Question 1

One of the primary obstacles to working class solidarity and organization in America was

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A) ethnic diversity. 
B) the lack of a reform impulse in America. 
C) the generally fair treatment that workers received from their employers. 
D) the hostility of the Catholic Church to social reform. 
E) the growing Communist influence in the labor movement. 
A) ethnic diversity. 
B) the lack of a reform impulse in America. 
C) the generally fair treatment that workers received from their employers. 
D) the hostility of the Catholic Church to social reform. 
E) the growing Communist influence in the labor movement.

Question 2

Identify and state the historical significance of the following:
-"​Lost Generation"

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The term "Lost Generation" refers to a c

Question 3

Although speakeasies and hard liquor flourished, historians argue that prohibition wasn't entirely a failure for all of the following reasons except

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A) bank savings increased. 
B) absenteeism in the workplace decreased. 
C) people consumed less alcohol overall. 
D) crime levels decreased. 
E) more people lived a sober lifestyle. 
A) bank savings increased. 
B) absenteeism in the workplace decreased. 
C) people consumed less alcohol overall. 
D) crime levels decreased. 
E) more people lived a sober lifestyle.

Question 4

Identify and state the historical significance of the following:
-Charles Lindbergh

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Charles Lindbergh was an American aviato

Question 5

Identify and state the historical significance of the following:
-The Sound and the Fury

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"The Sound and the Fury" is a novel writ

Question 6

The short-term legal outcome of the 1925 Scopes Trial was that

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A) attorney Clarence Darrow got the charges against John Scopes dropped. 
B) the state of Tennessee modified its anti-evolution law. 
C) biology teacher John Scopes was found not guilty of teaching evolution and returned to the classroom to teach only evolution in his classroom. 
D) biology teacher John Scopes was found guilty of teaching evolution and fined. 
E) the jury was deadlocked and unable to reach a verdict. 
A) attorney Clarence Darrow got the charges against John Scopes dropped. 
B) the state of Tennessee modified its anti-evolution law. 
C) biology teacher John Scopes was found not guilty of teaching evolution and returned to the classroom to teach only evolution in his classroom. 
D) biology teacher John Scopes was found guilty of teaching evolution and fined. 
E) the jury was deadlocked and unable to reach a verdict.

Question 7

How did traditional Christian religious principles and moral values find themselves challenged by cultural liberals and iconoclasts? Why were the themes of these cultural liberals and iconoclasts so threatening to traditional mores and values of Protestant America? How did modernism's various cultural expressions illustrate the iconoclastic, fragmented, and uncertain cultural milieu of the 1920s?
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Traditional Christian religious principl

Question 8

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 9

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 10

What explains the rise of Marcus Garvey's United Negro Improvement Association movement? Why was Garvey such an important political figure for American blacks during the 1920s and beyond even though his movement of black self-reliance and self-support ultimately failed and Garvey himself was deported by an anxious U.S. government in 1927?

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The rise of Marcus Garvey's United Negro

Question 11

John Dewey can rightly be called the "father of ____."

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A) Social Darwinism 
B) progressive education 
C) evolutionary science 
D) psychoanalysis 
E) Hegelian philosophy 
A) Social Darwinism 
B) progressive education 
C) evolutionary science 
D) psychoanalysis 
E) Hegelian philosophy

Question 12

The Harlem Renaissance can best be described as

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A) a celebration of black culture and creative expression of a prominent and vibrant black community in the North. 
B) the migration of Southern blacks to northern sections of New York City 
C) the movement led by Marcus Garvey 
D) the effort to resist racism and segregation in the North. 
E) None of these choices are correct. 
A) a celebration of black culture and creative expression of a prominent and vibrant black community in the North. 
B) the migration of Southern blacks to northern sections of New York City 
C) the movement led by Marcus Garvey 
D) the effort to resist racism and segregation in the North. 
E) None of these choices are correct.

Question 13

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

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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 14

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 15

Identify and state the historical significance of the following:
-Volstead Act

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The Volstead Act, officially known as th

Question 16

Identify and state the historical significance of the following:
-Eugene O'Neill

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Eugene O'Neill was an American playwrigh

Question 17

​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 18

Identify and state the historical significance of the following:
-national origins quota system

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The National Origins Quota System refers

Question 19

Identify and state the historical significance of the following:
-Langston Hughes

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Langston Hughes was an American poet, so

Question 20

Identify and state the historical significance of the following:
-Henry Ford

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Henry Ford (July 30, 1863 – April 7, 194

Exam 30: American Life in the Roaring Twenties 1920-1929

One of the primary obstacles to working class solidarity and organization in America was

Identify and state the historical significance of the following: -"​Lost Generation"

Although speakeasies and hard liquor flourished, historians argue that prohibition wasn't entirely a failure for all of the following reasons except

Identify and state the historical significance of the following: -Charles Lindbergh

Identify and state the historical significance of the following: -The Sound and the Fury

The short-term legal outcome of the 1925 Scopes Trial was that

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

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

John Dewey can rightly be called the "father of ____."

The Harlem Renaissance can best be described as

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

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

Identify and state the historical significance of the following: -Volstead Act

Identify and state the historical significance of the following: -Eugene O'Neill

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

Identify and state the historical significance of the following: -national origins quota system

Identify and state the historical significance of the following: -Langston Hughes

Identify and state the historical significance of the following: -Henry Ford

New World Beginnings, 33,000 Bce-1769 Ce

The Planting of English America, 1500-1733

Settling the Northern Colonies, 1619-1700

American Life in the Seventeenth Century, 1607-1692

Colonial Society on the Eve of Revolution, 1700-1775

The Duel for North America, 1608-1763

The Road to Revolution, 1763-1775

America Secedes From the Empire, 1775-1783

The Confederation and the Constitution, 1776-1790

Launching the New Ship of State, 1789-1800

The Triumphs and Travails of the Jeffersonian Republic, 1800-1812

The Second War for Independence and the Upsurge of Nationalism, 1812-1824

The Rise of a Mass Democracy, 1824-1840

Forging the National Economy, 1790-1860

The Ferment of Reform and Culture, 1790-1860

The South and the Slavery Controversy, 1793-1860

Manifest Destiny and Its Legacy, 1841-1848

Renewing the Sectional Struggle, 1848-1854

Drifting Toward Disunion, 1854-1861

Girding for War: the North and the South, 1861-1865

The Furnace of Civil War, 1861-1865

The Ordeal of Reconstruction, 1865-1877

Political Paralysis in the Gilded Age, 1869-1896

Industry Comes of Age, 1865-1900

America Moves to the City, 1865-1900

The Great West and the Agricultural Revolution, 1865-1896

Empire and Expansion, 1890-1909

Progressivism and the Republican Roosevelt, 1901-1912

Wilsonian Progressivism in Peace and War, 1913-1920

The Politics of Boom and Bust 1920-1932

The Great Depression and the New Deal 1933-1939

Franklin D Roosevelt and the Shadow of War 1933-1941

America in World War Ii 1941-1945

The Cold War Begins 1945-1952

American Zenith 1952-1963

The Stormy Sixties 1963-1973

Challenges to the Postwar Order 1973-1980

The Resurgence of Conservatism 1980-1992

America Confronts the Post-Cold War Era, 1992-2000

The American People Face a New Century, 2001-2014

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