Question 1

According to John Dewey, a teacher's primary goal is to

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A)  instill rigid discipline and moral character in young people. 
B)  emphasize training for a particular set of professional skills demanded by the contemporary job market. 
C)  educate students for the broad range of life's challenges by active, participatory learning methods. 
D)  undermine students' naive religious beliefs. 
E)  ensure that his or her students pass all standardized exams by following traditional rote methods of teaching. 
A)  instill rigid discipline and moral character in young people. 
B)  emphasize training for a particular set of professional skills demanded by the contemporary job market. 
C)  educate students for the broad range of life's challenges by active, participatory learning methods. 
D)  undermine students' naive religious beliefs. 
E)  ensure that his or her students pass all standardized exams by following traditional rote methods of teaching.

Question 2

The American radio industry was distinctive from radio in European nations because it

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A)  did not carry news programming. 
B)  gave preference in station ownership to religious and other nonprofit groups. 
C)  practiced censorship against sexually offensive material. 
D)  developed nationwide networks of stations broadcasting the same program. 
E)  was a commercial business dependent on advertising. 
A)  did not carry news programming. 
B)  gave preference in station ownership to religious and other nonprofit groups. 
C)  practiced censorship against sexually offensive material. 
D)  developed nationwide networks of stations broadcasting the same program. 
E)  was a commercial business dependent on advertising.

Question 3

What sparked the greater public expression of sexuality in the 1920s? Did the greater frankness about sex represent an advance for women, or did it open opportunities for exploitation of women?

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The greater public expression of sexuali

Question 4

With 5 million members at its peak in the 1920s, the Ku Klux Klan was known for all of the following EXCEPT

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A)  secret rituals. 
B)  lack of support in the Midwest and the Bible Belt. 
C)  flag-waving parades. 
D)  the blazing cross. 
E)  the bloodied lash. 
A)  secret rituals. 
B)  lack of support in the Midwest and the Bible Belt. 
C)  flag-waving parades. 
D)  the blazing cross. 
E)  the bloodied lash.

Question 5

Assume one of the following identities: a) a radical political revolutionary, b) an immigrant low-wage worker, c) an industrialist, d) a sports hero, e) a single modern woman in her twenties, f) a black civil rights activist in the South, g) a black jazz musician in Chicago or Harlem, or h) aspiring modernist artist or writer. Would you like to have lived in the America of the 1920s? Why or why not? Explain what you find most alluring about life in America during the 1920s and what adverse developments might have led you to leave America during that decade.

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As a black civil rights activist in the

Question 6

Do you think that the 1920s should be most noted as a decade of anxiety and intolerance or a decade of revolutionary cultural innovation, excess, and liberation? What were the deepest political, economic, and social forces shaping American culture in this period? How did theses influential forces also shape how particular groups of Americans viewed themselves and their respective places in American society?

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The 1920s were a decade of significant c

Question 7

The Immigration Act of 1924 discriminated directly against

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A)  Canadians and West Indians. 
B)  northern and western Europeans. 
C)  Latin Americans. 
D)  Jews and Muslims. 
E)  Southern and Eastern Europeans and Japanese. 
A)  Canadians and West Indians. 
B)  northern and western Europeans. 
C)  Latin Americans. 
D)  Jews and Muslims. 
E)  Southern and Eastern Europeans and Japanese.

Question 8

Which of the following was NOT among prominent African-American cultural figures of the 1920s?

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A)  Joseph "King" Oliver 
B)  Ralph Ellison 
C)  "Jelly Roll" Morton 
D)  Langston Hughes 
E)  W.C. Handy 
A)  Joseph "King" Oliver 
B)  Ralph Ellison 
C)  "Jelly Roll" Morton 
D)  Langston Hughes 
E)  W.C. Handy

Question 9

Among the major figures promoted by mass media image makers and the new sports industry in the 1920s were

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A)  John L. Sullivan and William Cody. 
B)  Henry Ford and Charles Lindbergh 
C)  Babe Ruth and Jack Dempsey. 
D)  Al Jolson and Margaret Sanger. 
E)  Mickey Mantle and Rocky Marciano. 
A)  John L. Sullivan and William Cody. 
B)  Henry Ford and Charles Lindbergh 
C)  Babe Ruth and Jack Dempsey. 
D)  Al Jolson and Margaret Sanger. 
E)  Mickey Mantle and Rocky Marciano.

Question 10

The most tenacious pursuer of radical elements during the red scare of the early 1920s was

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A)  Frederick W. Taylor. 
B)  William Jennings Bryan. 
C)  Eugene Debs. 
D)  Robert La Follette. 
E)  A. Mitchell Palmer. 
A)  Frederick W. Taylor. 
B)  William Jennings Bryan. 
C)  Eugene Debs. 
D)  Robert La Follette. 
E)  A. Mitchell Palmer.

Question 11

The most spectacular and deadly example of lawlessness and gangsterism in the 1920s was in

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A)  San Francisco. 
B)  New Orleans. 
C)  Boston. 
D)  Chicago. 
E)  Las Vegas. 
A)  San Francisco. 
B)  New Orleans. 
C)  Boston. 
D)  Chicago. 
E)  Las Vegas.

Question 12

The influential cultural film during the 1920s, Birth of a Nation by D.W. Griffith, stirred extensive protest by African Americans because

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A)  the film was heavily financed by white racist Hollywood film business owners. 
B)  the film depicted the black leader Marcus Garvey in an unfavorable light. 
C)  African Americans were not allowed to see the film even in northern movie theaters. 
D)  the film glorified the Ku Klux Klan and portrayed blacks as corrupt politicians or rapists. 
E)  Griffith failed to give credit to the civil rights advocacy work and black intellectual leadership of W.E.B. Du Bois. 
A)  the film was heavily financed by white racist Hollywood film business owners. 
B)  the film depicted the black leader Marcus Garvey in an unfavorable light. 
C)  African Americans were not allowed to see the film even in northern movie theaters. 
D)  the film glorified the Ku Klux Klan and portrayed blacks as corrupt politicians or rapists. 
E)  Griffith failed to give credit to the civil rights advocacy work and black intellectual leadership of W.E.B. Du Bois.

Question 13

The Ku Klux Klan nearly collapsed in the late 1920s when

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A)  the immigration restriction laws of the early 1920s were repealed. 
B)  the organization was publicly exposed as a corrupt and cynical racket. 
C)  the advent of radio led to a new level of public knowledge and tolerance. 
D)  the Klan proved unable to implement its program. 
E)  both political parties sharply criticized the Klan as un-American. 
A)  the immigration restriction laws of the early 1920s were repealed. 
B)  the organization was publicly exposed as a corrupt and cynical racket. 
C)  the advent of radio led to a new level of public knowledge and tolerance. 
D)  the Klan proved unable to implement its program. 
E)  both political parties sharply criticized the Klan as un-American.

Question 14

The postwar anxiety and intolerance of Americans in the 1920s was manifested in the

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A)  Sacco-Vanzetti case. 
B)  state laws prohibiting the advocacy of violent social change. 
C)  resurgence of the Ku Klux Klan. 
D)  Immigration Act of 1924. 
E)  deportation of radicals to Russia. 
A)  Sacco-Vanzetti case. 
B)  state laws prohibiting the advocacy of violent social change. 
C)  resurgence of the Ku Klux Klan. 
D)  Immigration Act of 1924. 
E)  deportation of radicals to Russia.

Question 15

Identify and state the historical significance of Clarence Darrow.

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Criminal l

Question 16

The long-term outcome of the Scopes "Monkey Trial"

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A)  represented, at best, a hollow victory for Fundamentalism because it cast ridicule of the fundamentalist cause and highlighted the dubious rationality of a relying on a literal theological reading of the Bible to overturn the findings of modern science. 
B)  halted the trend of increasing numbers of Christians reconciling the asserted revelations of Christianity with modern science. 
C)  was an unmitigated political and religious triumph of the fundamentalist Christian effort to deny the increasing influence of modern science in American educational and cultural life. 
D)  permitted the gap between fundamentalist Christian theology and biology to narrow considerably. 
E)  reversed Fundamentalism's place as a vibrant force in American spiritual life. 
A)  represented, at best, a hollow victory for Fundamentalism because it cast ridicule of the fundamentalist cause and highlighted the dubious rationality of a relying on a literal theological reading of the Bible to overturn the findings of modern science. 
B)  halted the trend of increasing numbers of Christians reconciling the asserted revelations of Christianity with modern science. 
C)  was an unmitigated political and religious triumph of the fundamentalist Christian effort to deny the increasing influence of modern science in American educational and cultural life. 
D)  permitted the gap between fundamentalist Christian theology and biology to narrow considerably. 
E)  reversed Fundamentalism's place as a vibrant force in American spiritual life.

Question 17

During the 1920s, the new system of buying on credit resulted in all of the following EXCEPT

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A)  transforming once frugal Americans into consumers of cars, radios, and other durable goods. 
B)  leading many Americans to exemplify the slogan "possess today and pay tomorrow" in their consumer spending habits. 
C)  stimulating of economic growth in the country. 
D)  creating massive amounts of consumer debt. 
E)  providing a fundamental and solid basis for sustainable long-term prosperity in the nation. 
A)  transforming once frugal Americans into consumers of cars, radios, and other durable goods. 
B)  leading many Americans to exemplify the slogan "possess today and pay tomorrow" in their consumer spending habits. 
C)  stimulating of economic growth in the country. 
D)  creating massive amounts of consumer debt. 
E)  providing a fundamental and solid basis for sustainable long-term prosperity in the nation.

Question 18

Describe the dominant political, cultural, and social themes of American literature in the 1920s. Explain why these literary themes and modernism captured the cultural zeitgeist of the 1920s.

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The dominant political, cultural, and so

Question 19

Identify and state the historical significance of the National Woman's party.

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Party formed by Alic

Question 20

Identify and state the historical significance of A. Mitchell Palmer.

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Quaker and Attorney

Exam 30: American Life in the Roaring Twenties

According to John Dewey, a teacher's primary goal is to

The American radio industry was distinctive from radio in European nations because it

What sparked the greater public expression of sexuality in the 1920s? Did the greater frankness about sex represent an advance for women, or did it open opportunities for exploitation of women?

With 5 million members at its peak in the 1920s, the Ku Klux Klan was known for all of the following EXCEPT

The Immigration Act of 1924 discriminated directly against

Which of the following was NOT among prominent African-American cultural figures of the 1920s?

Among the major figures promoted by mass media image makers and the new sports industry in the 1920s were

The most tenacious pursuer of radical elements during the red scare of the early 1920s was

The most spectacular and deadly example of lawlessness and gangsterism in the 1920s was in

The influential cultural film during the 1920s, Birth of a Nation by D.W. Griffith, stirred extensive protest by African Americans because

The Ku Klux Klan nearly collapsed in the late 1920s when

The postwar anxiety and intolerance of Americans in the 1920s was manifested in the

Identify and state the historical significance of Clarence Darrow.

The long-term outcome of the Scopes "Monkey Trial"

During the 1920s, the new system of buying on credit resulted in all of the following EXCEPT

Describe the dominant political, cultural, and social themes of American literature in the 1920s. Explain why these literary themes and modernism captured the cultural zeitgeist of the 1920s.

Identify and state the historical significance of the National Woman's party.

Identify and state the historical significance of A. Mitchell Palmer.

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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