Question 1

Identify and state the historical significance of the following:
-Model T

Accepted Answer

The Model T, also known as the "Tin Lizz

Question 2

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

Accepted Answer

Eugene O'Neill was an American playwrigh

Question 3

Identify and state the historical significance of the following:
-Willa Cather

Accepted Answer

Willa Cather was an American writer know

Question 4

How did the arguments of cultural pluralists like Horace Kallen and Randolph Bourne anticipate later American debates over multiculturalism? In what ways did the technological and cultural developments of the 1920s make it more difficult for smaller cultural groups to retain their traditions?

Accepted Answer

The arguments of cultural pluralists lik

Question 5

Margaret Sanger was most noted for her advocacy of

Accepted Answer

A)  abortion rights. 
B)  women's suffrage. 
C)  birth control. 
D)  free love. 
E)  equal pay for equal work. 
A)  abortion rights. 
B)  women's suffrage. 
C)  birth control. 
D)  free love. 
E)  equal pay for equal work.

Question 6

Identify and state the historical significance of the following:
-​racketeers

Accepted Answer

Racketeers are individuals or groups eng

Question 7

Identify and state the historical significance of the following:
-progressive education

Accepted Answer

Progressive education is an educational

Question 8

Identify and state the historical significance of the following:
-John Dewey

Accepted Answer

The answer of Identify and state the historical significance of...

Question 9

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 10

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 11

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?

Accepted Answer

The rise of mass media and marketing dur

Question 12

Identify and state the historical significance of the following:
-scientific management

Accepted Answer

Scientific management, also known as Tay

Question 13

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 14

Identify and state the historical significance of the following:
-George H. ("Babe") Ruth

Accepted Answer

George Herman "Babe" Ruth Jr. (February

Question 15

Most American writers and cultural commentator before World War I had celebrated American democracy and politics. Why did the 1920s produce a cultural critic like H.L. Mencken who mocked democracy and middle American values? Was Mencken's criticism itself a healthy reflection of democracy or the sign of a dangerous cynicism entering American life?

Accepted Answer

The 1920s produced a cultural critic lik

Question 16

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 17

Identify and state the historical significance of the following:
-Marcus Garvey

Accepted Answer

Marcus Garvey was a Jamaican political l

Question 18

Enforcement of the Volstead Act met the strongest resistance from

Accepted Answer

A)  women. 
B)  foreign-born peopleswho brought European styles of sociability with them when they emigrated to America. 
C)  westerners and southerners. 
D)  businesspeople and labor leaders. 
E)  evangelical Protestants. 
A)  women. 
B)  foreign-born peopleswho brought European styles of sociability with them when they emigrated to America. 
C)  westerners and southerners. 
D)  businesspeople and labor leaders. 
E)  evangelical Protestants.

Question 19

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

Accepted Answer

A nativist is an individual or a member

Question 20

Which of the following was not among the industries that prospered mightily with widespread use of the automobile?

Accepted Answer

A)  Rubber 
B)  Highway construction 
C)  Oil 
D)  Railroads 
E)  Glass 
A)  Rubber 
B)  Highway construction 
C)  Oil 
D)  Railroads 
E)  Glass

Identify and state the historical significance of the following: -Model T

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

Identify and state the historical significance of the following: -Willa Cather

How did the arguments of cultural pluralists like Horace Kallen and Randolph Bourne anticipate later American debates over multiculturalism? In what ways did the technological and cultural developments of the 1920s make it more difficult for smaller cultural groups to retain their traditions?

Margaret Sanger was most noted for her advocacy of

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

Identify and state the historical significance of the following: -progressive education

Identify and state the historical significance of the following: -John Dewey

The Immigration Act of 1924 discriminated directly against

The first talkie motion picture was

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: -scientific management

Among the consequences of prohibition were

Identify and state the historical significance of the following: -George H. ("Babe") Ruth

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: -Marcus Garvey

Enforcement of the Volstead Act met the strongest resistance from

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

Which of the following was not among the industries that prospered mightily with widespread use of the automobile?

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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Exam 9: American Life in the “Roaring Twenties” 1920–1929

Identify and state the historical significance of the following: -Model T

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

Identify and state the historical significance of the following: -Willa Cather

How did the arguments of cultural pluralists like Horace Kallen and Randolph Bourne anticipate later American debates over multiculturalism? In what ways did the technological and cultural developments of the 1920s make it more difficult for smaller cultural groups to retain their traditions?

Margaret Sanger was most noted for her advocacy of

Identify and state the historical significance of the following: -​racketeers

Identify and state the historical significance of the following: -progressive education

Identify and state the historical significance of the following: -John Dewey

The Immigration Act of 1924 discriminated directly against

The first talkie motion picture was

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: -scientific management

Among the consequences of prohibition were

Identify and state the historical significance of the following: -George H. ("Babe") Ruth

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: -Marcus Garvey

Enforcement of the Volstead Act met the strongest resistance from

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

Which of the following was not among the industries that prospered mightily with widespread use of the automobile?

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