Question 1

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 2

What factors led to the decline of labor unions in the 1920s?

Accepted Answer

Several factors contributed to the decli

Question 3

Which of the following was a result of the Scopes Trial?

Accepted Answer

A)  Tennessee's anti-evolution law was declared unconstitutional. 
B)  The fundamentalist movement disappeared. 
C)  William Jennings Bryan's political career was revived. 
D)  John T. Scopes was found guilty of teaching evolution. 
E)  Clarence Darrow's legal career faded into obscurity. 
A)  Tennessee's anti-evolution law was declared unconstitutional. 
B)  The fundamentalist movement disappeared. 
C)  William Jennings Bryan's political career was revived. 
D)  John T. Scopes was found guilty of teaching evolution. 
E)  Clarence Darrow's legal career faded into obscurity.

Question 4

Which of the following statements accurately describes the impact of the Great Depression on African Americans?

Accepted Answer

A)  Whereas African Americans who had left the South to take factory jobs in the North remained unaffected by the Depression, those who remained in the South were hit hard by the Depression. 
B)  African Americans were among the hardest hit by the Depression, as racial discrimination meant they had the lowest-paying jobs in the South and were among the first fired in the North. 
C)  Because the Jim Crow laws had been lifted, most African Americans avoided discrimination during the Depression and, thus, tended to experience the same degree of hardship as white Americans. 
D)  Because the southern economy had been faring better than the northern economy before 1929, African Americans who lived in the South were better off than many white Americans. 
E)  Because most African Americans at the time lived in the North, they often benefited from state government aid programs that were widespread and successful in the North. 
A)  Whereas African Americans who had left the South to take factory jobs in the North remained unaffected by the Depression, those who remained in the South were hit hard by the Depression. 
B)  African Americans were among the hardest hit by the Depression, as racial discrimination meant they had the lowest-paying jobs in the South and were among the first fired in the North. 
C)  Because the Jim Crow laws had been lifted, most African Americans avoided discrimination during the Depression and, thus, tended to experience the same degree of hardship as white Americans. 
D)  Because the southern economy had been faring better than the northern economy before 1929, African Americans who lived in the South were better off than many white Americans. 
E)  Because most African Americans at the time lived in the North, they often benefited from state government aid programs that were widespread and successful in the North.

Question 5

Which of the following directly led to the passage of the Immigration Act of 1924?

Accepted Answer

A)  broken western alliances and betrayal during the Great War 
B)  the slowing levels of immigration into the United States after the Great War 
C)  many Americans' fears of foreign ideas such as socialism, communism, and anarchism 
D)  nineteenth-century policies such as the Monroe Doctrine regarding Latin America 
E)  the onset of the Great Depression and the lack of resources to house immigrants 
A)  broken western alliances and betrayal during the Great War 
B)  the slowing levels of immigration into the United States after the Great War 
C)  many Americans' fears of foreign ideas such as socialism, communism, and anarchism 
D)  nineteenth-century policies such as the Monroe Doctrine regarding Latin America 
E)  the onset of the Great Depression and the lack of resources to house immigrants

Question 6

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 7

During the 1920s, how did the majority of the nation respond to the self-indulgent excesses of the Lost Generation and Jazz Age?

Accepted Answer

A)  Most enthusiastically threw their support toward the progressivism of Theodore Roosevelt and Woodrow Wilson. 
B)  Most instead became increasingly preoccupied with reform, as the middle class was quickly decreasing in number. 
C)  Most were supportive of the cultural rebelliousness of the time and took advantage of the current climate to call for unprecedentedly liberal legislation. 
D)  Most began to lead secular lives and became defiant modernists, growing more unified in their positions on culture. 
E)  Most instead led traditional lives and defended established values, which contributed to the backlash in national politics against modern city life. 
A)  Most enthusiastically threw their support toward the progressivism of Theodore Roosevelt and Woodrow Wilson. 
B)  Most instead became increasingly preoccupied with reform, as the middle class was quickly decreasing in number. 
C)  Most were supportive of the cultural rebelliousness of the time and took advantage of the current climate to call for unprecedentedly liberal legislation. 
D)  Most began to lead secular lives and became defiant modernists, growing more unified in their positions on culture. 
E)  Most instead led traditional lives and defended established values, which contributed to the backlash in national politics against modern city life.

Question 8

One major cause of the Depression was that manufacturers were producing more products than people were willing or able to buy.

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False

Question 9

What was a consequence of the Smoot-Hawley tariff?

Accepted Answer

A)  It lowered tariffs for more than a thousand goods, encouraging international trade and expanding the money supply. 
B)  It led to a rise in stock market values as investors gained confidence in trade and delayed the onset of the Great Depression for a number of years. 
C)  It caused the power of corporate lobbyists to decrease, as they were kept from interacting with Congress during the deliberations surrounding the bill. 
D)  It raised tariffs and as a consequence boosted the sale of goods made domestically and helped prevent further layoffs in the early 1930s. 
E)  It raised tariffs and provoked foreign countries to raise retaliatory tariffs and, as a consequence, made it harder for American farms and businesses to sell abroad. 
A)  It lowered tariffs for more than a thousand goods, encouraging international trade and expanding the money supply. 
B)  It led to a rise in stock market values as investors gained confidence in trade and delayed the onset of the Great Depression for a number of years. 
C)  It caused the power of corporate lobbyists to decrease, as they were kept from interacting with Congress during the deliberations surrounding the bill. 
D)  It raised tariffs and as a consequence boosted the sale of goods made domestically and helped prevent further layoffs in the early 1930s. 
E)  It raised tariffs and provoked foreign countries to raise retaliatory tariffs and, as a consequence, made it harder for American farms and businesses to sell abroad.

Question 10

Who were Nicola Sacco and Bartolomeo Vanzetti, and what was their significance to the reactionary conservatism of the 1920s?

Accepted Answer

A)  They were two fundamentalists who, like many at the time, embraced liberal beliefs and sought to do away with "old-time religion." 
B)  They were two Italian-born anarchists whose execution for robbery and murder, despite some doubt as to their guilt, is often used as an example of nativism. 
C)  They were two communists whose defecting to eastern Europe led a number of like-minded Americans to follow them in leaving the country. 
D)  They were two activists who led the civil rights movement of the 1920s but were murdered by members of the Ku Klux Klan in an unprecedented display of open violence. 
E)  They were two second-generation immigrant congressmen whose popularity led to the passage of legislation that was more beneficial to immigrants than in previous years. 
A)  They were two fundamentalists who, like many at the time, embraced liberal beliefs and sought to do away with "old-time religion." 
B)  They were two Italian-born anarchists whose execution for robbery and murder, despite some doubt as to their guilt, is often used as an example of nativism. 
C)  They were two communists whose defecting to eastern Europe led a number of like-minded Americans to follow them in leaving the country. 
D)  They were two activists who led the civil rights movement of the 1920s but were murdered by members of the Ku Klux Klan in an unprecedented display of open violence. 
E)  They were two second-generation immigrant congressmen whose popularity led to the passage of legislation that was more beneficial to immigrants than in previous years.

Exam 24: The Reactionary Twenties

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

What factors led to the decline of labor unions in the 1920s?

Which of the following was a result of the Scopes Trial?

Which of the following statements accurately describes the impact of the Great Depression on African Americans?

Which of the following directly led to the passage of the Immigration Act of 1924?

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

During the 1920s, how did the majority of the nation respond to the self-indulgent excesses of the Lost Generation and Jazz Age?

One major cause of the Depression was that manufacturers were producing more products than people were willing or able to buy.

What was a consequence of the Smoot-Hawley tariff?

Who were Nicola Sacco and Bartolomeo Vanzetti, and what was their significance to the reactionary conservatism of the 1920s?

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