Question 1

Identify and state the historical significance of Al Capone.

Accepted Answer

Chicago gangster and booze peddler who made millions off gang warfare.

Question 2

Identify and state the historical significance of Ernest Hemingway.

Accepted Answer

Writer whose hard-boiled realism typified the post-war literary period.

Question 3

Identify and state the historical significance of Henry Ford.

Accepted Answer

Automaker whose Model T popularized cars for the middle class.

Question 4

In what ways did writers like F. Scott Fitzgerald, Ernest Hemingway, Langston Hughes, and Theodore Dreiser reflect the prevalent American cultural milieu of the 1920s? In what ways did these authors criticize severely particular prevalent cultural trends in America during the 1920s?

Accepted Answer

Writers like F. Scott Fitzgerald, Ernest

Question 5

The zeal of federal agents in enforcing prohibition laws against liquor smugglers strained U.S. diplomatic relations with

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A)  Canada. 
B)  Mexico. 
C)  the Dominican Republic. 
D)  Spain. 
E)  Ireland. 
A)  Canada. 
B)  Mexico. 
C)  the Dominican Republic. 
D)  Spain. 
E)  Ireland.

Question 6

Identify and state the historical significance of Horace Kallen.

Accepted Answer

Philosopher and cult

Question 7

Identify and state the historical significance of Margaret Sanger.

Accepted Answer

Feminist who openly

Question 8

Disillusioned by war and peace, Americans in the 1920s did all of the following EXCEPT

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A)  denounce radical foreign ideas. 
B)  condemn un-American lifestyles. 
C)  struggle to achieve economic prosperity. 
D)  shun diplomatic commitments to foreign countries. 
E)  restrict immigration. 
A)  denounce radical foreign ideas. 
B)  condemn un-American lifestyles. 
C)  struggle to achieve economic prosperity. 
D)  shun diplomatic commitments to foreign countries. 
E)  restrict immigration.

Question 9

All of the following helped to make the prosperity of the 1920s possible EXCEPT

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A)  government stimulation of the economy. 
B)  rapid expansion of capital. 
C)  increased productivity of workers. 
D)  perfection of assembly-line production. 
E)  advertising and credit buying. 
A)  government stimulation of the economy. 
B)  rapid expansion of capital. 
C)  increased productivity of workers. 
D)  perfection of assembly-line production. 
E)  advertising and credit buying.

Question 10

The American airline industry in the 1920s made most of its early profits through

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A)  mail contracts with the federal government. 
B)  passenger fares. 
C)  air freight and bulk cargo. 
D)  subsidies from state and local governments. 
E)  crop dusting and cloud seeding. 
A)  mail contracts with the federal government. 
B)  passenger fares. 
C)  air freight and bulk cargo. 
D)  subsidies from state and local governments. 
E)  crop dusting and cloud seeding.

Question 11

Identify and state the historical significance of Randolph Bourne.

Accepted Answer

Cultural pluralist who believe

Question 12

Henry Ford's most distinctive contribution to the automobile industry was

Accepted Answer

A)  installment credit buying of cars. 
B)  voluntarily permitting unions to organize in his auto plants and agreeing to negotiate a union contract with the United Auto Workers (UAW) over wages, benefits, and worker safety issues. 
C)  introducing a variety of automobile models with varied colors and styles. 
D)  design changes that improved speed. 
E)  production of a standardized, relatively inexpensive automobile. 
A)  installment credit buying of cars. 
B)  voluntarily permitting unions to organize in his auto plants and agreeing to negotiate a union contract with the United Auto Workers (UAW) over wages, benefits, and worker safety issues. 
C)  introducing a variety of automobile models with varied colors and styles. 
D)  design changes that improved speed. 
E)  production of a standardized, relatively inexpensive automobile.

Question 13

The Scopes "Monkey Trial" represented a tragic, embarrassing, and final political curtain call for prosecution expert

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A)  Clarence Darrow. 
B)  William Jennings Bryan. 
C)  John Dewey. 
D)  Andrew Carnegie. 
E)  Reinhold Niebuhr. 
A)  Clarence Darrow. 
B)  William Jennings Bryan. 
C)  John Dewey. 
D)  Andrew Carnegie. 
E)  Reinhold Niebuhr.

Question 14

Match each literary figure below with the correct work.

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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 
D)  A-1, B-4, C-2, D-3 
E)  A-4, B-3, C-1, D-2 
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 
D)  A-1, B-4, C-2, D-3 
E)  A-4, B-3, C-1, D-2

Question 15

The religion of almost all Polish immigrants to America was

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A)  Eastern Orthodoxy. 
B)  Lutheranism. 
C)  evangelical Protestantism. 
D)  Roman Catholicism. 
E)  Judaism. 
A)  Eastern Orthodoxy. 
B)  Lutheranism. 
C)  evangelical Protestantism. 
D)  Roman Catholicism. 
E)  Judaism.

Question 16

Which of the following was NOT among the industries that prospered mightily with widespread use of the automobile?

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A)  rubber 
B)  highway construction 
C)  oil 
D)  railroads 
E)  glass 
A)  rubber 
B)  highway construction 
C)  oil 
D)  railroads 
E)  glass

Question 17

Among the consequences of Prohibition were

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A)  a growing recognition of the health risks of alcohol consumption. 
B)  growing cultural conflict between urban immigrants and residents of the South and West. 
C)  reduced absenteeism in American industry. 
D)  a vast increase in organized crime and gangsterism. 
E)  increased respect for law enforcement. 
A)  a growing recognition of the health risks of alcohol consumption. 
B)  growing cultural conflict between urban immigrants and residents of the South and West. 
C)  reduced absenteeism in American industry. 
D)  a vast increase in organized crime and gangsterism. 
E)  increased respect for law enforcement.

Question 18

The 1920 census revealed that, for the first time, most

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A)  men worked in manufacturing. 
B)  adult women were employed outside the home. 
C)  Americans lived in cities. 
D)  Americans lived in the trans-Mississippi West. 
E)  families had fewer than four children. 
A)  men worked in manufacturing. 
B)  adult women were employed outside the home. 
C)  Americans lived in cities. 
D)  Americans lived in the trans-Mississippi West. 
E)  families had fewer than four children.

Question 19

During the 1920s and after, many American immigrant ethnic groups

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A)  rapidly assimilated into the mainstream of American life. 
B)  sought to escape urban poverty by migrating to rural areas. 
C)  lived in neighborhoods with their own churches or synagogues, newspapers, and theaters. 
D)  maintained a greater loyalty to the old country than to the United States. 
E)  sought political autonomy and official recognition by the U.S. government. 
A)  rapidly assimilated into the mainstream of American life. 
B)  sought to escape urban poverty by migrating to rural areas. 
C)  lived in neighborhoods with their own churches or synagogues, newspapers, and theaters. 
D)  maintained a greater loyalty to the old country than to the United States. 
E)  sought political autonomy and official recognition by the U.S. government.

Question 20

Most American writers and cultural commentator before World War I had celebrated American democracy and politics. Why did the 1920s produce a cultural critic like H.L. Mencken who mocked democracy and middle American values? Was Mencken's criticism itself a healthy reflection of democracy or the sign of a dangerous cynicism entering American life?

Accepted Answer

The 1920s produced a cultural critic lik

Exam 30: American Life in the Roaring Twenties

Identify and state the historical significance of Al Capone.

Identify and state the historical significance of Ernest Hemingway.

Identify and state the historical significance of Henry Ford.

In what ways did writers like F. Scott Fitzgerald, Ernest Hemingway, Langston Hughes, and Theodore Dreiser reflect the prevalent American cultural milieu of the 1920s? In what ways did these authors criticize severely particular prevalent cultural trends in America during the 1920s?

The zeal of federal agents in enforcing prohibition laws against liquor smugglers strained U.S. diplomatic relations with

Identify and state the historical significance of Horace Kallen.

Identify and state the historical significance of Margaret Sanger.

Disillusioned by war and peace, Americans in the 1920s did all of the following EXCEPT

All of the following helped to make the prosperity of the 1920s possible EXCEPT

The American airline industry in the 1920s made most of its early profits through

Identify and state the historical significance of Randolph Bourne.

Henry Ford's most distinctive contribution to the automobile industry was

The Scopes "Monkey Trial" represented a tragic, embarrassing, and final political curtain call for prosecution expert

Match each literary figure below with the correct work.

The religion of almost all Polish immigrants to America was

Which of the following was NOT among the industries that prospered mightily with widespread use of the automobile?

Among the consequences of Prohibition were

The 1920 census revealed that, for the first time, most

During the 1920s and after, many American immigrant ethnic groups

New World Beginnings

The Contest for North America

Settling the English Colonies

American Life in the Seventeenth Century

Colonial Society on the Eve of Revolution

The Road to Revolution

America Secedes From the Empire

The Confederation and the Constitution

Launching the New Ship of State

The Triumphs and Travails of the Jeffersonian Republic

The Second War for Independence and the Upsurge of Nationalism

The Rise of a Mass Democracy

Forging the National Economy

The Ferment of Reform and Culture

The South and the Slavery Controversy

Manifest Destiny and Its Legacy

Renewing the Sectional Struggle

Drifting Toward Disunion

Girding for War the North and the South

The Furnace of Civil War

The Ordeal of Reconstruction

The Industrial Era Dawns

Political Paralysis in the Gilded Age

America Moves to the City

The Conquest of the West

Rumbles of Discontent

Empire and Expansion

Progressivism and the Republican Roosevelt

Wilsonian Progressivism in Peace and War

The Great Depression and the New Deal

Franklin D Roosevelt and the Shadow of War

America in World War II

The Cold War Begins

American Zenith

The Stormy Sixties

A Sea of Troubles

The Resurgence of Conservatism

America Confronts the Post Cold War Era

The American People Face a New Century

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