Question 1

Of the following presidents, which tied government and business closer together than at any other time in the twentieth century?

Accepted Answer

A)  Warren Harding 
B)  Calvin Coolidge 
C)  Herbert Hoover 
D)  Franklin Roosevelt 
E)  Woodrow Wilson 
A)  Warren Harding 
B)  Calvin Coolidge 
C)  Herbert Hoover 
D)  Franklin Roosevelt 
E)  Woodrow Wilson

Question 2

The biggest scandal under President Hoover was the Teapot Dome scandal of 1930.

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False

Question 3

The Klan attracted all of the following groups EXCEPT:

Accepted Answer

A)  clergymen 
B)  engineers 
C)  immigrants 
D)  doctors 
E)  lawyers 
A)  clergymen 
B)  engineers 
C)  immigrants 
D)  doctors 
E)  lawyers

Question 4

Calvin Coolidge was notorious for his love of whiskey, poker, and women.

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False

Question 5

Which one of the following is associated with Dayton, Tennessee?

Accepted Answer

A)  Paul Gauguin 
B)  F. Scott Fitzgerald 
C)  the lynching of three Italian anarchists 
D)  the Scopes Trial 
E)  Ernest Hemingway 
A)  Paul Gauguin 
B)  F. Scott Fitzgerald 
C)  the lynching of three Italian anarchists 
D)  the Scopes Trial 
E)  Ernest Hemingway

Question 6

Harding's secretary of the treasury:

Accepted Answer

A)  favored retaining the high wartime level of taxation in order to build up the public treasury 
B)  favored a reduction of the high wartime level of taxation but mainly for the rich 
C)  favored a reduction of the high wartime level of taxation but mainly for the poor and middle class 
D)  persuaded Congress to drop the personal income tax instituted under Wilson 
E)  supported the calling in of all loans to Europe 
A)  favored retaining the high wartime level of taxation in order to build up the public treasury 
B)  favored a reduction of the high wartime level of taxation but mainly for the rich 
C)  favored a reduction of the high wartime level of taxation but mainly for the poor and middle class 
D)  persuaded Congress to drop the personal income tax instituted under Wilson 
E)  supported the calling in of all loans to Europe

Question 7

Proponents of Prohibition used ethnic and social prejudice in their campaign to make America "dry."

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False

Question 8

Of all the causes of the stock market crash of October 1929, the greatest culprit was:

Accepted Answer

A)  Hoover's tax policies 
B)  the weak foundation of the 1920s economy 
C)  international monetary policy 
D)  unethical practices on Wall Street 
E)  union influences on business 
A)  Hoover's tax policies 
B)  the weak foundation of the 1920s economy 
C)  international monetary policy 
D)  unethical practices on Wall Street 
E)  union influences on business

Question 9

Discuss the various causes of the stock market crash, paying particular attention to government policies that helped bring on the crash.

Accepted Answer

The stock market crash of 1929, also kno

Question 10

David C. Stephenson:

Accepted Answer

A)  was the Grand Dragon of the Ku Klux Klan 
B)  was twice elected governor of Indiana 
C)  was born into a family of sharecroppers 
D)  supported the continuation of Prohibition 
E)  was a graduate of the Naval Academy 
A)  was the Grand Dragon of the Ku Klux Klan 
B)  was twice elected governor of Indiana 
C)  was born into a family of sharecroppers 
D)  supported the continuation of Prohibition 
E)  was a graduate of the Naval Academy

Question 11

Part of the reason for the stock market crash was:

Accepted Answer

A)  the high rate of deflation in the 1920s 
B)  the tax policies of the 1920s that hurt the wealthy, who might otherwise have bought more stocks 
C)  the buying of great amounts of stock on margin 
D)  the low tariff, which allowed imports to corner several important American markets 
E)  the remarkably poor returns on government bonds in 1929 
A)  the high rate of deflation in the 1920s 
B)  the tax policies of the 1920s that hurt the wealthy, who might otherwise have bought more stocks 
C)  the buying of great amounts of stock on margin 
D)  the low tariff, which allowed imports to corner several important American markets 
E)  the remarkably poor returns on government bonds in 1929

Question 12

In the 1920s, many investors bought stocks on margin-that is, with borrowed funds.

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False

Question 13

The "Ohio gang":

Accepted Answer

A)  rivaled Charlie Chaplin in box office receipts in the 1920s 
B)  directed Herbert Hoover's rise to the presidency 
C)  was a group of angry young men in a short story by Sinclair Lewis about the consumer culture 
D)  hosted the first national radio program 
E)  was a group of President Harding's friends who were named to political office 
A)  rivaled Charlie Chaplin in box office receipts in the 1920s 
B)  directed Herbert Hoover's rise to the presidency 
C)  was a group of angry young men in a short story by Sinclair Lewis about the consumer culture 
D)  hosted the first national radio program 
E)  was a group of President Harding's friends who were named to political office

Question 14

The immigration quota laws passed in the 1920s:

Accepted Answer

A)  favored immigrants from northern and western Europe 
B)  encouraged Asians to immigrate to America 
C)  set strict limits on immigration from Mexico 
D)  rescinded the Gentlemen's Agreement accepted during Theodore Roosevelt's administration 
E)  favored immigrants from southern and eastern Europe 
A)  favored immigrants from northern and western Europe 
B)  encouraged Asians to immigrate to America 
C)  set strict limits on immigration from Mexico 
D)  rescinded the Gentlemen's Agreement accepted during Theodore Roosevelt's administration 
E)  favored immigrants from southern and eastern Europe

Question 15

The immigration quota laws passed in the 1920s favored immigrants from northern and western Europe.

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False

Question 16

MATCHING
Match each description with the item below.
-John W. Davis

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 17

Harding's secretary of the treasury, who pushed tax cuts for the wealthy, was:

Accepted Answer

A)  Herbert Hoover 
B)  Calvin Coolidge 
C)  Charles Evans Hughes 
D)  Albert Fall 
E)  Andrew Mellon 
A)  Herbert Hoover 
B)  Calvin Coolidge 
C)  Charles Evans Hughes 
D)  Albert Fall 
E)  Andrew Mellon

Question 18

Andrew Mellon was Harding's

Accepted Answer

A)  secretary of the Treasury 
B)  secretary of state 
C)  secretary of war 
D)  secretary of commerce 
E)  attorney general 
A)  secretary of the Treasury 
B)  secretary of state 
C)  secretary of war 
D)  secretary of commerce 
E)  attorney general

Question 19

What did Warren G. Harding mean by "normalcy"? Is that a good term to describe the 1920s?

Accepted Answer

Warren G. Harding, the 29th President of

Question 20

Nicola Sacco and Bartolomeo Vanzetti were:

Accepted Answer

A)  convicted of bombing eight army supply trucks 
B)  two Italian-born anarchists sentenced to death and executed even though there was doubt as to their guilt 
C)  finally exonerated of the charges of payroll robbery and murder 
D)  murdered by members of the Ku Klux Klan 
E)  the New York Yankees' double-play combination during the 1920s 
A)  convicted of bombing eight army supply trucks 
B)  two Italian-born anarchists sentenced to death and executed even though there was doubt as to their guilt 
C)  finally exonerated of the charges of payroll robbery and murder 
D)  murdered by members of the Ku Klux Klan 
E)  the New York Yankees' double-play combination during the 1920s

Exam 24: The Reactionary Twenties

Of the following presidents, which tied government and business closer together than at any other time in the twentieth century?

The biggest scandal under President Hoover was the Teapot Dome scandal of 1930.

The Klan attracted all of the following groups EXCEPT:

Calvin Coolidge was notorious for his love of whiskey, poker, and women.

Which one of the following is associated with Dayton, Tennessee?

Harding's secretary of the treasury:

Proponents of Prohibition used ethnic and social prejudice in their campaign to make America "dry."

Of all the causes of the stock market crash of October 1929, the greatest culprit was:

Discuss the various causes of the stock market crash, paying particular attention to government policies that helped bring on the crash.

David C. Stephenson:

Part of the reason for the stock market crash was:

In the 1920s, many investors bought stocks on margin-that is, with borrowed funds.

The "Ohio gang":

The immigration quota laws passed in the 1920s:

The immigration quota laws passed in the 1920s favored immigrants from northern and western Europe.

MATCHING Match each description with the item below. -John W. Davis

Harding's secretary of the treasury, who pushed tax cuts for the wealthy, was:

Andrew Mellon was Harding's

What did Warren G. Harding mean by "normalcy"? Is that a good term to describe the 1920s?

Nicola Sacco and Bartolomeo Vanzetti were:

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