Question 1

What contributed to the depression in the farm industry after the war? What did farmers do to try to combat this depression? What was the government's response?

Accepted Answer

During the war,American farmers experien

Question 2

Charles A.Lindbergh became a celebrity in the 1920s when he

Accepted Answer

A) completed the first solo flight across the Atlantic. 
B) made the first blockbuster movie. 
C) challenged the failure of the two-party political system to represent the interests of ordinary people. 
D) organized a strike in the steel industry. 
E) ran for President. 
A) completed the first solo flight across the Atlantic. 
B) made the first blockbuster movie. 
C) challenged the failure of the two-party political system to represent the interests of ordinary people. 
D) organized a strike in the steel industry. 
E) ran for President.

Question 3

During his tenure as secretary of commerce,Herbert Hoover

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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 4

Which of the following statements could not be said of the labor movement in the 1920s?

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A) Union membership continued to grow. 
B) Unions lost ground in most industries. 
C) Unions remained suspect in the eyes of the middle class. 
D) It was slow to include all workers in the ranks of organized labor. 
E) Supreme Court decisions hurt labor organizing efforts. 
A) Union membership continued to grow. 
B) Unions lost ground in most industries. 
C) Unions remained suspect in the eyes of the middle class. 
D) It was slow to include all workers in the ranks of organized labor. 
E) Supreme Court decisions hurt labor organizing efforts.

Question 5

In 1920,a majority of Americans still lived in small rural communities.

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False

Question 6

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

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False

Question 7

Warren G.Harding was

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A) a serious,quiet,formal Yankee whose policies were later admired by Ronald Reagan. 
B) elected because he was the winning general in World War I. 
C) an intellectual who had difficulty dealing with Congress. 
D) president when the stock market crash occurred and the Great Depression started. 
E) a handsome,genial political hack whose administration was riddled with corruption. 
A) a serious,quiet,formal Yankee whose policies were later admired by Ronald Reagan. 
B) elected because he was the winning general in World War I. 
C) an intellectual who had difficulty dealing with Congress. 
D) president when the stock market crash occurred and the Great Depression started. 
E) a handsome,genial political hack whose administration was riddled with corruption.

Question 8

The Constitutional ban on the manufacture and sale of alcohol was referred to as ____________________.

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The answer of The Constitutional ban on the manufacture and...

Question 9

____________________ presided over the Ku Klux Klan's growth during the 1920s.

Accepted Answer

The answer of ____________________ presided over the Ku Klux Klan's...

Question 10

Welfare capitalism was meant to be humane to workers,it had nothing to do with trying to discourage unionization.

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False

Question 11

____________________,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 the government...

Question 12

The Immigrant Restriction Acts

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A) widened the number of countries from which immigrants could come. 
B) were passed with relatively little protest. 
C) increased the number of immigrants from eastern Europe. 
D) resulted in a labor shortage. 
E) admitted more Africans to the U.S. 
A) widened the number of countries from which immigrants could come. 
B) were passed with relatively little protest. 
C) increased the number of immigrants from eastern Europe. 
D) resulted in a labor shortage. 
E) admitted more Africans to the U.S.

Question 13

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

Accepted Answer

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

Question 14

Mexican farm laborers that worked in Texas faced all of the following conditions except

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A) Houses with no indoor plumbing. 
B) Increased debt to employers. 
C) Decent schools. 
D) Feared deportation since they lacked visas. 
E) Frequent travel to new areas. 
A) Houses with no indoor plumbing. 
B) Increased debt to employers. 
C) Decent schools. 
D) Feared deportation since they lacked visas. 
E) Frequent travel to new areas.

Question 15

The 1920s were hard for farmers.

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False

Question 16

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

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False

Question 17

____________________ wrote The Great Gatsby.

Accepted Answer

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

Question 18

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

Accepted Answer

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

Question 19

In the 1920s,the Ku Klux Klan did all of the following except

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A) continue to thrive only in the South. 
B) attract a significant female membership. 
C) achieve some degree of political power in some states. 
D) focus their bigotry on Catholics and Jews. 
E) emphasize traditional morality. 
A) continue to thrive only in the South. 
B) attract a significant female membership. 
C) achieve some degree of political power in some states. 
D) focus their bigotry on Catholics and Jews. 
E) emphasize traditional morality.

Question 20

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

Accepted Answer

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

Exam 24: The 1920s

What contributed to the depression in the farm industry after the war? What did farmers do to try to combat this depression? What was the government's response?

Charles A.Lindbergh became a celebrity in the 1920s when he

During his tenure as secretary of commerce,Herbert Hoover

Which of the following statements could not be said of the labor movement in the 1920s?

In 1920,a majority of Americans still lived in small rural communities.

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

Warren G.Harding was

The Constitutional ban on the manufacture and sale of alcohol was referred to as ____________________.

____________________ presided over the Ku Klux Klan's growth during the 1920s.

Welfare capitalism was meant to be humane to workers,it had nothing to do with trying to discourage unionization.

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

The Immigrant Restriction Acts

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

Mexican farm laborers that worked in Texas faced all of the following conditions except

The 1920s were hard for farmers.

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

____________________ wrote The Great Gatsby.

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

In the 1920s,the Ku Klux Klan did all of the following except

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

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