Question 1

The Scopes "Monkey Trial" was an example of the cultural conflict in the 1920s of tradition versus modernity.

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False

Question 2

What was the Teapot Dome Affair?

Accepted Answer

A)  It led to an attempt to impeach Harding that fell just four votes short of success in the House of Representatives. 
B)  It concerned a corrupt U.S. customs official who had regularly allowed Chinese imports into the country duty-free. 
C)  It was the impeachment of the attorney general for fraudulent handling of German assets seized after the First World War. 
D)  It involved the revelation that Harding had fathered a child out of wedlock and had been unfaithful to his wife. 
E)  It involved the leasing of government-owned oil deposits to private companies, as the secretary of the Interior took bribes from an oil tycoon. 
A)  It led to an attempt to impeach Harding that fell just four votes short of success in the House of Representatives. 
B)  It concerned a corrupt U.S. customs official who had regularly allowed Chinese imports into the country duty-free. 
C)  It was the impeachment of the attorney general for fraudulent handling of German assets seized after the First World War. 
D)  It involved the revelation that Harding had fathered a child out of wedlock and had been unfaithful to his wife. 
E)  It involved the leasing of government-owned oil deposits to private companies, as the secretary of the Interior took bribes from an oil tycoon.

Question 3

Harding's administration is MOST remembered for

Accepted Answer

A)  the fact that he served many terms. 
B)  the poor state of the economy while he was president. 
C)  his promotion of the arts and culture. 
D)  the scandals that plagued it. 
E)  its overwhelming popularity with the American people. 
A)  the fact that he served many terms. 
B)  the poor state of the economy while he was president. 
C)  his promotion of the arts and culture. 
D)  the scandals that plagued it. 
E)  its overwhelming popularity with the American people.

Question 4

The Kellogg-Briand Pact was the most successful peace treaty the United States had ever signed in terms of preventing future conflicts.

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False

Question 5

Which of the following was one of the contributing causes of the stock market crash of October 1929?

Accepted Answer

A)  For years, Americans were far too cautious in their spending and investments. 
B)  The gap decreased between production levels and the ability of the public to consume. 
C)  Decline of labor unions removed a check on rapid business growth. 
D)  Competition from foreign companies drove businesses under and lost many people their jobs. 
E)  The agricultural industry was by far the most stable, while other industries had stagnated. 
A)  For years, Americans were far too cautious in their spending and investments. 
B)  The gap decreased between production levels and the ability of the public to consume. 
C)  Decline of labor unions removed a check on rapid business growth. 
D)  Competition from foreign companies drove businesses under and lost many people their jobs. 
E)  The agricultural industry was by far the most stable, while other industries had stagnated.

Question 6

Match each description with the item below.
-John W. Davis

Accepted Answer

A) was the secretary of the Treasury under Harding who developed a plan that would affect federal spending 
B) was the secretary of state under Harding who pledged American disarmament to avoid an expensive naval arms race 
C) was the army's chief of staff who treated a group of protesting veterans seeking their cash bonuses as "insurrectionists" 
D) was the secretary of state who called for the nations in the Great War to sign a pact to renounce war "as an instrument of national policy" 
E) died suddenly while president after suffering an attack of food poisoning on a trip to the western United States
F)wrote the book American Individualism, asserting that he wished to promote a "rugged individualism" rather than selfishness
G)was the Republican vice-presidential candidate in 1920 and rose to the presidency due to the death of the president
H)was the Democratic presidential candidate in 1928 who led the party's anti-Klan, anti-Prohibition wing
I)was the volunteer defense attorney for John Scopes and a tireless defender of the rights of the working class
J)was the nominee of the fragmented Democrats during the 1924 election who could nearly outdo Coolidge in his conservatism 
A) was the secretary of the Treasury under Harding who developed a plan that would affect federal spending 
B) was the secretary of state under Harding who pledged American disarmament to avoid an expensive naval arms race 
C) was the army's chief of staff who treated a group of protesting veterans seeking their cash bonuses as "insurrectionists" 
D) was the secretary of state who called for the nations in the Great War to sign a pact to renounce war "as an instrument of national policy" 
E) died suddenly while president after suffering an attack of food poisoning on a trip to the western United States
F)wrote the book American Individualism, asserting that he wished to promote a "rugged individualism" rather than selfishness
G)was the Republican vice-presidential candidate in 1920 and rose to the presidency due to the death of the president
H)was the Democratic presidential candidate in 1928 who led the party's anti-Klan, anti-Prohibition wing
I)was the volunteer defense attorney for John Scopes and a tireless defender of the rights of the working class
J)was the nominee of the fragmented Democrats during the 1924 election who could nearly outdo Coolidge in his conservatism

Question 7

Which of the following occurred as conditions during the Great Depression worsened?

Accepted Answer

A)  Government officials called for the deportation of Mexican-born Americans to avoid the cost of providing them with government services. 
B)  There was no longer any competition for jobs, especially between impoverished whites in western states and Latino and Asian farmhands. 
C)  Birth rates soared, as couples sought to have more children to be able to work the fields and provide for their families. 
D)  More immigrants entered the United States than ever before because the Depression had distracted nativist efforts. 
E)  Because there were so many homeless, state governments outlawed arresting homeless people for harmless activities such as "idling." 
A)  Government officials called for the deportation of Mexican-born Americans to avoid the cost of providing them with government services. 
B)  There was no longer any competition for jobs, especially between impoverished whites in western states and Latino and Asian farmhands. 
C)  Birth rates soared, as couples sought to have more children to be able to work the fields and provide for their families. 
D)  More immigrants entered the United States than ever before because the Depression had distracted nativist efforts. 
E)  Because there were so many homeless, state governments outlawed arresting homeless people for harmless activities such as "idling."

Question 8

What did the Immigration Act of 1924 do?

Accepted Answer

A)  It closed immigration from Latin America into the United States until 1945 since Harding, Coolidge, and Hoover caused increased tensions with this part of the world. 
B)  It targeted and limited the number of immigrants from northern and western European countries, most of all due to strained relationships with these countries after the Great World War. 
C)  It reversed the Chinese Exclusion Act to allow Asian immigrants to enter the United States and otherwise was blind to ethnic or cultural factors. 
D)  It reduced the number of immigration quotas of each nationality's population as of 1890 to especially limit the number of southern and eastern Europeans entering the country. 
E)  It opened the United States to nearly unlimited immigration because industrialization and urbanization had opened up far more jobs than current American citizens could fill. 
A)  It closed immigration from Latin America into the United States until 1945 since Harding, Coolidge, and Hoover caused increased tensions with this part of the world. 
B)  It targeted and limited the number of immigrants from northern and western European countries, most of all due to strained relationships with these countries after the Great World War. 
C)  It reversed the Chinese Exclusion Act to allow Asian immigrants to enter the United States and otherwise was blind to ethnic or cultural factors. 
D)  It reduced the number of immigration quotas of each nationality's population as of 1890 to especially limit the number of southern and eastern Europeans entering the country. 
E)  It opened the United States to nearly unlimited immigration because industrialization and urbanization had opened up far more jobs than current American citizens could fill.

Question 9

Which of the following statements is true of the McNary-Haugen bill?

Accepted Answer

A)  It called for surplus crops to be sold on the world market in order to raise domestic prices. 
B)  It failed to pass Congress in 1922 but passed in 1927 with the support of President Coolidge. 
C)  It effectively raised domestic commodity prices by slowing the mechanization of agriculture. 
D)  It was viewed with derision by American farmers and led to widespread protests. 
E)  It ushered in a new golden age of American agriculture after the Great War. 
A)  It called for surplus crops to be sold on the world market in order to raise domestic prices. 
B)  It failed to pass Congress in 1922 but passed in 1927 with the support of President Coolidge. 
C)  It effectively raised domestic commodity prices by slowing the mechanization of agriculture. 
D)  It was viewed with derision by American farmers and led to widespread protests. 
E)  It ushered in a new golden age of American agriculture after the Great War.

Question 10

Describe Herbert Hoover's attempts at recovery in the first three years of the Depression. Which of his policies were effective, which were ineffective, and why?

Accepted Answer

Herbert Hoover's attempts at recovery in

Question 11

Which of the following was a tactic of the Ku Klux Klan?

Accepted Answer

A)  only accepting members who were extremely wealthy 
B)  rejecting ideas of righteous Protestant morality and embracing Catholicism 
C)  directing anger at whatever prejudices were dominant in a certain area 
D)  supporting the efforts of labor unions and progressive legislation 
E)  promoting immigration from most areas of the world 
A)  only accepting members who were extremely wealthy 
B)  rejecting ideas of righteous Protestant morality and embracing Catholicism 
C)  directing anger at whatever prejudices were dominant in a certain area 
D)  supporting the efforts of labor unions and progressive legislation 
E)  promoting immigration from most areas of the world

Question 12

Evaluate the factors that contributed to the onset of the Great Depression.

Accepted Answer

The onset of the Great Depression was in

Question 13

Which of the following statements regarding the effect of the Great Depression on many women is true?

Accepted Answer

A)  Because the few women who were afforded the opportunity to work often held the highest paying jobs, they usually were the first to lose those jobs across the board. 
B)  Because it was still against the law for women to hold even service jobs or secretary jobs in the 1920s, women suffered the most and relied entirely on men in their lives to make ends meet. 
C)  For the duration of the Depression, single white women had the most difficult time keeping jobs because they were viewed as not having a family to support and not needing the money as badly. 
D)  As the Depression worsened, married women became some of the primary targets of layoffs due to the thinking that they'd be "stealing" jobs from men and already had husbands supporting them. 
E)  Most women remained relatively unaffected by the Depression because men tended to refuse to share their financial situations with their wives, and they managed to live in a state of denial. 
A)  Because the few women who were afforded the opportunity to work often held the highest paying jobs, they usually were the first to lose those jobs across the board. 
B)  Because it was still against the law for women to hold even service jobs or secretary jobs in the 1920s, women suffered the most and relied entirely on men in their lives to make ends meet. 
C)  For the duration of the Depression, single white women had the most difficult time keeping jobs because they were viewed as not having a family to support and not needing the money as badly. 
D)  As the Depression worsened, married women became some of the primary targets of layoffs due to the thinking that they'd be "stealing" jobs from men and already had husbands supporting them. 
E)  Most women remained relatively unaffected by the Depression because men tended to refuse to share their financial situations with their wives, and they managed to live in a state of denial.

Question 14

How might the decade of the 1920s be called "the decade of prosperity"?

Accepted Answer

The decade of the 1920s could be called

Question 15

Al Smith's candidacy in 1928 represented the strong unity between rural and urban America.

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False

Question 16

What did the Budget and Accounting Act of 1921, pushed through Congress by Andrew Mellon, create?

Accepted Answer

A)  chaos in the federal budget process due to its extremely partisan nature 
B)  a series of economic changes totally at odds with the progressive desire for efficiency 
C)  an end to states' budgets in favor of federal budgets alone 
D)  sweeping tax increases in such a way that severely hurt the working poor 
E)  a new Bureau of the Budget to streamline the process of preparing an annual federal budget 
A)  chaos in the federal budget process due to its extremely partisan nature 
B)  a series of economic changes totally at odds with the progressive desire for efficiency 
C)  an end to states' budgets in favor of federal budgets alone 
D)  sweeping tax increases in such a way that severely hurt the working poor 
E)  a new Bureau of the Budget to streamline the process of preparing an annual federal budget

Question 17

Fundamentalists argued that the Bible ought to be taken literally rather than interpreted.

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False

Question 18

In what ways was the Scopes "Monkey Trial" illustrative of the larger social, political, and cultural conflicts of the 1920s?

Accepted Answer

The Scopes "Monkey Trial" was illustrati

Question 19

Which of the following was true of William Jennings Bryan?

Accepted Answer

A)  He believed evolution should be taught in science classes and made a compelling case for why it was lawful. 
B)  He transformed fundamentalism into a popular crusade and prosecuted John Scopes for teaching evolution. 
C)  He was a progressive pastor at New York City's First Presbyterian Church who dismissed biblical fundamentalism as "immeasurable folly." 
D)  He was a vocal supporter of the Ku Klux Klan and only rose to political prominence during the mid-1920s. 
E)  He was a staunch progressive within the Republican party who shaped much of the legislation of the 1920s. 
A)  He believed evolution should be taught in science classes and made a compelling case for why it was lawful. 
B)  He transformed fundamentalism into a popular crusade and prosecuted John Scopes for teaching evolution. 
C)  He was a progressive pastor at New York City's First Presbyterian Church who dismissed biblical fundamentalism as "immeasurable folly." 
D)  He was a vocal supporter of the Ku Klux Klan and only rose to political prominence during the mid-1920s. 
E)  He was a staunch progressive within the Republican party who shaped much of the legislation of the 1920s.

Question 20

The national struggle over Prohibition was, in part, due to cultural tension amid the influx of immigrants.

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False

Exam 24: The Reactionary Twenties

The Scopes "Monkey Trial" was an example of the cultural conflict in the 1920s of tradition versus modernity.

What was the Teapot Dome Affair?

Harding's administration is MOST remembered for

The Kellogg-Briand Pact was the most successful peace treaty the United States had ever signed in terms of preventing future conflicts.

Which of the following was one of the contributing causes of the stock market crash of October 1929?

Match each description with the item below. -John W. Davis

Which of the following occurred as conditions during the Great Depression worsened?

What did the Immigration Act of 1924 do?

Which of the following statements is true of the McNary-Haugen bill?

Describe Herbert Hoover's attempts at recovery in the first three years of the Depression. Which of his policies were effective, which were ineffective, and why?

Which of the following was a tactic of the Ku Klux Klan?

Evaluate the factors that contributed to the onset of the Great Depression.

Which of the following statements regarding the effect of the Great Depression on many women is true?

How might the decade of the 1920s be called "the decade of prosperity"?

Al Smith's candidacy in 1928 represented the strong unity between rural and urban America.

What did the Budget and Accounting Act of 1921, pushed through Congress by Andrew Mellon, create?

Fundamentalists argued that the Bible ought to be taken literally rather than interpreted.

In what ways was the Scopes "Monkey Trial" illustrative of the larger social, political, and cultural conflicts of the 1920s?

Which of the following was true of William Jennings Bryan?

The national struggle over Prohibition was, in part, due to cultural tension amid the influx of immigrants.

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