Question 1

Enforcement of the Volstead Act met the strongest resistance from

Accepted Answer

A)  women. 
B)  immigrants and big-city residents. 
C)  westerners and southerners. 
D)  businesspeople and labor leaders. 
E)  evangelical Protestants. 
A)  women. 
B)  immigrants and big-city residents. 
C)  westerners and southerners. 
D)  businesspeople and labor leaders. 
E)  evangelical Protestants.

Question 2

Identify and state the historical significance of the following:
-Randolph Bourne

Accepted Answer

Randolph Bourne (1886-1918) was an Ameri

Question 3

Among the consequences of prohibition were

Accepted Answer

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 4

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

Accepted Answer

Babbitt is a novel written by Sinclair L

Question 5

Businesspeople used the red scare to

Accepted Answer

A)  establish closed shops throughout the nation. 
B)  break the backs of fledgling unions. 
C)  break the railroad strike of 1919. 
D)  secure passage of laws making unions illegal. 
E)  refuse to hire communists. 
A)  establish closed shops throughout the nation. 
B)  break the backs of fledgling unions. 
C)  break the railroad strike of 1919. 
D)  secure passage of laws making unions illegal. 
E)  refuse to hire communists.

Question 6

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

Accepted Answer

John T. Scopes was a central figure in a

Question 7

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 8

The red scare of 1919-1920 was provoked by

Accepted Answer

A)  the wartime migration of rural blacks to northern cities. 
B)  urban immigrants' resistance to prohibition. 
C)  public anger at evolutionary science's challenge to the biblical story of the Creation. 
D)  the public's fear that labor troubles were sparked by communist and anarchist revolutionaries. 
E)  Russian Communism's threat to American security. 
A)  the wartime migration of rural blacks to northern cities. 
B)  urban immigrants' resistance to prohibition. 
C)  public anger at evolutionary science's challenge to the biblical story of the Creation. 
D)  the public's fear that labor troubles were sparked by communist and anarchist revolutionaries. 
E)  Russian Communism's threat to American security.

Question 9

Identify and state the historical significance of the following:
-Sherwood Anderson

Accepted Answer

Sherwood Anderson (1876–1941) was an Ame

Question 10

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

Accepted Answer

Sinclair Lewis was an American novelist,

Question 11

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

Accepted Answer

Fundamentalists are adherents of a relig

Question 12

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

Accepted Answer

A)  Frederick W. Taylor. 
B)  William Jennings Bryan. 
C)  J. Edgar Hoover. 
D)  F. Scott Fitzgerald. 
E)  A. Mitchell Palmer. 
A)  Frederick W. Taylor. 
B)  William Jennings Bryan. 
C)  J. Edgar Hoover. 
D)  F. Scott Fitzgerald. 
E)  A. Mitchell Palmer.

Question 13

Identify and state the historical significance of the following:
-Ku Klux Klan

Accepted Answer

The Ku Klux Klan, often abbreviated as t

Question 14

The prosperity that developed in the 1920s

Accepted Answer

A)  was accompanied by a cloud of consumer debt. 
B)  led to a growing level of savings by the American public. 
C)  enabled labor unions to gain strength. 
D)  was concentrated primarily in heavy industry. 
E)  closed the gap between rich and poor. 
A)  was accompanied by a cloud of consumer debt. 
B)  led to a growing level of savings by the American public. 
C)  enabled labor unions to gain strength. 
D)  was concentrated primarily in heavy industry. 
E)  closed the gap between rich and poor.

Question 15

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

Accepted Answer

A)  it transformed once frugal Americans into consumers of cars, radios and more/ 
B)  it led to the slogan of "possess today and pay tomorrow." 
C)  it stimulated economic growth. 
D)  it created massive amounts of consumer debt 
E)  it led to huge defaults on monies owed. 
A)  it transformed once frugal Americans into consumers of cars, radios and more/ 
B)  it led to the slogan of "possess today and pay tomorrow." 
C)  it stimulated economic growth. 
D)  it created massive amounts of consumer debt 
E)  it led to huge defaults on monies owed.

Question 16

Identify and state the historical significance of the following:
-The Sun Also Rises

Accepted Answer

The Sun Also Rises is a novel written by

Question 17

Identify and state the historical significance of the following:
-The Birth of a Nation

Accepted Answer

"The Birth of a Nation" is a silent film

Question 18

The first talkie motion picture was

Accepted Answer

A)  The Great Train Robbery. 
B)  The Birth of a Nation. 
C)  The Wizard of Oz. 
D)  Gone With the Wind. 
E)  The Jazz Singer. 
A)  The Great Train Robbery. 
B)  The Birth of a Nation. 
C)  The Wizard of Oz. 
D)  Gone With the Wind. 
E)  The Jazz Singer.

Question 19

Identify and state the historical significance of the following:
-A.Mitchell Palmer

Accepted Answer

A. Mitchell Palmer, also known as Alexan

Question 20

Describe the dominant themes of American literature in the 1920s.Explain why these themes prevailed.

Accepted Answer

The dominant themes of American literatu

Exam 31: American Life in the "Roaring Twenties",1919-1929

Enforcement of the Volstead Act met the strongest resistance from

Identify and state the historical significance of the following: -Randolph Bourne

Among the consequences of prohibition were

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

Businesspeople used the red scare to

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

To justify their new sexual frankness,many Americans pointed to

The red scare of 1919-1920 was provoked by

Identify and state the historical significance of the following: -Sherwood Anderson

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

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

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

Identify and state the historical significance of the following: -Ku Klux Klan

The prosperity that developed in the 1920s

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

Identify and state the historical significance of the following: -The Sun Also Rises

Identify and state the historical significance of the following: -The Birth of a Nation

The first talkie motion picture was

Identify and state the historical significance of the following: -A.Mitchell Palmer

Describe the dominant themes of American literature in the 1920s.Explain why these themes prevailed.

New World Beginnings,33,000 B.C.E.-1769 C.E.

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 at Home and Abroad,1912-1916

The War to End War,1917-1918

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

The Eisenhower Era,1952-1960

The Stormy Sixties,1960-1968

The Stalemated Seventies,1968-1980

The Resurgence of Conservatism,1980-1992

America Confronts the Post-Cold War Era,1992-2009

The American People Face a New Century

Filters