Question 1

The Dawes Plan

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A) called on the U.S. government to lend money to Germany. 
B) ended the steel strike in 1924. 
C) resulted in the reduction of Germany's war debt. 
D) was heavily criticized by U.S. bankers. 
E) was opposed by the Republican Party. 
A) called on the U.S. government to lend money to Germany. 
B) ended the steel strike in 1924. 
C) resulted in the reduction of Germany's war debt. 
D) was heavily criticized by U.S. bankers. 
E) was opposed by the Republican Party.

Question 2

The ____________________ Pact outlawed war as a tool of national policy.

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The answer of The ____________________ Pact outlawed war as a...

Question 3

All of the following could be said of Warren G. Harding's tenure as president except

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A) he continued the worst repression of the post-WWI Red Scare by jailing leftists. 
B) he staffed his cabinet with some highly capable men. 
C) his administration suffered from scandals. 
D) he was influenced easily by his friends. 
E) the Republican Party was returned to power. 
A) he continued the worst repression of the post-WWI Red Scare by jailing leftists. 
B) he staffed his cabinet with some highly capable men. 
C) his administration suffered from scandals. 
D) he was influenced easily by his friends. 
E) the Republican Party was returned to power.

Question 4

By 1929, as many as 7 million Americans, most of them people of ordinary, middle-class means, owned stock.

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A) True 
 B)False

Question 5

Which of the following is a true statement about American workers in the 1920s?

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A) Farmers made more money than industrial workers. 
B) Skilled workers received high wages, and some enjoyed paid vacations, sick leave, and other benefits. 
C) Sixty percent of industrial workers lived below the poverty level. 
D) Men and women were increasingly paid comparable wages. 
E) Most workers belonged to unions. 
A) Farmers made more money than industrial workers. 
B) Skilled workers received high wages, and some enjoyed paid vacations, sick leave, and other benefits. 
C) Sixty percent of industrial workers lived below the poverty level. 
D) Men and women were increasingly paid comparable wages. 
E) Most workers belonged to unions.

Question 6

Ethnic associations, affiliations, and celebrations declined during the 1920s.

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A) True 
 B)False

Question 7

As a result of the Scopes trial,

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A) Tennessee repealed its anti-evolution law. 
B) Scopes was found innocent and given a promotion. 
C) publishers eliminated references to Darwin's theories from science textbooks. 
D) the American Civil Liberties Union was destroyed. 
E) Clarence Darrow died. 
A) Tennessee repealed its anti-evolution law. 
B) Scopes was found innocent and given a promotion. 
C) publishers eliminated references to Darwin's theories from science textbooks. 
D) the American Civil Liberties Union was destroyed. 
E) Clarence Darrow died.

Question 8

"Men and women shall have equal rights" is the opening line to​

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A) ​H.L. Mencken's novel Inherit the Wind. 
B) ​the Eighteenth Amendment to the Constitution. 
C) ​the Equal Rights Amendment. 
D) ​the Sheppard-Towner Act. 
E) ​None of these choices. 
A) ​H.L. Mencken's novel Inherit the Wind. 
B) ​the Eighteenth Amendment to the Constitution. 
C) ​the Equal Rights Amendment. 
D) ​the Sheppard-Towner Act. 
E) ​None of these choices.

Question 9

Workers in which of the following industries fared the worst during the 1920s?

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A) steel and textiles 
B) automobiles and textiles 
C) railroads and textiles 
D) coal and textiles 
E) garments and textiles 
A) steel and textiles 
B) automobiles and textiles 
C) railroads and textiles 
D) coal and textiles 
E) garments and textiles

Question 10

Robert LaFollette ran for president in 1924 as the candidate of the ____________________ Party.

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The answer of Robert LaFollette ran for president in 1924...

Question 11

Discuss the Eighteenth Amendment and its impact on American society in the 1920s.

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The Eighteenth Amendment, which was rati

Question 12

Female workers had the same benefits as male workers.

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A) True 
 B)False

Question 13

Albert Fall was the only member of Warren Harding's "Ohio gang" to serve time in prison.

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A) True 
 B)False

Question 14

Herbert Hoover helped to negotiate the Five-Power Treaty.

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A) True 
 B)False

Question 15

The presidential candidate for the Farmer-Labor Party in 1924 was

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A) William Jennings Bryan. 
B) Robert LaFollette. 
C) Teddy Roosevelt. 
D) Jack Dempsey 
E) Woodrow Wilson. 
A) William Jennings Bryan. 
B) Robert LaFollette. 
C) Teddy Roosevelt. 
D) Jack Dempsey 
E) Woodrow Wilson.

Question 16

Economically, the 1920s was a period of

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A) high unemployment and recession. 
B) declining standards of living. 
C) growth, prosperity, and unprecedented productivity. 
D) economic stagnation. 
E) return of farm prosperity. 
A) high unemployment and recession. 
B) declining standards of living. 
C) growth, prosperity, and unprecedented productivity. 
D) economic stagnation. 
E) return of farm prosperity.

Question 17

The film ____________________ helped inspire the revival of the Ku Klux Klan in the 1920s.

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The answer of The film ____________________ helped inspire the revival...

Question 18

Evanangelist ___________________ built one of the country's first mega-churches in Los Angeles.

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Aimee Semp

Question 19

In the Teapot Dome scandal,

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A) Harding's secretary of the interior took bribes and awarded fraudulent leases to oil companies. 
B) Harding's head of the Veterans' Bureau saved the government millions of dollars 
C) Harding's cabinet members enforced the Prohibition laws. 
D) Harding's surgeon general misdiagnosed a heart attack and caused the death of the president. 
E) the President engaged in an affair with a young office worker. 
A) Harding's secretary of the interior took bribes and awarded fraudulent leases to oil companies. 
B) Harding's head of the Veterans' Bureau saved the government millions of dollars 
C) Harding's cabinet members enforced the Prohibition laws. 
D) Harding's surgeon general misdiagnosed a heart attack and caused the death of the president. 
E) the President engaged in an affair with a young office worker.

Question 20

For Fundamentalists, God is a deity who intervenes directly in the lives of individuals and communities.

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A) True 
 B)False

Exam 24: The 1920s

The Dawes Plan

The ____________________ Pact outlawed war as a tool of national policy.

All of the following could be said of Warren G. Harding's tenure as president except

By 1929, as many as 7 million Americans, most of them people of ordinary, middle-class means, owned stock.

Which of the following is a true statement about American workers in the 1920s?

Ethnic associations, affiliations, and celebrations declined during the 1920s.

As a result of the Scopes trial,

"Men and women shall have equal rights" is the opening line to​

Workers in which of the following industries fared the worst during the 1920s?

Robert LaFollette ran for president in 1924 as the candidate of the ____________________ Party.

Discuss the Eighteenth Amendment and its impact on American society in the 1920s.

Female workers had the same benefits as male workers.

Albert Fall was the only member of Warren Harding's "Ohio gang" to serve time in prison.

Herbert Hoover helped to negotiate the Five-Power Treaty.

The presidential candidate for the Farmer-Labor Party in 1924 was

Economically, the 1920s was a period of

The film ____________________ helped inspire the revival of the Ku Klux Klan in the 1920s.

Evanangelist ___________________ built one of the country's first mega-churches in Los Angeles.

In the Teapot Dome scandal,

For Fundamentalists, God is a deity who intervenes directly in the lives of individuals and communities.

When Old Worlds Collide: Contact, Conquest, Catastrophe

Colonization in North America, 1600-1680

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

Provincial America and the Struggle for a Continent, 1720-1763

Reform, Resistance, Revolution, 1763-1776

The Revolutionary Republic, 1776-1789

Completing the Revolution, 1789-1815

Northern Transformations, 1790-1850

The Old South, 1790-1850

Toward an American Culture, 1815-1850

Whigs and Democrats, 1815-1840

Antebellum Reform, 1820-1860

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

The Gathering Tempest, 1853-1860

Secession and Civil War, 1860-1862

A New Birth of Freedom, 1862-1865

Reconstruction, 1863-1877

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

The Rise of Corporate America, 1865-1914

Cities, Peoples, Cultures, 1890-1920

Progressivism, 1900-1917

Becoming a World Power, 1898-1917

War and Society, 1914-1920

The Great Depression and the New Deal, 1929-1939

America During the Second World War, 1939-1945

The Age of Containment, 1946-1953

America at Midcentury, 1953-1963

America During a Divisive War, 1963-1974

Uncertain Times, 1974-1992

Economic, Social, and Cultural Change in the Late 20th Century

A Time of Hope and Fear, 1993-2014

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