Question 1

Which of the following was associated with jazz music?

Accepted Answer

A) Langston Hughes 
B) Zora Neal Hurston 
C) Duke Ellington 
D) Claude McKay 
E) Jean Toomer 
A) Langston Hughes 
B) Zora Neal Hurston 
C) Duke Ellington 
D) Claude McKay 
E) Jean Toomer

Question 2

The 1920s seemed geared toward personal gratification.

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False

Question 3

____________________ introduced the concept of the annual automobile model change in 1924.

Accepted Answer

The answer of ____________________ introduced the concept of the annual...

Question 4

____________________ were written pledges by employees not to join a union while they were employed.

Accepted Answer

Yellow dog

Question 5

By 1924,as many as 4 million Americans are thought to have belonged to the Ku Klux Klan.

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False

Question 6

Secretary of State under both Harding and Coolidge was ____________________.

Accepted Answer

Charles Ev

Question 7

Describe the Harlem Renaissance.What was its significance?

Accepted Answer

The literary and artistic awakening amon

Question 8

The concept of introducing new automobile model styles each year was started by Ford Motor Company.

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False

Question 9

The Dawes Plan

Accepted Answer

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 10

____________________ regarded every word written and each event depicted in the Bible as complete truth.

Accepted Answer

The answer of ____________________ regarded every word written and each...

Question 11

In the Kellogg-Briand Pact,

Accepted Answer

A) the U.S.finally agreed to join the League of Nations. 
B) signatories agreed to unite against German aggression in Europe. 
C) the United States agreed to remove its troops from Haiti. 
D) American bankers canceled the German war debt. 
E) fifteen nations outlawed war and vowed to settle disputes peacefully. 
A) the U.S.finally agreed to join the League of Nations. 
B) signatories agreed to unite against German aggression in Europe. 
C) the United States agreed to remove its troops from Haiti. 
D) American bankers canceled the German war debt. 
E) fifteen nations outlawed war and vowed to settle disputes peacefully.

Question 12

IDENTIFICATIONS
-"yellow dog" contract

Accepted Answer

pledge by a worker not to join

Question 13

Mexican immigrants in California and African Americans in Harlem shared similar experiences.

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False

Question 14

It cannot be said of the 1920s that

Accepted Answer

A) the Democratic Party enjoyed a late resurgence. 
B) it was a period of tremendous consumer growth. 
C) it fostered bigotry. 
D) it generated a lot of criticism among intellectuals and artists. 
E) working-class and rural Americans benefited little from the prosperity. 
A) the Democratic Party enjoyed a late resurgence. 
B) it was a period of tremendous consumer growth. 
C) it fostered bigotry. 
D) it generated a lot of criticism among intellectuals and artists. 
E) working-class and rural Americans benefited little from the prosperity.

Question 15

The supporters of the Johnson-Reed Act believed certain groups were racially superior to others.

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False

Question 16

Which writer focused most on the desire to be accepted in a world of wealth?

Accepted Answer

A) John Dos Passos 
B) Ernest Hemingway 
C) F.Scott Fitzgerald 
D) Theodore Dreiser 
E) Eugene O'Neill 
A) John Dos Passos 
B) Ernest Hemingway 
C) F.Scott Fitzgerald 
D) Theodore Dreiser 
E) Eugene O'Neill

Question 17

As a result of the Scopes trial,

Accepted Answer

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 18

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

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False

Question 19

____________________ became the same kind of magnet for Mexican Americans that Harlem was for African Americans.

Accepted Answer

The answer of ____________________ became the same kind of magnet...

Question 20

IDENTIFICATIONS
-Birth of a Nation

Accepted Answer

1915 silent epic film by D.W.G

Exam 24: The 1920s

Which of the following was associated with jazz music?

The 1920s seemed geared toward personal gratification.

____________________ introduced the concept of the annual automobile model change in 1924.

____________________ were written pledges by employees not to join a union while they were employed.

By 1924,as many as 4 million Americans are thought to have belonged to the Ku Klux Klan.

Secretary of State under both Harding and Coolidge was ____________________.

Describe the Harlem Renaissance.What was its significance?

The concept of introducing new automobile model styles each year was started by Ford Motor Company.

The Dawes Plan

____________________ regarded every word written and each event depicted in the Bible as complete truth.

In the Kellogg-Briand Pact,

IDENTIFICATIONS -"yellow dog" contract

Mexican immigrants in California and African Americans in Harlem shared similar experiences.

It cannot be said of the 1920s that

The supporters of the Johnson-Reed Act believed certain groups were racially superior to others.

Which writer focused most on the desire to be accepted in a world of wealth?

As a result of the Scopes trial,

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

____________________ became the same kind of magnet for Mexican Americans that Harlem was for African Americans.

IDENTIFICATIONS -Birth of a Nation

When Old Worlds Collide: Contact, conquest, catastrophe

The Challenge to Spain and the Settlement of North America

England Discovers Its Colonies: Empire, liberty, and Expansion

Provincial America and the Struggle for a Continent

Reform, resistance, revolution

The Revolutionary Republic

Completing the Revolution, 1789-1815

Northern Transformations, 1790-1850

The Old South, 1790-1850

Toward an American Culture

Whigs and Democrats

Antebellum Reform

Manifest Destiny: an Empire for Liberty--Or Slavery

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

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

The Age of Containment, 1946-1953

Affluence and Its Discontents, 1953-1963

America During Its Longest War, 1963-1974

Uncertain Times, 1974-1992

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

A Time of Hope and Fear, 1993-2012

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