Question 1

The book that portrayed Jesus as the consummate business executive was titled ____________________.

Accepted Answer

The Man Nobody Knows

Question 2

The "people's capitalism" referred to

Accepted Answer

A) communism in the 1920s. 
B) the communist party slogan in 1928. 
C) the notion that everyone could potentially own a piece of corporate America. 
D) the small group of businessmen who tried to eliminate unions altogether. 
E) none of these choices 
A) communism in the 1920s. 
B) the communist party slogan in 1928. 
C) the notion that everyone could potentially own a piece of corporate America. 
D) the small group of businessmen who tried to eliminate unions altogether. 
E) none of these choices C

Question 3

​Women's rights activists disagreed over

Accepted Answer

A) support for a suffrage amendment to the Constitution. 
B) ​the role that the League of Women Voters should play. 
C) ​whether women should be given special workplace protections because of their sex. 
D) ​the precise wording of the Equal Rights Amendment. 
E) ​All of these choices. 
A) support for a suffrage amendment to the Constitution. 
B) ​the role that the League of Women Voters should play. 
C) ​whether women should be given special workplace protections because of their sex. 
D) ​the precise wording of the Equal Rights Amendment. 
E) ​All of these choices. C

Question 4

In the 1920s all women activists supported protective legislation for female workers.

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False

Question 5

The Nonpartisan League of North Dakota

Accepted Answer

A) sought to end Prohibition. 
B) crusaded for Protestant fundamentalist values. 
C) drew attention to the agricultural crisis. 
D) advocated immigration restrictions. 
E) supported the Ku Klux Klan. 
A) sought to end Prohibition. 
B) crusaded for Protestant fundamentalist values. 
C) drew attention to the agricultural crisis. 
D) advocated immigration restrictions. 
E) supported the Ku Klux Klan.

Question 6

The 1920 census revealed that more Americans lived in rural, rather than urban, areas.

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False

Question 7

____________________ was the best-known, most-feared American gangster in the 1920s.

Accepted Answer

The answer of ____________________ was the best-known, most-feared American gangster...

Question 8

____________________, head of the Veterans' Bureau, swindled the government out of $200 million in hospital supplies.

Accepted Answer

The answer of ____________________, head of the Veterans' Bureau, swindled...

Question 9

All of the following was part of the new consumer lifestyle of the 1920s except

Accepted Answer

A) new appliances eased the burden of housework. 
B) the automobile made vacations and camping trips popular. 
C) poverty was eliminated from American society. 
D) high quality, fashionable clothes were available to most Americans. 
E) advertising increased consumer demand. 
A) new appliances eased the burden of housework. 
B) the automobile made vacations and camping trips popular. 
C) poverty was eliminated from American society. 
D) high quality, fashionable clothes were available to most Americans. 
E) advertising increased consumer demand.

Question 10

The ____________________ industry was the highest paying.

Accepted Answer

The answer of The ____________________ industry was the highest paying....

Question 11

The idea of the ____________________ promoted the independence of African Americans.

Accepted Answer

The answer of The idea of the ____________________ promoted the...

Question 12

U.S. negotiators at the Washington Conference used their strategic advantage to encourage European and Asian participants to sign a disarmament pact.

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False

Question 13

U.S. investment in Latin America ____ from 1917 to 1929.

Accepted Answer

A) more than doubled 
B) quadrupled 
C) was cut in half 
D) declined to almost nothing 
E) did not change 
A) more than doubled 
B) quadrupled 
C) was cut in half 
D) declined to almost nothing 
E) did not change

Question 14

Warren Harding and Woodrow Wilson had much in common.

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False

Question 15

During his tenure as secretary of commerce, Herbert Hoover

Accepted Answer

A) promoted a return to simpler times. 
B) promoted a cooperative approach toward business. 
C) sought direction from Calvin Coolidge. 
D) was implicated in the Teapot Dome scandal. 
E) successfully addressed the problems in the farm economy. 
A) promoted a return to simpler times. 
B) promoted a cooperative approach toward business. 
C) sought direction from Calvin Coolidge. 
D) was implicated in the Teapot Dome scandal. 
E) successfully addressed the problems in the farm economy.

Question 16

Hoover envisioned an economy built on principles of ____________________ wherein businessmen, farmers and professionals would share information and seek ways to cooperate.

Accepted Answer

The answer of Hoover envisioned an economy built on principles...

Question 17

In 1924, the Johnson-Reed Act

Accepted Answer

A) enlarged the total number of immigrants annually admitted to the United States. 
B) virtually eliminated immigration of eastern Europeans and Asians. 
C) restricted immigration from Western Hemisphere nations for the first time in history. 
D) favored immigrants who would speak English. 
E) opened immigration to Asians. 
A) enlarged the total number of immigrants annually admitted to the United States. 
B) virtually eliminated immigration of eastern Europeans and Asians. 
C) restricted immigration from Western Hemisphere nations for the first time in history. 
D) favored immigrants who would speak English. 
E) opened immigration to Asians.

Question 18

____________________ wrote The Great Gatsby.

Accepted Answer

The answer of ____________________ wrote The Great Gatsby....

Question 19

William Jennings Bryan and Clarence Darrow took opposite sides in the ____________________.

Accepted Answer

The answer of William Jennings Bryan and Clarence Darrow took...

Question 20

Women with ambition generally sought work as all of the following except

Accepted Answer

A) social workers. 
B) teachers. 
C) librarians. 
D) nurses. 
E) department store clerks 
A) social workers. 
B) teachers. 
C) librarians. 
D) nurses. 
E) department store clerks

Exam 24: The 1920s

The book that portrayed Jesus as the consummate business executive was titled ____________________.

The "people's capitalism" referred to

​Women's rights activists disagreed over

In the 1920s all women activists supported protective legislation for female workers.

The Nonpartisan League of North Dakota

The 1920 census revealed that more Americans lived in rural, rather than urban, areas.

____________________ was the best-known, most-feared American gangster in the 1920s.

____________________, head of the Veterans' Bureau, swindled the government out of $200 million in hospital supplies.

All of the following was part of the new consumer lifestyle of the 1920s except

The ____________________ industry was the highest paying.

The idea of the ____________________ promoted the independence of African Americans.

U.S. negotiators at the Washington Conference used their strategic advantage to encourage European and Asian participants to sign a disarmament pact.

U.S. investment in Latin America ____ from 1917 to 1929.

Warren Harding and Woodrow Wilson had much in common.

During his tenure as secretary of commerce, Herbert Hoover

Hoover envisioned an economy built on principles of ____________________ wherein businessmen, farmers and professionals would share information and seek ways to cooperate.

In 1924, the Johnson-Reed Act

____________________ wrote The Great Gatsby.

William Jennings Bryan and Clarence Darrow took opposite sides in the ____________________.

Women with ambition generally sought work as all of the following except

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Empires, Indians, and the Struggle for Power in North America, 1670-1720

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Reform, Resistance, Revolution, 1763-1776

The Revolutionary Republic, 1776-1789

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Northern Transformations, 1790-1850

The Old South, 1790-1850

Toward an American Culture, 1815-1850

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Antebellum Reform, 1820-1860

Manifest Destiny: an Empire for Liberty--Or Slavery 1845-1860

The Gathering Tempest, 1853-1860

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A Transformed Nation: the West and the New South, 1865-1900

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America During the Second World War, 1939-1945

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