Question 1

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 2

Identify and state the historical significance of the following:
-Equal Rights Amendment

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The Equal Rights Amendment (ERA) is a pr

Question 3

Identify and state the historical significance of the following:
-William Faulkner

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William Faulkner (1897-1962) was an Amer

Question 4

Immigration restrictions of the 1920s were introduced as a result of

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A)  increased migration of blacks to the North. 
B)  the nativist belief that northern Europeans were superior to Southern and Eastern Europeans. 
C)  a desire to rid the country of the quota system. 
D)  the desire to halt immigration from Latin America. 
E)  the rampant spread of infectious diseases from southern and eastern European immigrants to native-born Americans across all of America. 
A)  increased migration of blacks to the North. 
B)  the nativist belief that northern Europeans were superior to Southern and Eastern Europeans. 
C)  a desire to rid the country of the quota system. 
D)  the desire to halt immigration from Latin America. 
E)  the rampant spread of infectious diseases from southern and eastern European immigrants to native-born Americans across all of America.

Question 5

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

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Sherwood Anderson (1876–1941) was an Ame

Question 6

Do you see any hidden dangers in the social and economic life that many middle-class and wealthy Americans pursued in the 1920s for which they would one day have to pay terrible costs? What were these social and economic dangers, and in what way were they potentially threatening to the long-term social and economic health and stability of American life? How did some of the works of modernist writers and artists of the 1920s shed light on the prospect of these social and economic dangers being realized and put a horrifying end to the American prosperity, cultural homogenization, and excess of the "Roaring Twenties"?

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The 1920s in America, often referred to

Question 7

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

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A. Mitchell Palmer, also known as Alexan

Question 8

Identify and state the historical significance of the following:
-H. L. Mencken

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H. L. Mencken, whose full name is Henry

Question 9

Identify and state the historical significance of the following:
-​National Woman's party

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The National Woman's Party (NWP) was an

Question 10

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

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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 11

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

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Zora Neale Hurston was an influential Af

Question 12

Identify and state the historical significance of the following:
-United Negro Improvement Association

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The United Negro Improvement Association

Question 13

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

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A)  transforming once frugal Americans into consumers of cars, radios, and other durable goods. 
B)  leading many Americans to exemplify the slogan"possess today and pay tomorrow" in their consumer spending habits. 
C)  stimulating of economic growth in the country. 
D)  creating massive amounts of consumer debt. 
E)  providing a fundamental and solid basis for sustainable long-term prosperity in the nation. 
A)  transforming once frugal Americans into consumers of cars, radios, and other durable goods. 
B)  leading many Americans to exemplify the slogan"possess today and pay tomorrow" in their consumer spending habits. 
C)  stimulating of economic growth in the country. 
D)  creating massive amounts of consumer debt. 
E)  providing a fundamental and solid basis for sustainable long-term prosperity in the nation.

Question 14

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 15

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

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Charles Lindbergh was an American aviato

Question 16

According to John Dewey, a teacher's primary goal is to

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A)  instil rigid discipline and moral character in young people. 
B)  emphasize training for a particular set of professional skills demanded by the contemporary job market. 
C)  educate students for the broad range of life's challenges by active, participatory learning methods. 
D)  undermine students' naive religious beliefs. 
E)  ensure that his or her students pass all standardized exams by following traditional rote methods of teaching. 
A)  instil rigid discipline and moral character in young people. 
B)  emphasize training for a particular set of professional skills demanded by the contemporary job market. 
C)  educate students for the broad range of life's challenges by active, participatory learning methods. 
D)  undermine students' naive religious beliefs. 
E)  ensure that his or her students pass all standardized exams by following traditional rote methods of teaching.

Question 17

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

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

Question 18

Identify and state the historical significance of the following:
-Bruce Barton

Accepted Answer

Bruce Barton (1886–1967) was an influent

Question 19

Identify and state the historical significance of the following:
-Jack Dempsey

Accepted Answer

Jack Dempsey, born William Harrison Demp

Question 20

​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.

During the red scare

Identify and state the historical significance of the following: -Equal Rights Amendment

Identify and state the historical significance of the following: -William Faulkner

Immigration restrictions of the 1920s were introduced as a result of

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

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

Identify and state the historical significance of the following: -H. L. Mencken

Identify and state the historical significance of the following: -National Woman's party

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

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

Identify and state the historical significance of the following: -United Negro Improvement Association

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

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

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

According to John Dewey, a teacher's primary goal is to

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

Identify and state the historical significance of the following: -Bruce Barton

Identify and state the historical significance of the following: -Jack Dempsey

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

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

During the red scare

Identify and state the historical significance of the following: -Equal Rights Amendment

Identify and state the historical significance of the following: -William Faulkner

Immigration restrictions of the 1920s were introduced as a result of

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

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

Identify and state the historical significance of the following: -H. L. Mencken

Identify and state the historical significance of the following: -​National Woman's party

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

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

Identify and state the historical significance of the following: -United Negro Improvement Association

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

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

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

According to John Dewey, a teacher's primary goal is to

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

Identify and state the historical significance of the following: -Bruce Barton

Identify and state the historical significance of the following: -Jack Dempsey

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

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: -National Woman's party

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