Question 1

In the 1920s, a growing interest in birth control among middle-class women resulted from

Accepted Answer

A)  the desire to delay childbirth to pursue a career outside of the home. 
B)  the attitude that sexual activity should not be for procreation only. 
C)  the desire to maintain a rigid, Victorian female "respectability." 
D)  both the desire to delay childbirth to pursue a career outside of the home, and the attitude that sexual activity should not be for procreation only. 
E)  All these answers are correct. 
A)  the desire to delay childbirth to pursue a career outside of the home. 
B)  the attitude that sexual activity should not be for procreation only. 
C)  the desire to maintain a rigid, Victorian female "respectability." 
D)  both the desire to delay childbirth to pursue a career outside of the home, and the attitude that sexual activity should not be for procreation only. 
E)  All these answers are correct.

Question 2

During the 1920s, the Brotherhood of Sleeping Car Porters

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A)  was formed by the American Federation of Labor. 
B)  was one of the few unions led by an African American. 
C)  organized against sleeping car manufacturerA. Philip Randolph. 
D)  was one of the few unions led by African Americans, and it was formed by the American Federation of Labor. 
E)  None of these answers is correct. 
A)  was formed by the American Federation of Labor. 
B)  was one of the few unions led by an African American. 
C)  organized against sleeping car manufacturerA. Philip Randolph. 
D)  was one of the few unions led by African Americans, and it was formed by the American Federation of Labor. 
E)  None of these answers is correct.

Question 3

In the 1920s, the idea of agricultural "parity" was

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A)  to match crop production with demand. 
B)  to ensure farmers would at least financially break even. 
C)  strongly opposed by Congress. 
D)  to equalize the average farmer income with the average industrial worker income. 
E)  invalidated by the passage of the McNary-Haugen Bill. 
A)  to match crop production with demand. 
B)  to ensure farmers would at least financially break even. 
C)  strongly opposed by Congress. 
D)  to equalize the average farmer income with the average industrial worker income. 
E)  invalidated by the passage of the McNary-Haugen Bill.

Question 4

Nativist sentiment had not been sufficient in the first years of the century to win passage of curbs on immigration, but after World War I it increased substantially.

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False

Question 5

The pioneer of the American birth-control movement was ________.

Accepted Answer

The answer of The pioneer of the American birth-control movement...

Question 6

What were the major achievements in technology and science during the 1920s, and how were they applied to society?

Accepted Answer

The 1920s saw several major achievements

Question 7

The majority of the 25 percent of married women who worked outside the home in the 1920s were working class.

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False

Question 8

Throughout the 1920s, the federal government

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A)  isolated itself from the business community. 
B)  supported the right of workers to organize as unions. 
C)  experienced a budget decrease, yet an increase in debt. 
D)  saw leaders of business take prominent positions in the federal government. 
E)  saw an increase in the budget and the national debt. 
A)  isolated itself from the business community. 
B)  supported the right of workers to organize as unions. 
C)  experienced a budget decrease, yet an increase in debt. 
D)  saw leaders of business take prominent positions in the federal government. 
E)  saw an increase in the budget and the national debt.

Question 9

What was Hoover's "associationalism" and why did he champion it?

Accepted Answer

Hoover's "associationalism" was an econo

Question 10

During the 1920s, the agricultural economy of the United States saw

Accepted Answer

A)  a large decrease in the area of cultivated land. 
B)  demand for farm goods rise faster than production. 
C)  a sharp decline in farmers' incomes. 
D)  farmers oppose using hybrid plants and chemical fertilizers. 
E)  the need for a larger labor supply. 
A)  a large decrease in the area of cultivated land. 
B)  demand for farm goods rise faster than production. 
C)  a sharp decline in farmers' incomes. 
D)  farmers oppose using hybrid plants and chemical fertilizers. 
E)  the need for a larger labor supply.

Question 11

As secretary of commerce, Herbert Hoover considered himself

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A)  a champion of business cooperation. 
B)  a believer in passive government. 
C)  a paragon of conservative America. 
D)  an internationalist in the tradition of Woodrow Wilson. 
E)  an enemy of wealth and privilege. 
A)  a champion of business cooperation. 
B)  a believer in passive government. 
C)  a paragon of conservative America. 
D)  an internationalist in the tradition of Woodrow Wilson. 
E)  an enemy of wealth and privilege.

Question 12

Al Smith lost the 1928 presidential election, in part, because

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A)  he failed to carry the South. 
B)  of a financial scandal within his campaign. 
C)  of his close connections to the oil industry. 
D)  he both failed to carry the South and maintained close connections to the oil industry. 
E)  All these answers are correct. 
A)  he failed to carry the South. 
B)  of a financial scandal within his campaign. 
C)  of his close connections to the oil industry. 
D)  he both failed to carry the South and maintained close connections to the oil industry. 
E)  All these answers are correct.

Question 13

Why did nativism reemerge with new strength after World War I? What cultural and legal effects did it have?

Accepted Answer

Nativism reemerged with new strength aft

Question 14

American-born children of Japanese immigrants were called ________.

Accepted Answer

The answer of American-born children of Japanese immigrants were called...

Question 15

During the 1920s, Alice Paul of the National Woman's Party pressed a campaign for the ________.

Accepted Answer

Equal Righ

Question 16

The Scopes trial of 1925 resulted in a guilty verdict, but it also put fundamentalists on the defensive.

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False

Question 17

During the 1920s, the Ku Klux Klan grew increasingly focused on southern segregation.

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False

Question 18

In his 1925 novel, The Great Gatsby, F. Scott Fitzgerald

Accepted Answer

A)  glorified wealthy Americans as examples of the "success ethic." 
B)  ridiculed the hypocritical behavior of some in evangelical religion. 
C)  satirized the inequalities in American politics. 
D)  criticized the American obsession with material wealth. 
E)  dramatized the plight of midwestern farmers. 
A)  glorified wealthy Americans as examples of the "success ethic." 
B)  ridiculed the hypocritical behavior of some in evangelical religion. 
C)  satirized the inequalities in American politics. 
D)  criticized the American obsession with material wealth. 
E)  dramatized the plight of midwestern farmers.

Question 19

Champions of parity for farmers urged high tariffs against foreign agricultural competition.

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False

Question 20

F. Scott Fitzgerald attacked the American obsession with material success in his 1925 novel, ________.

Accepted Answer

The answer of F. Scott Fitzgerald attacked the American obsession...

Exam 22: The “New Era”

In the 1920s, a growing interest in birth control among middle-class women resulted from

During the 1920s, the Brotherhood of Sleeping Car Porters

In the 1920s, the idea of agricultural "parity" was

Nativist sentiment had not been sufficient in the first years of the century to win passage of curbs on immigration, but after World War I it increased substantially.

The pioneer of the American birth-control movement was ________.

What were the major achievements in technology and science during the 1920s, and how were they applied to society?

The majority of the 25 percent of married women who worked outside the home in the 1920s were working class.

Throughout the 1920s, the federal government

What was Hoover's "associationalism" and why did he champion it?

During the 1920s, the agricultural economy of the United States saw

As secretary of commerce, Herbert Hoover considered himself

Al Smith lost the 1928 presidential election, in part, because

Why did nativism reemerge with new strength after World War I? What cultural and legal effects did it have?

American-born children of Japanese immigrants were called ________.

During the 1920s, Alice Paul of the National Woman's Party pressed a campaign for the ________.

The Scopes trial of 1925 resulted in a guilty verdict, but it also put fundamentalists on the defensive.

During the 1920s, the Ku Klux Klan grew increasingly focused on southern segregation.

In his 1925 novel, The Great Gatsby, F. Scott Fitzgerald

Champions of parity for farmers urged high tariffs against foreign agricultural competition.

F. Scott Fitzgerald attacked the American obsession with material success in his 1925 novel, ________.

The Collision of Cultures

Transplantations and Borderlands

Society and Culture in Provincial America

The Empire in Transition

The American Revolution

The Constitution and the New Republic

The Jeffersonian Era

Varieties of American Nationalism

Jacksonian America

America’s Economic Revolution

Cotton, Slavery, and the Old South

Antebellum Culture and Reform

The Impending Crisis

The Civil War

Reconstruction and the New South

The Conquest of the Far West

Industrial Supremacy

The Age of the City

From Crisis to Empire

The Progressives

America and the Great War

The Great Depression

The New Deal

The Global Crisis, 1921–1941

America in a World at War

The Cold War

The Affluent Society

Civil Rights, Vietnam, and the Ordeal of Liberalism

The Crisis of Authority

From the “Age of Limits” to the Age of Reagan

The Age of Globalization

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