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The 1920's Test (Chapters 34, 35)
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____1.
a.
b.
c.
d.
e.
The Red Scare of 1919-1920 was provoked by
the public's association of labor violence with its fear of revolution.
the wartime migration of rural blacks to northern cities.
the strict enforcement of prohibition laws.
evolutionary science's challenge to the biblical story of the Creation.
the threat created by the Communist Revolution in Russia.
____2. The most tenacious pursuer of "radical" elements during the red scare was
a. William Jennings Bryan.
d. Frederick W. Taylor.
b. A. Mitchell Palmer.
e. J. Edgar Hoover.
c. F. Scott Fitzgerald.
____3. The Ku Klux Klan of the 1920s was a reaction against
a. capitalism.
b. the forces of diversity and modernity that were transforming American
culture.
c. the nativist movements that had their origins in the 1850s.
d. new immigration laws passed in 1924.
e.
race riots.
____4. The immigration quota system adopted in the 1920s discriminated directly
against
a. southern and eastern Europeans.
d. northern and western Europeans.
b. Canadians.
e. Jews.
c. Latin Americans.
____5. Enforcement of the Volstead Act met the strongest resistance from
a. southerners.
d. evangelical Protestants.
b. women.
e. eastern city dwellers.
c. midwesterners.
____6. All of the following were notable trends and movements of the 1920s EXCEPT
a. an increase in union membership.
d. consumerism.
b. an increase in productivity.
e. business prosperity.
c. urbanization
____7. According to John Dewey, a teacher's primary goal is to
a. reduce permissiveness in the classroom.
b. emphasize the basics of reading, writing, and arithmetic.
c. educate a student for life.
d.
teach the biblical theory of Creation.
e.
develop a sense of history.
____8. Of the following, the one least related to the other terms is
a. William Jennings Bryan.
c.
John T. Scopes.
e.
Tennessee.
b. Clarence Darrow.
d.
Nicola Sacco.
Dayton,
____9. Bruce Barton, author of The Man Nobody Knows, expressed admiration for Jesus
Christ because Barton
a. was a deeply religious man.
b. respected Christ's image of self-sacrifice.
c. believed that Christ was the best advertising man of all time.
d. felt that Christ supported capitalism.
e.
saw Christ as someone who practiced the Golden Rule.
____10.
a.
b.
c.
d.
e.
Henry Ford's contribution to the automobile industry was
design changes that improved vehicle speed.
relatively cheap automobiles.
the internal combustion engine.
an enormous variety of automobile models with varied colors.
installment credit buying of cars.
____11. Frederick W. Taylor, a prominent inventor and engineer, was best known for
his
a. development of the gasoline engine.
b. thoughts on Darwinian evolution.
c. efforts to clean up polluted cities.
d. efforts to promote efficiency by eliminating wasted motions.
e.
concern for worker safety.
_____12. Immigration restrictions of the 1920s were introduced as a result of
a.
increased migration of blacks to the North.
b.
the nativist belief that northern Europeans were
superior to southern and eastern Europeans.
c.
a desire to rid the country of the quota system.
d.
the desire to halt immigration from Latin America.
e.
growing concern about urban overcrowding and crime.
____13.
a.
b.
c.
The first "talkie" motion picture was
The Great Train Robbery.
d. The Jazz Singer.
A Farewell to Arms. e. Gone with the Wind.
The Birth of a Nation.
____14.
a.
b.
c.
d.
e.
Automobiles, radios, and motion pictures
contributed to the standardization of American life.
were for the most part too expensive for ordinary working families.
were less popular than had been anticipated.
had little impact on traditional life-styles and values.
strengthened American family life.
____15. Symbolic of the popular fears of immigrants, communism, change, and
diversity, this group became very powerful during the 1920s with a reputed 5
million members and hatred for anyone who was foreign, Catholic or Jewish, liberal
or different. Who was that group?
a. American Legion
b. Mafia
e. Ku Klux Klan
c. Know-Nothing party
____16. Margaret Sanger was most noted for her advocacy of
a. child labor laws.
c.
women's suffrage.
e.
Amendment (ERA).
b. birth control.
d. abortion rights.
the Equal Rights
____17. Marcus Garvey, founder of the United Negro Improvement Association, is
known for all of the following EXCEPT
a. being sent to prison after a conviction for fraud.
b. establishing the idea of the talented tenth to lead African-Americans.
c. promoting the resettlement of American blacks in Africa.
d. cultivating feelings of self-confidence and self-reliance among blacks.
e.
promoting black-owned businesses
____18. Match each literary figure with their work.
A. Ernest Hemingway
1. The Sun Also Rises
B. F. Scott Fitzgerald
2. Main Street
d.
Prohibi
C.
D.
Sinclair Lewis
William Faulkner
a. A-3, B-2, C-4, D-1
b. A-1, B-3, C-2, D-4
c. A-2, B-1, C-3, D-4
3. The Sound and the Fury
4. The Great Gatsby
d.
e.
A-4, B-3, C-1, D-2
A-1, B-4, C-2, D-3
____19. During Andrew Mellon's long tenure as secretary of the treasury, his
policies
a. discouraged capital investment.
b. provided substantial government regulation of the stock market.
c. raised taxes on all classes.
d. lowered the national debt while cutting taxes on wealthy.
e.
favored the working and middle class workers
____20.
a.
b.
c.
d.
During the Red Scare all of the following happened EXCEPT
hundreds of alien "radicals" were deported from the United States.
many states passed laws making it a crime to advocate violence.
labor union membership declined precipitously.
several Socialists, though duly elected, were denied their seats in the New
York State legislature.
e.
relations with the Soviet Union improved.
____21. Which of the following members of President Harding's administration proved
to be incompetent and corrupt?
a. Charles Evans Hughes
d. Herbert Hoover
b. Albert Fall
e. Alfred Smith
c. Andrew Mellon
____22.
a.
b.
c.
d.
e.
The Supreme Court cases of Muller and Adkins centered on
"right to work" laws from several states.
affirmative action.
the question of whether women merited special legal and social treatment.
racial differences.
antitrust legislation.
____23. The 1928 Kellogg-Briand Pact
a. condemned Japan for its unprovoked attack on Manchuria.
b. set a schedule for German payment of war reparations.
c. hoped to outlaw war as a solution to international rivalry.
d. formally ended World War I for the United States, for it had refused to sign
the Treaty of Versailles.
e.
established a battleship ratio for the leading naval powers.
____24. 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. lowered; raised; raised
c. lowered; lowered; lowered
e.
raised; lowered; raised
b. raised; raised; raised
d. raised; lowered; lowered
____25. The Teapot Dome scandal involved the mishandling of
a. naval oil reserves.
d. the budget for the Bureau of Indian
Affairs.
b. European war-debt payments.
e. presidential pardons.
c. funds for veterans' hospitals.
____26. Which of the following descriptive attributes is least characteristic of
President Coolidge?
a. shyness
b. honesty
c. frugality
d. wordiness
e. caution
____27. During Coolidge's presidency, government policy was set largely by the
interests and values of
a. farmers and wage earners.
d. progressive reformers.
b. racial and ethnic minorities.
e. conservative New Englanders.
c. the business community.
____28. One of the major problems facing farmers in the 1920s was
a. passage of the McNary-Haugen Bill.
d. overproduction.
b. the inability to purchase modern farm equipment. e. drought and insects
like the boll weevil
c. the prosecution of cooperatives under antitrust laws.
____29. 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.
b. the United States was making so much money from Mexican oil that it did not
need extra dollars.
c. the United States had owed them about $4 billion before the war.
d. the amount of money involved was not significant.
e.
Germany was not paying its reparations to them so they could not afford
to pay off the loans.
____30. America's major foreign-policy problem in the 1920s was addressed by the
Dawes Plan, which
a. ended the big-stick policy of armed intervention in Central America and the
Caribbean.
b. condemned the Japanese aggression against Manchuria.
c. tried to solve the tangle of war-debt and war-reparations payments.
d. established a ratio of allowable naval strength between the United States,
Britain, and Japan.
e.
aimed to prevent German re-armament.
____31. All of the following were political liabilities for Alfred E. Smith in 1928
EXCEPT his
a. support for the repeal of prohibition.
d. big-city background.
b. failure to win the support of American labor.
e. radio
speaking skills.
c. Catholic religion.
____32.
by
a.
b.
c.
d.
e.
President Herbert Hoover believed that the Great Depression could be ended
doing all of the following EXCEPT
providing direct federal aid to the people.
keeping faith in the efficiency of the industrial system.
directly assisting businesses and banks.
continuing to rely on the American tradition of rugged individualism.
lending federal funds to feed farm livestock.
____33. The __________ was an "alphabetical agency" set up under Hoover's
administration to provide aid to business and local government.
a.
Works Progress Administration (WPA)
d.
National Recovery
Administration (NRA)
b. Civilian Conservation Corps (CCC)
e.
Reconstruction
Finance Corporation (RFC)
c.
Securities Exchange Commission (SEC)
____34. The Bonus Expeditionary Force (Bonus Army) marched on Washington, D.C., in
1932 to demand
a. punishment for those who had forced unemployed veterans to leave Washington,
D.C.
b. passage of legislation introducing a lower tariff.
c. the removal of American troops from Nicaragua.
d. immediate full payment of bonus payments promised to World War I veterans.
e.
expanded American army and navy
____35. In response to the League of Nations' investigation into Japan's invasion
and occupation of Manchuria,
a. Japan withdrew its troops.
b. the United States became an official member of the League.
c. the League initiated a boycott of Japanese goods.
d. Japan left the League.
e.
the U.S. and China moved toward an alliance.
____36. The most important change that the census of 1920 showed in America was
that
a. the frontier was ended.
d. the population had doubled in
a decade.
b. urban dwellers now outnumbered rural ones.
e. a majority of the
people owned automobiles.
c. most people had electricity.
_____37. Prohibition became part of the Constitution in the Eighteenth Amendment.
Many Americans, convinced that a new dawn had arrived, celebrated its arrival.
Events in the 1920's illustrated that prohibition was not working, that it produced
undesirable results, yet millions of Americans continued to support prohibition.
Who were the strongest supporters of prohibition in the 1920s?
a. The three Republican presidents.
Immigrants in big cities
b. Organized crime figures e. Labor leaders and labor unions.
c. Rural Americans and small town residents
d.
____38. The group of Americans who gravitated to Europe in the 1920s and often
lived in Paris were the
a. fallen generation
b.
"Greatest Generation"
c. lost generation
d. progressives
e.
yuppies
____39. Which of the following was the focus of a dispute between modernists and
traditionalists in the 1920s?
a. Ford assembly lines
d.
Teapot Dome Scandal
b. Washington Conference
e. Welfare capitalism
c. Scopes Trial
____40. Which of the following is a good description of the "Ohio Gang"?
a. Corrupt politicians surrounding and taking advantage of Warren G. Harding
b. Wealthy industrialists who had a leading influence in the Republican
presidencies of the 1920s.
c. Leading democratic politicians seeking to produce a winning candidate for
the election of 1924.
d. Midwestern congressmen who chaired the most important committees in the
House during the 1920s and control
which bills will reach the floor for debate.
e. Washington bureaucrats whose offices were located on "Ohio Avenue" and who
control the power structure of the
federal government during the 1920s.
____41. The mass production and mass purchasing of automobiles led to many changes
in American society. Which of the following did NOT happen in the 1920s as a
result of the mass marketing of automobiles?
a. Changes in dating customs.
b. Demands by the voting public for more governmental funds for highways.
c. The stimulation of industries connected to the automobile industry, such as
batteries, steel, oil, glass and rubber.
d. The development of a motel industry.
e. A decline in the population of large cities as people moved to the suburbs
and small towns since they could now
commute to work.
____42. Warren G Harding's weaknesses as president included all of the following
EXCEPT
a. a lack of political experience.
d. an
unwillingness to hurt people's feelings or say no.
b. a mediocre mind.
c. an inability to detect moral weaknesses in his associates.
____43. Hoover's Good Neighbor Policy sought to improve relations between the
United States and its Central and South American neighbors by which of the
following means?
a. encouraging American businesses to pump dollars into the Depression-hit
economies of Central and South
America instead of elsewhere.
b. beginning a government campaign among American citizens to "Buy in the
Americas" as a means of stimulating
trade among the American nations.
c. good will tours of Central and South American ports by impressive squadrons
of American battleships.
d. returning control of the Panama canal to the Panamanians as a show of
confidence and anti-interventionism.
e. entering into mutual defense pacts with Central and South American nations
to improve their security.
____44. Herbert Hoover chose which motto as his personal campaign slogan during
the 1928 presidential election to stress his dedication to the bootstrap theory and
self-reliance?
a. The Buck Stops Here
d. Rugged Individualism
b. the New Nationalism
e. The New Frontier
c. The New Deal
____45. Which of the following was the foundation of the idea, sometimes called
"Fordism," upon which Henry Ford built his automobile industry empire in the early
20th century?
a. assembly line system
d. corporation monopolies
b. advertising and credit e. horizontal trust
c. labor unions
____ 46. Buying stock "on margin" meant
a. purchasing only a few shares.
purchasing inexpensive stock.
b. purchasing little-known stock.
purchasing risky stock.
c. purchasing stock with a small down payment.
____ 47. The 1920 census revealed that for the first time most
a. men worked in manufacturing.
Americans lived west of the Mississippi.
b. Americans lived in cities.
families had fewer than four children.
c. adult women were employed outside the home.
d.
e.
d.
e.
____ 48. All of the following helped to make the prosperity of the 1920's possible
EXCEPT
a. government stimulation of the economy.
d. perfection of assembly-line
production.
e. administ
b. rapid expansion of capital.
e. advertising and credit buying.
c. increased worker productivity.
____ 49. In the early 1920's, one glaring exception to America's general
indifference to the outside world was its
a. involvement in the World Court.
b. armed intervention in the Caribbean and Central America.
c.
involvement in the League of Nations' humanitarian operations.
d. naval buildup.
e. continuing attempt to oust the Communists form power in the Soviet Union.
____ 50. Job opportunities for women in the 1920's
a. expanded dramatically.
d. existed mainly in the area of education.
b. offered higher-paying positions than before. e. were plentiful in Hollywood
and radio.
c. tended to cluster in a few low-paying fields.
___________________________________________________________________________________
_________________
Cumulative Questions.
____ 51. The "Great Compromise" regarding the Constitution contained which of the
following arguments?
a. A slave would count as 3/5ths of a person.
b. Congress would be bicameral - representation in the Senate would be equal
whereas representation in the House
would be determined by population.
c. Bills could be vetoed by the executive, but a 2/3rds vote in Congress would
override the executive's veto.
d. A Bill of Rights would be added to the Constitution to safeguard individual
rights and appease anti-federalists.
e. All powers not delegated to the national government would be reserved to
the states and the people.
____ 52. The case of Marbury v Madison established the principle that
a. The Supreme Court has the right to determine the constitutionality of
legislation.
b. Civil liberties can be legally restricted or limited during times of war.
c. The national government has original jurisdiction in all cases involving
interstate commerce.
d. British impressments of American seamen were in violation of international
law.
e. "Midnight" appointments by an outgoing president were illegal.
____ 53.
which of
a.
b.
c.
d.
e.
Britain.
The Treaty of Ghent, which ended the War of 1812, is best described by
the following arguments?
The British emerged with all its goals achieved.
The U.S. emerged as the clear winner.
The Treaty was an armistice with neither side gaining clear advantage.
The Treaty set in motion independence for Canada.
It began a long era of friendship and alliance between the U.S. and
____ 54. One of Andrew Jackson's weapons in his war against Nicholas Biddle and the
Bank of the United States was
a. seizing the Bank's branches and placing them under direct federal control.
b. bringing criminal charges against Biddle for corruption and mismanagement
of funds.
c. removing federal deposits from the bank and transferring them to "pet"
state banks.
d. urging all Jackson supporters to withdraw their deposits from the Bank of
the U.S.
e. forcing Biddle to resign by releasing damaging personal information about
him to the press.
____ 55. The opening of the Erie Canal in 1825 was important because it
a. established the role of the federal government in internal improvements.
b. spurred innovation in the railroad industry.
c. made the invention of the steamboat economically viable.
d. strengthened the ties between the eastern manufacturing and western
agricultural regions.
e. was the last major canal project before the Civil War.
____ 56. Which of the following statements regarding slave ownership was true for
the South of the pre-Civil War era?
a. A majority of southerners owned at least one or more slaves.
b. Most slaves were supplied just before 1860 from a surplus of West Indies
slaves.
c. The invention of the cotton gin decreased the demand for slavery.
d. Slave owners tended to preserve the integrity of the slave family.
e. Increasingly more slaves became concentrated in the hands of fewer
families.
____ 57. Congressional Reconstruction hoped to provide basic rights to freedmen
through all of the following EXCEPT
a. the Tenure of Office Act.
d. the
Military Reconstruction Act.
b. the Civil Rights Act.
e. the 14th Amendment.
c. the Freedman's Bureau.
____ 58. Document: "The power of a trust amounts to a kingly prerogative,
inconsistent with our form of government … if we will not endure a king as a
political power, we should not endure a king over the production,
transportation and sale of the necessaries of life." (Statement before
Congress, 1890)
All of the following late nineteenth or early twentieth century national
figures would agree with this statement
EXCEPT
a. Theodore Roosevelt.
d. Upton Sinclair.
b. Jacob A. Riis.
c. William McKinley.
____ 59. Before the late 19th century U.S. foreign policy was based primarily on
which two documents?
a. Washington's Farewell and the Gettysburg Address.
b. Gettysburg Address and the Monroe Doctrine.
c. Washington's Farewell and the U.S. Constitution.
d. U.S. Constitution and the Monroe Doctrine.
e. Washington's Farewell and the Monroe Doctrine.
____ 60. President Wilson viewed America's entry into WWI as an opportunity for
the United States to
a. reestablish the balance of power in European diplomacy.
b. expand America's territorial holdings.
c. rebuild its dangerously small military and naval forces.
d. shape a new international order based on the ideals of democracy.
e. compete with the nations of Europe for world dominance.
e. Robert L
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