Question 1

Identify and state the historical significance of the following:
-Clarence Darrow

Accepted Answer

Clarence Darrow (1857–1938) was an Ameri

Question 2

Identify and state the historical significance of the following:
-"Jelly Roll" Morton

Accepted Answer

"Jelly Roll" Morton, born Ferdinand Jose

Question 3

​Each of the following multiple choice questions has multiple correct responses. Select the correct responses for each of the following questions.
-In the mid-1920s the Ku Klux Klan gained considerable power by attacking

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A) big business. 
B) Catholics and Jews. 
C) foreigners. 
D) the federal government. 
E) adultery and birth control. 
A) big business. 
B) Catholics and Jews. 
C) foreigners. 
D) the federal government. 
E) adultery and birth control.

Question 4

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 5

​Each of the following multiple choice questions has multiple correct responses. Select the correct responses for each of the following questions.
-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 6

Identify and state the historical significance of the following:
-Zora Neale Hurston

Accepted Answer

Zora Neale Hurston was an influential Af

Question 7

The leading cultural critic of the 1920s, H.L. Mencken, attacked all of the following except

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A) the South. 
B) patriotism. 
C) technology. 
D) prohibition. 
E) marriage. 
A) the South. 
B) patriotism. 
C) technology. 
D) prohibition. 
E) marriage.

Question 8

Identify and state the historical significance of the following:
-Fundamentalism

Accepted Answer

Fundamentalism is a term that originally

Question 9

Identify and state the historical significance of the following:
-Frederick W. Taylor

Accepted Answer

Frederick Winslow Taylor (1856-1915) was

Question 10

Identify and state the historical significance of the following:
-cultural pluralism

Accepted Answer

Cultural pluralism is a concept and soci

Question 11

Car advertisements in the 1920s reached out to the mass market of American female consumers in all of the following ways except

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A) showing them cars were respectable for women. 
B) illustrating how automobiles could permit women to ignore their traditional duties as household managers and advance their professional career goals and ambitions. 
C) linking modern, independent women to automobiles. 
D) noting that cars enabled women to better fulfill their roles as household managers. 
E) demonstrating that women could indeed learn to drive. 
A) showing them cars were respectable for women. 
B) illustrating how automobiles could permit women to ignore their traditional duties as household managers and advance their professional career goals and ambitions. 
C) linking modern, independent women to automobiles. 
D) noting that cars enabled women to better fulfill their roles as household managers. 
E) demonstrating that women could indeed learn to drive.

Question 12

​Each of the following multiple choice questions has multiple correct responses. Select the correct responses for each of the following questions.
-During the red scare

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A) hundreds of immigrant radicals were deported from the United States. 
B) many states passed laws making it a crime to advocate violence. 
C) labor union membership nearly doubled. 
D) several lawfully elected Socialists were denied their seats in the New York State legislature. 
E) the United States threatened war against the revolutionary Soviet Union. 
A) hundreds of immigrant radicals were deported from the United States. 
B) many states passed laws making it a crime to advocate violence. 
C) labor union membership nearly doubled. 
D) several lawfully elected Socialists were denied their seats in the New York State legislature. 
E) the United States threatened war against the revolutionary Soviet Union.

Question 13

Identify and state the historical significance of the following:
-Fordism

Accepted Answer

Fordism refers to the system of mass pro

Question 14

To justify their new sexual frankness, many Americans pointed to

Accepted Answer

A) increased consumption of alcohol. 
B) the decline of fundamentalism. 
C) the rise of the women's movement. 
D) the theories of Sigmund Freud. 
E) the influence of erotically explicit movies. 
A) increased consumption of alcohol. 
B) the decline of fundamentalism. 
C) the rise of the women's movement. 
D) the theories of Sigmund Freud. 
E) the influence of erotically explicit movies.

Question 15

Identify and state the historical significance of the following:
-The Great Gatsby

Accepted Answer

The Great Gatsby is a novel written by F

Question 16

The post-World War I Ku Klux Klan advocated all of the following except

Accepted Answer

A) immigration restrictions against "non-native" Americans. 
B) anti-Semitism. 
C) opposition to prohibition. 
D) repression of pacifists. 
E) anti-Catholicism. 
A) immigration restrictions against "non-native" Americans. 
B) anti-Semitism. 
C) opposition to prohibition. 
D) repression of pacifists. 
E) anti-Catholicism.

Question 17

How did the rise of the mass media and marketing affect the kind of people Americans admired and imitated during the 1920s? How did the rise of the mass media, marketing, and advertising affect American consumer habits and spending during the 1920s?

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The rise of mass media and marketing dur

Question 18

Identify and state the historical significance of the following:
-​Immigration Act of 1924

Accepted Answer

The Immigration Act of 1924, also known

Question 19

Identify and state the historical significance of the following:
-Sinclair Lewis

Accepted Answer

Sinclair Lewis was an American novelist,

Question 20

Identify and state the historical significance of the following:
-John T. Scopes

Accepted Answer

John T. Scopes was a central figure in a

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

Identify and state the historical significance of the following: -Clarence Darrow

Identify and state the historical significance of the following: -"Jelly Roll" Morton

​Each of the following multiple choice questions has multiple correct responses. Select the correct responses for each of the following questions. -In the mid-1920s the Ku Klux Klan gained considerable power by attacking

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

​Each of the following multiple choice questions has multiple correct responses. Select the correct responses for each of the following questions. -Among the consequences of prohibition were

Identify and state the historical significance of the following: -Zora Neale Hurston

The leading cultural critic of the 1920s, H.L. Mencken, attacked all of the following except

Identify and state the historical significance of the following: -Fundamentalism

Identify and state the historical significance of the following: -Frederick W. Taylor

Identify and state the historical significance of the following: -cultural pluralism

Car advertisements in the 1920s reached out to the mass market of American female consumers in all of the following ways except

​Each of the following multiple choice questions has multiple correct responses. Select the correct responses for each of the following questions. -During the red scare

Identify and state the historical significance of the following: -Fordism

To justify their new sexual frankness, many Americans pointed to

Identify and state the historical significance of the following: -The Great Gatsby

The post-World War I Ku Klux Klan advocated all of the following except

How did the rise of the mass media and marketing affect the kind of people Americans admired and imitated during the 1920s? How did the rise of the mass media, marketing, and advertising affect American consumer habits and spending during the 1920s?

Identify and state the historical significance of the following: -​Immigration Act of 1924

Identify and state the historical significance of the following: -Sinclair Lewis

Identify and state the historical significance of the following: -John T. Scopes

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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Each of the following multiple choice questions has multiple correct responses. Select the correct responses for each of the following questions. -In the mid-1920s the Ku Klux Klan gained considerable power by attacking

Each of the following multiple choice questions has multiple correct responses. Select the correct responses for each of the following questions. -Among the consequences of prohibition were

Each of the following multiple choice questions has multiple correct responses. Select the correct responses for each of the following questions. -During the red scare

Identify and state the historical significance of the following: -Immigration Act of 1924