Question 1

Which of the following is NOT true about Robert La Follette's 1924 presidential campaign?

Accepted Answer

A)  It was supported by the Socialists and organized labor. 
B)  It resulted in one of the best third-party showings in history. 
C)  He was the candidate for the Progressive party. 
D)  He tried to unite the fractured Democratic party. 
E)  The only state he carried was his native Wisconsin. 
A)  It was supported by the Socialists and organized labor. 
B)  It resulted in one of the best third-party showings in history. 
C)  He was the candidate for the Progressive party. 
D)  He tried to unite the fractured Democratic party. 
E)  The only state he carried was his native Wisconsin.

Question 2

During the 1920s, labor unions:

Accepted Answer

A)  won a number of important victories in the Supreme Court 
B)  gained about 1.5 million members 
C)  lost about 1.5 million members 
D)  were helped by the prosperity of the decade 
E)  enjoyed the support of Republican presidents 
A)  won a number of important victories in the Supreme Court 
B)  gained about 1.5 million members 
C)  lost about 1.5 million members 
D)  were helped by the prosperity of the decade 
E)  enjoyed the support of Republican presidents

Question 3

Which of the members of Harding's cabinet was jailed for his role in the Teapot Dome scandal?

Accepted Answer

A)  Charles Evans Hughes 
B)  Andrew Mellon 
C)  Henry Wallace 
D)  Calvin Coolidge 
E)  Albert Fall 
A)  Charles Evans Hughes 
B)  Andrew Mellon 
C)  Henry Wallace 
D)  Calvin Coolidge 
E)  Albert Fall

Question 4

Despite the many well-founded criticisms of Warren Harding as president, he was a visionary for his era in the field of:

Accepted Answer

A)  civil rights 
B)  economic development 
C)  government oversight 
D)  business regulation 
E)  bank development 
A)  civil rights 
B)  economic development 
C)  government oversight 
D)  business regulation 
E)  bank development

Question 5

In the 1928 presidential election, the Democrats nominated:

Accepted Answer

A)  Franklin D. Roosevelt 
B)  Herbert Hoover 
C)  Rex Tugwell 
D)  Alfred Smith 
E)  Harry Truman 
A)  Franklin D. Roosevelt 
B)  Herbert Hoover 
C)  Rex Tugwell 
D)  Alfred Smith 
E)  Harry Truman

Question 6

MATCHING
Match each description with the item below.
-Andrew Mellon

Accepted Answer

A) was the secretary of the Treasury 
B) was Harding's secretary of state 
C) was the secretary of the interior 
D) was the Grand Dragon of the Ku Klux Klan 
E) died in 1923
F)wrote American Individualism
G)was the Republican vice-presidential candidate in 1920
H)was the Democratic presidential candidate in 1928
I)was the Democratic presidential candidate in 1924
J)was the Progressive party presidential candidate in 1924 
A) was the secretary of the Treasury 
B) was Harding's secretary of state 
C) was the secretary of the interior 
D) was the Grand Dragon of the Ku Klux Klan 
E) died in 1923
F)wrote American Individualism
G)was the Republican vice-presidential candidate in 1920
H)was the Democratic presidential candidate in 1928
I)was the Democratic presidential candidate in 1924
J)was the Progressive party presidential candidate in 1924

Question 7

As a result of the Scopes Trial:

Accepted Answer

A)  Tennessee's anti-evolution law was declared unconstitutional 
B)  the fundamentalist movement disappeared 
C)  William Jennings Bryan's political career was revived 
D)  John T. Scopes was found guilty of teaching evolution 
E)  Clarence Darrow's legal career faded into obscurity 
A)  Tennessee's anti-evolution law was declared unconstitutional 
B)  the fundamentalist movement disappeared 
C)  William Jennings Bryan's political career was revived 
D)  John T. Scopes was found guilty of teaching evolution 
E)  Clarence Darrow's legal career faded into obscurity

Question 8

Who were the "Ohio gang," and how did they impact the presidency of Warren G. Harding?

Accepted Answer

The "Ohio gang" refers to a group of pol

Question 9

Coolidge's administration was marked by:

Accepted Answer

A)  a continuation of the post-World War I economic slump 
B)  continued tax breaks for the lower and middle classes at the expense of the upper class 
C)  prosperity 
D)  the creation of the Internal Revenue and Tariff Commission, which drastically reformed taxation formulas and duty lists 
E)  a slow economic downturn 
A)  a continuation of the post-World War I economic slump 
B)  continued tax breaks for the lower and middle classes at the expense of the upper class 
C)  prosperity 
D)  the creation of the Internal Revenue and Tariff Commission, which drastically reformed taxation formulas and duty lists 
E)  a slow economic downturn

Question 10

Which of the following is NOT true of the "American plan" concept of employment?

Accepted Answer

A)  It originated in Chicago. 
B)  It allowed employers to hire nonunion workers. 
C)  It established open shops. 
D)  It could be effectively used to discriminate against unions. 
E)  It promised a more democratic work environment than most other shops. 
A)  It originated in Chicago. 
B)  It allowed employers to hire nonunion workers. 
C)  It established open shops. 
D)  It could be effectively used to discriminate against unions. 
E)  It promised a more democratic work environment than most other shops.

Question 11

During the 1924 presidential election:

Accepted Answer

A)  Robert M. La Follette barely won the nomination of a faction-ridden Republican party 
B)  the Democratic candidate almost upset the Republican candidate 
C)  Calvin Coolidge swept both the popular and electoral votes by decisive majorities 
D)  A. Mitchell Palmer was the Democratic candidate 
E)  Herbert Hoover challenged Coolidge for the Republican nomination 
A)  Robert M. La Follette barely won the nomination of a faction-ridden Republican party 
B)  the Democratic candidate almost upset the Republican candidate 
C)  Calvin Coolidge swept both the popular and electoral votes by decisive majorities 
D)  A. Mitchell Palmer was the Democratic candidate 
E)  Herbert Hoover challenged Coolidge for the Republican nomination

Question 12

Trace the rise of Calvin Coolidge to the presidency of the United States.

Accepted Answer

Calvin Coolidge rose to the presidency o

Question 13

The progressive coalition that elected Woodrow Wilson president dissolved by 1920 for all of the following reasons EXCEPT:

Accepted Answer

A)  many of the progressive reforms still seemed unattainable 
B)  intellectuals became disillusioned because of the anti-evolution movement 
C)  intellectuals became disillusioned with grassroots democracy's popular support for the Ku Klux Klan 
D)  the middle class became more interested with restoring a "new era" of prosperity based on mass production and mass consumption 
E)  Prohibition was unpopular 
A)  many of the progressive reforms still seemed unattainable 
B)  intellectuals became disillusioned because of the anti-evolution movement 
C)  intellectuals became disillusioned with grassroots democracy's popular support for the Ku Klux Klan 
D)  the middle class became more interested with restoring a "new era" of prosperity based on mass production and mass consumption 
E)  Prohibition was unpopular

Question 14

MATCHING
Match each description with the item below.
-Warren G. Harding

Accepted Answer

A) was the secretary of the Treasury 
B) was Harding's secretary of state 
C) was the secretary of the interior 
D) was the Grand Dragon of the Ku Klux Klan 
E) died in 1923
F)wrote American Individualism
G)was the Republican vice-presidential candidate in 1920
H)was the Democratic presidential candidate in 1928
I)was the Democratic presidential candidate in 1924
J)was the Progressive party presidential candidate in 1924 
A) was the secretary of the Treasury 
B) was Harding's secretary of state 
C) was the secretary of the interior 
D) was the Grand Dragon of the Ku Klux Klan 
E) died in 1923
F)wrote American Individualism
G)was the Republican vice-presidential candidate in 1920
H)was the Democratic presidential candidate in 1928
I)was the Democratic presidential candidate in 1924
J)was the Progressive party presidential candidate in 1924

Question 15

Whose campaign pledge stated he would "safeguard America first"?

Accepted Answer

A)  Alfred Smith 
B)  Herbert Hoover 
C)  Warren G. Harding 
D)  Eugene Debs 
E)  Theodore Roosevelt 
A)  Alfred Smith 
B)  Herbert Hoover 
C)  Warren G. Harding 
D)  Eugene Debs 
E)  Theodore Roosevelt

Question 16

The amendment to the Constitution that barred the manufacture or sale of intoxicating liquors was ratified in:

Accepted Answer

A)  1911 
B)  1932 
C)  1928 
D)  1932. 
E)  1919 
A)  1911 
B)  1932 
C)  1928 
D)  1932. 
E)  1919

Question 17

With the Republicans in control of the federal government, progressivism disappeared in the 1920s.

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False

Question 18

The Ku Klux Klan of the 1920s believed largely in:

Accepted Answer

A)  anti-Semitic rhetoric 
B)  Prohibition 
C)  fundamentalist religious beliefs 
D)  anti-black rhetoric 
E)  "100 percent Americanism" 
A)  anti-Semitic rhetoric 
B)  Prohibition 
C)  fundamentalist religious beliefs 
D)  anti-black rhetoric 
E)  "100 percent Americanism"

Question 19

The Scopes Trial:

Accepted Answer

A)  pitted William Howard Taft, former U.S. president and confessed agnostic, for the prosecution against fundamentalist Clarence Darrow for the defense 
B)  prosecuted Klansmen for lynching 
C)  represented victory of the fundamentalist movement in America 
D)  concerned a state law that prohibited the teaching of evolution in public schools 
E)  brought Americans together on the subject of education 
A)  pitted William Howard Taft, former U.S. president and confessed agnostic, for the prosecution against fundamentalist Clarence Darrow for the defense 
B)  prosecuted Klansmen for lynching 
C)  represented victory of the fundamentalist movement in America 
D)  concerned a state law that prohibited the teaching of evolution in public schools 
E)  brought Americans together on the subject of education

Question 20

How did farmers and veterans react to the Hoover administration's response to the Great Depression?

Accepted Answer

Farmers and veterans had different react

Exam 24: The Reactionary Twenties

Which of the following is NOT true about Robert La Follette's 1924 presidential campaign?

During the 1920s, labor unions:

Which of the members of Harding's cabinet was jailed for his role in the Teapot Dome scandal?

Despite the many well-founded criticisms of Warren Harding as president, he was a visionary for his era in the field of:

In the 1928 presidential election, the Democrats nominated:

MATCHING Match each description with the item below. -Andrew Mellon

As a result of the Scopes Trial:

Who were the "Ohio gang," and how did they impact the presidency of Warren G. Harding?

Coolidge's administration was marked by:

Which of the following is NOT true of the "American plan" concept of employment?

During the 1924 presidential election:

Trace the rise of Calvin Coolidge to the presidency of the United States.

The progressive coalition that elected Woodrow Wilson president dissolved by 1920 for all of the following reasons EXCEPT:

MATCHING Match each description with the item below. -Warren G. Harding

Whose campaign pledge stated he would "safeguard America first"?

The amendment to the Constitution that barred the manufacture or sale of intoxicating liquors was ratified in:

With the Republicans in control of the federal government, progressivism disappeared in the 1920s.

The Ku Klux Klan of the 1920s believed largely in:

The Scopes Trial:

How did farmers and veterans react to the Hoover administration's response to the Great Depression?

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England’s Colonies

Colonial Ways of Life

From Colonies to States

The American Revolution, 1776-1783

Strengthening the New Nation

The Early Republic, 1800-1815

The Emergence of a Market Economy, 1815-1850

Nationalism and Sectionalism, 1815-1828

The Jacksonian Era, 1828-1840

The South, Slavery, and King Cotton, 1800-1860

Religion, Romanticism, and Reform, 1800-1860

Western Expansion, 1830-1848

The Gathering Storm, 1848-1860

The War of the Union, 1861-1865

The Era of Reconstruction 1865-1877

Business and Labor in the Industrial Era, 1860-1900

The New South and the New West, 1865-1900

Political Stalemate and Rural Revolt, 1865-1900

Seizing an American Empire, 1865-1913

The Progressive Era, 1890-1920

America and the Great War, 1914-1920

A Clash of Cultures, 1920-1929

The Great Depression, 1929-1939

The Second World War, 1933-1945

The Cold War and the Fair Deal, 1945-1952

Cold War America, 1950-1959

A New Frontier and a Great Society, 1960-1968

Rebellion and Reaction, 1960s and 1970s

Conservative Revival, 1977-1990

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