Question 1

Which of the following is considered America's most distinctive art form?

Accepted Answer

A)  Jazz 
B)  Motion pictures 
C)  Musical comedy 
D)  Ragtime 
A)  Jazz 
B)  Motion pictures 
C)  Musical comedy 
D)  Ragtime

Question 2

After the First World War demobilized soldiers, the workplace was flooded and unemployment jumped to a high of ____________ in 1921.

Accepted Answer

A)  20 percent 
B)  12 percent 
C)  30 percent 
D)  2 percent 
A)  20 percent 
B)  12 percent 
C)  30 percent 
D)  2 percent

Question 3

What caused the great influx of Puerto Rican citizens to the mainland United States in the 1920s?

Accepted Answer

A)  The brutality of military rule in Puerto Rico 
B)  A shift in the Puerto Rican economy from sugar to coffee production 
C)  Positive encouragement from Puerto Ricans already living on the mainland 
D)  Federal financing for Puerto Ricans who wanted to come to the mainland 
A)  The brutality of military rule in Puerto Rico 
B)  A shift in the Puerto Rican economy from sugar to coffee production 
C)  Positive encouragement from Puerto Ricans already living on the mainland 
D)  Federal financing for Puerto Ricans who wanted to come to the mainland

Question 4

What caused Americans to be blinded to increasing debt and uneven prosperity?

Accepted Answer

A)  Consumer culture that dominated Hollywood films 
B)  Concerns over national defense 
C)  European political squabbles 
D)  International affairs 
A)  Consumer culture that dominated Hollywood films 
B)  Concerns over national defense 
C)  European political squabbles 
D)  International affairs

Question 5

Which of the following became a standard job benefit for white-collar workers in the 1920s?

Accepted Answer

A)  A company car 
B)  Annual vacations 
C)  Company-sponsored day-care centers 
D)  Dental insurance 
A)  A company car 
B)  Annual vacations 
C)  Company-sponsored day-care centers 
D)  Dental insurance

Question 6

The Supreme Court's ruling in Bailey v. Drexel Furniture Company ______________________.

Accepted Answer

A)  overturned a minimum-wage law for women 
B)  upheld mandatory retirement policies 
C)  established the precedent that a striking union could be prosecuted for illegal restraint of trade 
D)  voided restrictions on child labor 
A)  overturned a minimum-wage law for women 
B)  upheld mandatory retirement policies 
C)  established the precedent that a striking union could be prosecuted for illegal restraint of trade 
D)  voided restrictions on child labor

Question 7

What feature of the 1928 presidential election had the greatest significance for the future of the Democratic party?

Accepted Answer

A)  The Republican candidate made significant inroads in the South. 
B)  The Republican candidate captured the women's vote. 
C)  The Democratic candidate carried the nation's twelve largest cities. 
D)  The Democratic candidate captured a majority of the African American vote. 
A)  The Republican candidate made significant inroads in the South. 
B)  The Republican candidate captured the women's vote. 
C)  The Democratic candidate carried the nation's twelve largest cities. 
D)  The Democratic candidate captured a majority of the African American vote.

Question 8

Discuss the relationship between American business interests and the executive, legislative, and judicial branches of the federal government during the 1920s.

Accepted Answer

During the 1920s, American business inte

Question 9

The new consumerism between 1922 and 1929 was fueled mostly by

Accepted Answer

A)  installment plans. 
B)  declining prices. 
C)  the advent of department stores. 
D)  modern advertising. 
A)  installment plans. 
B)  declining prices. 
C)  the advent of department stores. 
D)  modern advertising.

Question 10

Which of the following statements best expresses the Supreme Court's ruling in Coronado Coal Company v. United Mine Workers?

Accepted Answer

A)  A striking union can be prosecuted for illegal restraint of trade. 
B)  A corporation can be prosecuted for directing a hired security force to use violence against a striking union. 
C)  A corporation can be prosecuted for not allowing its workers to organize into a union. 
D)  A striking union can be prosecuted for encouraging violent tactics. 
A)  A striking union can be prosecuted for illegal restraint of trade. 
B)  A corporation can be prosecuted for directing a hired security force to use violence against a striking union. 
C)  A corporation can be prosecuted for not allowing its workers to organize into a union. 
D)  A striking union can be prosecuted for encouraging violent tactics.

Question 11

New domestic technology changed the role of housewives in which of the following ways?

Accepted Answer

A)  Housewives began to be seen as specialists in certain tasks. 
B)  Fewer child-raising responsibilities were placed on the housewife. 
C)  Management of the household became more of a shared family responsibility. 
D)  The housewife became the family's chief shopper rather than its chief producer. 
A)  Housewives began to be seen as specialists in certain tasks. 
B)  Fewer child-raising responsibilities were placed on the housewife. 
C)  Management of the household became more of a shared family responsibility. 
D)  The housewife became the family's chief shopper rather than its chief producer.

Question 12

Which of the following was one of Harding's major problems as president?

Accepted Answer

A)  He could not work with Congress. 
B)  He was too liberal. 
C)  He sought military solutions to most international problems. 
D)  He appointed friends to government positions who, through bribery and fraud, used their offices for personal gain. 
A)  He could not work with Congress. 
B)  He was too liberal. 
C)  He sought military solutions to most international problems. 
D)  He appointed friends to government positions who, through bribery and fraud, used their offices for personal gain.

Question 13

Discuss the impact of Prohibition on Americans and their society during the 1920s, and explain the failure of "the noble experiment."

Accepted Answer

Prohibition, which lasted from 1920 to 1

Question 14

Many of the writers of the Harlem Renaissance ___________________.

Accepted Answer

A)  accepted the accommodationist approach of Booker T. Washington 
B)  expressed the same feelings as those expressed by the white "Lost Generation" writers 
C)  rejected their African heritage 
D)  rejected white culture and exalted the "New Negro" 
A)  accepted the accommodationist approach of Booker T. Washington 
B)  expressed the same feelings as those expressed by the white "Lost Generation" writers 
C)  rejected their African heritage 
D)  rejected white culture and exalted the "New Negro"

Question 15

Explain the nature and extent of reform at the state and local levels during the 1920s.

Accepted Answer

During the 1920s, there were significant

Question 16

Which of the following is true of racist, nativist, and fundamentalist groups in the 1920s?

Accepted Answer

A)  Such groups engaged in terrorist acts with the ultimate aim of overthrowing the U.S. government. 
B)  Almost all of the members of such groups were from poor, depressed rural areas. 
C)  Congress labeled such groups as subversive and required their members to register with the U.S. government. 
D)  The members of such groups were attempting to defend the older values associated with the late nineteenth century against the materialism and rapid social change of the 1920s. 
A)  Such groups engaged in terrorist acts with the ultimate aim of overthrowing the U.S. government. 
B)  Almost all of the members of such groups were from poor, depressed rural areas. 
C)  Congress labeled such groups as subversive and required their members to register with the U.S. government. 
D)  The members of such groups were attempting to defend the older values associated with the late nineteenth century against the materialism and rapid social change of the 1920s.

Question 17

Which of the following statements accurately characterizes the American response to Europe in the years immediately following the First World War?

Accepted Answer

A)  The United States government announced a fifteen-year postponement of all Allied debts. 
B)  The United States government generously canceled the Allied debts. 
C)  The United States government pressed for debt payment from France but not from Great Britain. 
D)  Private American charities and official relief programs provided massive amounts of foodstuffs to needy Europeans. 
A)  The United States government announced a fifteen-year postponement of all Allied debts. 
B)  The United States government generously canceled the Allied debts. 
C)  The United States government pressed for debt payment from France but not from Great Britain. 
D)  Private American charities and official relief programs provided massive amounts of foodstuffs to needy Europeans.

Question 18

Which of the following is true of family life in the 1920s?

Accepted Answer

A)  Parental influence increased. 
B)  The percentage of families with five or more children increased. 
C)  Family members devoted more time to family tasks. 
D)  The divorce rate rose. 
A)  Parental influence increased. 
B)  The percentage of families with five or more children increased. 
C)  Family members devoted more time to family tasks. 
D)  The divorce rate rose.

Question 19

Explain the means by which the United States maintained its dominance over Latin America between the World Wars.

Accepted Answer

The United States maintained its dominan

Question 20

Which facet of the economy suffered most in the west after the First World War?

Accepted Answer

A)  Railroads and mining industry 
B)  Import and export shipping 
C)  The agriculture industry 
D)  Cottage industry 
A)  Railroads and mining industry 
B)  Import and export shipping 
C)  The agriculture industry 
D)  Cottage industry

Exam 21: The New ERA, 1920-1929

Which of the following is considered America's most distinctive art form?

After the First World War demobilized soldiers, the workplace was flooded and unemployment jumped to a high of ____________ in 1921.

What caused the great influx of Puerto Rican citizens to the mainland United States in the 1920s?

What caused Americans to be blinded to increasing debt and uneven prosperity?

Which of the following became a standard job benefit for white-collar workers in the 1920s?

The Supreme Court's ruling in Bailey v. Drexel Furniture Company ______________________.

What feature of the 1928 presidential election had the greatest significance for the future of the Democratic party?

Discuss the relationship between American business interests and the executive, legislative, and judicial branches of the federal government during the 1920s.

The new consumerism between 1922 and 1929 was fueled mostly by

Which of the following statements best expresses the Supreme Court's ruling in Coronado Coal Company v. United Mine Workers?

New domestic technology changed the role of housewives in which of the following ways?

Which of the following was one of Harding's major problems as president?

Discuss the impact of Prohibition on Americans and their society during the 1920s, and explain the failure of "the noble experiment."

Many of the writers of the Harlem Renaissance ___________________.

Explain the nature and extent of reform at the state and local levels during the 1920s.

Which of the following is true of racist, nativist, and fundamentalist groups in the 1920s?

Which of the following statements accurately characterizes the American response to Europe in the years immediately following the First World War?

Which of the following is true of family life in the 1920s?

Explain the means by which the United States maintained its dominance over Latin America between the World Wars.

Which facet of the economy suffered most in the west after the First World War?

Three Old Worlds Create a New, 1492-1600

Europeans Colonize North America, 1600-1650

North America in the Atlantic World, 1650-1720

Becoming America, 1720-1760

The Ends of Empire, 1754-1774

American Revolutions, 1775-1783

Forging a Nation, 1783-1800

Defining the Nation, 1801-1823

The Rise of the South, 1815-1860

The Restless North, 1815-1860

The Contested West, 1815-1860

Politics and the Fate of the Union, 1824-1859

Transforming Fire: The Civil War, 1860-1865

Reconstruction: an Unfinished Revolution, 1865-1877

The Ecology of the West and South, 1865-1900

Building Factories, Building Cities, 1877-1900

Gilded Age Politics, 1877-1900

The Progressive ERA, 1895-1920

The Quest for Empire, 1865-1914

Americans in the Great War, 1914-1920

The Great Depression and the New Deal, 1929-1939

The Second World War at Home and Abroad, 1939-1945

The Cold War and American Globalism, 1945-1961

America at Midcentury, 1945-1960

The Tumultuous Sixties, 1960-1968

A Pivotal ERA, 1969-1980

Conservatism Revived, 1980-1992

Into the Global Millennium: America Since 1992

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