the Supreme Court.
America’s major foreign policy problem in the 1920s was addressed by the Dawes Plan, which
provided a solution to tangle of war-debt and war-reparations system
In the early 1920s, one glaring exception to America’s general indifference to the outside world was its
armed intervention in the Caribbean and Central America
During Coolidge’s predsidency, government policy was set largely by the interests and values of
the business community
The intended beneficiaries of the Mcnary-Haugen Bill were __________________________; the intended beneficiaries of the Norris-LaGuardia Act were ___________________.
farmers; labor unions
In 1924 the Democratic party convention failed by a single vote to adopt a resolution condemning
the Ku Klux Klan
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”
c. urbanites versus suburbanites
Which of the following descriptive attributes is least characteristic of President Coolidge?
a. frugality
b. wordiness
c. shyness
d. honesty
b. wordiness
As a result of Ameria’s inistence that its Allies’ war debts be repaid in full,
the French and British demanded enormous reparations payment from Germany
After the initial shock of the Harding scandals, many Americans reacted by
excusing some of the wrongdoers on the grounds that “they had gotten away with it.”
In the mid-1920s President Coolidge twice refused to sign legislation proposing to
subsidize farm prices
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
they had paid a much heavier price in lost lives, so it was only fair for the United States to write off the debt
When elected to the presidency in 1928, Herbert Hoover
combined small town values with wide experience in modern corporate America
President Hoover’s approach to the Great Depression was to
offer federal assistance to businesses and banks but not individuals
In America, the Great Depression caused
a decade long decline in the birthrate
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.
b. failure to win the support of American Labor.
President Hoover’s public image was severely damaged by his
handling of the dispersal of the Bonus Army
The Reconstruction Finance Corporation was establihed to
make loans to businesses, banks, and state and local governments
The most colorful presidential candidate of the 1920s was
Alfred E. Smith
The Bonus Expeditionary Force marched on Washington, D.C., in 1932 to demand
immediate full payment of bonus payments promised to World War I veterans
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. providing direct aid to the people.
The “alphabetical agency” set up under Hoover’s administration to provide aid to busines and local governments was the
Reconstruction Finance Corporation (RFC)
The Federal Farm Board, created by the Agricultural Marketing Act, lent money to farmers primarily to help them to
organize producers’ cooperatives
As a result of the Hawley-Smoot Tariff of 1930,
the worldwide depression deepened
In response to the League of Nation’ investigation into Japan’s invasion and occupation of Manchuria,
Japan left the League
The 1932 Stimson Doctrine
declared that the United States would not recognize any territorial acquisition achieved by force of arms.
One of Herbert Hoover’s chief strengths as a presidential candidate was his
talent for administration
