Question 1

The biggest scandal under President Hoover was the Teapot Dome scandal of 1930.

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False

Question 2

The result in the presidential election of 1920 might be attributed to the

Accepted Answer

A)  smear campaign directed against Democratic candidate H. L. Mencken a matter of weeks beforehand. 
B)  conservative postwar mood in which Americans were "tired of issues" and "sick at heart of ideals." 
C)  pro-Wilson and pro-internationalism tone of Harding's campaign as well as his tendencies for heroics. 
D)  lack of women voters in the election, as women had not yet been granted the right to vote in most states. 
E)  lack of African American voters in the election, as they had not yet been granted the right to vote in most states. 
A)  smear campaign directed against Democratic candidate H. L. Mencken a matter of weeks beforehand. 
B)  conservative postwar mood in which Americans were "tired of issues" and "sick at heart of ideals." 
C)  pro-Wilson and pro-internationalism tone of Harding's campaign as well as his tendencies for heroics. 
D)  lack of women voters in the election, as women had not yet been granted the right to vote in most states. 
E)  lack of African American voters in the election, as they had not yet been granted the right to vote in most states.

Question 3

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 4

In what ways did Hoover fail to address the human distress caused by the Great Depression?

Accepted Answer

Herbert Hoover, the 31st President of th

Question 5

What was one of the factors that contributed to the passage of the Prohibition amendment?

Accepted Answer

A)  Beer consumption per capita was at an all-time low in the years before the amendment was passed, so the law finally seemed viable to politicians. 
B)  An overabundance of crops in the United States during the war allowed Americans to end their dependency on alcoholic beverages. 
C)  Many leaders of the Prohibition movement saw it as a way to draw greater numbers of immigrants to the United States and grow the workforce. 
D)  The amendment would help police the activities of corrupt business leaders and, thus, turn policing efforts away from African Americans and the working poor. 
E)  The majority of beer brewers were German, and a great deal of ethnic and social prejudice was directed toward them in the wake of the Great War. 
A)  Beer consumption per capita was at an all-time low in the years before the amendment was passed, so the law finally seemed viable to politicians. 
B)  An overabundance of crops in the United States during the war allowed Americans to end their dependency on alcoholic beverages. 
C)  Many leaders of the Prohibition movement saw it as a way to draw greater numbers of immigrants to the United States and grow the workforce. 
D)  The amendment would help police the activities of corrupt business leaders and, thus, turn policing efforts away from African Americans and the working poor. 
E)  The majority of beer brewers were German, and a great deal of ethnic and social prejudice was directed toward them in the wake of the Great War.

Question 6

In 1924, with which political party did Robert La Follette campaign for the presidency?

Accepted Answer

A)  the Mugwump party 
B)  the American Socialist party 
C)  the Republicans 
D)  the Progressive party 
E)  the Democrats 
A)  the Mugwump party 
B)  the American Socialist party 
C)  the Republicans 
D)  the Progressive party 
E)  the Democrats

Question 7

The second Ku Klux Klan of the 1920s was mainly a southern rural organization.

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False

Question 8

To what extent did the policies of the Republican party dominate the federal government during the twenties? In what ways were these policies a rejection of progressivism?

Accepted Answer

During the 1920s, the policies of the Re

Question 9

What was the "American plan" concept of employment?

Accepted Answer

A)  It guaranteed equal pay for men and women. 
B)  It established closed shops where the employer could only hire union workers. 
C)  It established open shops where the employer could hire anyone. 
D)  It guaranteed workers an eight-hour workday and weekends off. 
E)  It honored the progressive promise of a cleaner, safer working environment. 
A)  It guaranteed equal pay for men and women. 
B)  It established closed shops where the employer could only hire union workers. 
C)  It established open shops where the employer could hire anyone. 
D)  It guaranteed workers an eight-hour workday and weekends off. 
E)  It honored the progressive promise of a cleaner, safer working environment.

Question 10

Which of the members of Harding's cabinet was jailed for his role in the Teapot Dome Affair?

Accepted Answer

A)  Charles Evans Hughes 
B)  Andrew Mellon 
C)  Henry Wallace 
D)  Calvin Coolidge 
E)  Albert Fall 
A)  Charles Evans Hughes 
B)  Andrew Mellon 
C)  Henry Wallace 
D)  Calvin Coolidge 
E)  Albert Fall

Question 11

In the election of 1932, which candidate promised a "new deal" for the American people?

Accepted Answer

A)  Alfred Smith 
B)  Herbert Hoover 
C)  Franklin Roosevelt 
D)  Eugene Debs 
E)  Calvin Coolidge 
A)  Alfred Smith 
B)  Herbert Hoover 
C)  Franklin Roosevelt 
D)  Eugene Debs 
E)  Calvin Coolidge

Question 12

Calvin Coolidge was notorious for his love of whiskey, poker, and women.

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False

Question 13

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 14

As president, Warren Harding was actually more progressive than Woodrow Wilson in his attitudes and policies toward African Americans.

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False

Question 15

What was part of Europe's role in the Great Depression?

Accepted Answer

A)  The German economy had come out the strongest after the Great War, taking competition away from American industry and forcing the United States to borrow from German banks. 
B)  Nations such as Great Britain, France, Spain, and Italy drastically increased their purchases of American goods as their economies began recovering after the Great War. 
C)  As a means of generating growth, the Federal Reserve Board only expanded the money supply, which thereby increased the amount of American money going abroad to Europe. 
D)  European nations who had been part of the Allies during the Great War proved unable to pay their war debts, and after the crash, American banks could no longer prop up their economies. 
E)  Because the United States had consistently refused to lend the Allies money during the Great War, European nations refused to lend the United States money as it plunged into its own financial crisis. 
A)  The German economy had come out the strongest after the Great War, taking competition away from American industry and forcing the United States to borrow from German banks. 
B)  Nations such as Great Britain, France, Spain, and Italy drastically increased their purchases of American goods as their economies began recovering after the Great War. 
C)  As a means of generating growth, the Federal Reserve Board only expanded the money supply, which thereby increased the amount of American money going abroad to Europe. 
D)  European nations who had been part of the Allies during the Great War proved unable to pay their war debts, and after the crash, American banks could no longer prop up their economies. 
E)  Because the United States had consistently refused to lend the Allies money during the Great War, European nations refused to lend the United States money as it plunged into its own financial crisis.

Question 16

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 17

Match each description with the item below.
-Charles Evans Hughes

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 18

The McNary-Haugen plan revived the idea of a political alliance between the rural South and West.

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False

Question 19

Which of the following statements accurately describes the second Ku Klux Klan?

Accepted Answer

A)  It was accepting of certain groups, such as Roman Catholics and Jews, but unaccepting of others, such as African Americans. 
B)  Wilson condemned the organization and almost eradicated it as the 1920s began, but the organization discovered legal loopholes that allowed it to continue. 
C)  It was a group that gained public acceptance because it refused to engage in real-life physical violence even though it promoted it in theory. 
D)  It attracted members because it made membership, uniforms, and other services entirely free and remained a prominent organization through the 1930s. 
E)  It was a nationwide organization with millions of members in the mid-1920s, dedicated to white supremacy and "100-percent Americanism." 
A)  It was accepting of certain groups, such as Roman Catholics and Jews, but unaccepting of others, such as African Americans. 
B)  Wilson condemned the organization and almost eradicated it as the 1920s began, but the organization discovered legal loopholes that allowed it to continue. 
C)  It was a group that gained public acceptance because it refused to engage in real-life physical violence even though it promoted it in theory. 
D)  It attracted members because it made membership, uniforms, and other services entirely free and remained a prominent organization through the 1930s. 
E)  It was a nationwide organization with millions of members in the mid-1920s, dedicated to white supremacy and "100-percent Americanism."

Question 20

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

Accepted Answer

The onset of the Great Depression was in

Exam 24: The Reactionary Twenties

The biggest scandal under President Hoover was the Teapot Dome scandal of 1930.

The result in the presidential election of 1920 might be attributed to the

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

In what ways did Hoover fail to address the human distress caused by the Great Depression?

What was one of the factors that contributed to the passage of the Prohibition amendment?

In 1924, with which political party did Robert La Follette campaign for the presidency?

The second Ku Klux Klan of the 1920s was mainly a southern rural organization.

To what extent did the policies of the Republican party dominate the federal government during the twenties? In what ways were these policies a rejection of progressivism?

What was the "American plan" concept of employment?

Which of the members of Harding's cabinet was jailed for his role in the Teapot Dome Affair?

In the election of 1932, which candidate promised a "new deal" for the American people?

Calvin Coolidge was notorious for his love of whiskey, poker, and women.

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

As president, Warren Harding was actually more progressive than Woodrow Wilson in his attitudes and policies toward African Americans.

What was part of Europe's role in the Great Depression?

What did the Immigration Act of 1924 do?

Match each description with the item below. -Charles Evans Hughes

The McNary-Haugen plan revived the idea of a political alliance between the rural South and West.

Which of the following statements accurately describes the second Ku Klux Klan?

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

The Collision of Cultures

Englands Colonies

Colonial Ways of Life

From Colonies to States

The American Revolution

Strengthening the New Nation

The Early Republic

The Emergence of a Market Economy

Nationalism and Sectionalism

The Jacksonian Era

The South, Slavery, and King Cotton

Religion, Romanticism, and Reform

Western Expansion

The Gathering Storm

The War of the Union

The Era of Reconstruction

Business and Labor in the Industrial Era

The New South and the New West

Political Stalemate and Rural Revolt

Seizing an American Empire

The Progressive Era

America and the Great War

A Clash of Cultures

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The Second World War

The Cold War and the Fair Deal

Cold War America

A New Frontier and a Great Society

Rebellion and Reaction

Conservative Revival

Twenty-First-Century America

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