Question 1

As president,Warren Harding

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A)  never abandoned the party hacks who had brought him to success. 
B)  sought a revival of progressive reform. 
C)  proposed the United States join the League of Nations. 
D)  saw his administration end with his defeat in a bid for reelection in 1924. 
E)  had no sense of his own intellectual limits. 
A)  never abandoned the party hacks who had brought him to success. 
B)  sought a revival of progressive reform. 
C)  proposed the United States join the League of Nations. 
D)  saw his administration end with his defeat in a bid for reelection in 1924. 
E)  had no sense of his own intellectual limits.

Question 2

During the 1920s,the agricultural economy of the United States saw

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A)  a large decrease in the area of cultivated land. 
B)  demand for farm goods rise faster than production. 
C)  a sharp decline in farmers' incomes. 
D)  farmers oppose using hybrid plants and chemical fertilizers. 
E)  the need for a larger labor supply. 
A)  a large decrease in the area of cultivated land. 
B)  demand for farm goods rise faster than production. 
C)  a sharp decline in farmers' incomes. 
D)  farmers oppose using hybrid plants and chemical fertilizers. 
E)  the need for a larger labor supply.

Question 3

What were the psychological effects on both individuals and society at large that resulted from increasing consumerism in the 1920s?

Accepted Answer

The increasing consumerism in the 1920s

Question 4

In the 1920s,the "flapper" lifestyle

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A)  had a particular impact on lower-middle-class single women. 
B)  was largely reserved for upper-class women. 
C)  was largely rejected by upper-class women. 
D)  was simply a clothing fad. 
E)  was applauded by most progressive suffragists. 
A)  had a particular impact on lower-middle-class single women. 
B)  was largely reserved for upper-class women. 
C)  was largely rejected by upper-class women. 
D)  was simply a clothing fad. 
E)  was applauded by most progressive suffragists.

Question 5

Champions of parity for farmers urged high tariffs against foreign agricultural competition.

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A) True 
 B)False

Question 6

The most energetic member of the cabinets of Harding and Coolidge was ________.

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The answer of The most energetic member of the cabinets...

Question 7

In the 1920s bestseller,The Man Nobody Knows,Jesus Christ was portrayed as

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A)  embodying Republican values. 
B)  a 100% American. 
C)  a capitalist. 
D)  a prophet who would oppose consumerism. 
E)  a salesman. 
A)  embodying Republican values. 
B)  a 100% American. 
C)  a capitalist. 
D)  a prophet who would oppose consumerism. 
E)  a salesman.

Question 8

During the 1920s,Alice Paul of the National Woman's Party pressed a campaign for the ________.

Accepted Answer

Equal Righ

Question 9

The practice of "welfare capitalism" in the 1920s involved most industrial workers.

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A) True 
 B)False

Question 10

During the 1920s,the Ku Klux Klan grew increasingly focused on southern segregation.

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False

Question 11

In his 1925 novel,The Great Gatsby,F.Scott Fitzgerald

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A)  glorified wealthy Americans as examples of the "success ethic." 
B)  ridiculed the hypocritical behavior of some in evangelical religion. 
C)  satirized the inequalities in American politics. 
D)  criticized the American obsession with material wealth. 
E)  dramatized the plight of midwestern farmers. 
A)  glorified wealthy Americans as examples of the "success ethic." 
B)  ridiculed the hypocritical behavior of some in evangelical religion. 
C)  satirized the inequalities in American politics. 
D)  criticized the American obsession with material wealth. 
E)  dramatized the plight of midwestern farmers.

Question 12

Researchers at MIT in the early 1930s,led by ________,created the first analog computer.

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The answer of Researchers at MIT in the early 1930s,led...

Question 13

During the Harding administration,the Teapot Dome scandal involved

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A)  the illegal sale of timber rights. 
B)  transfers of national oil reserves. 
C)  graft in federal construction contracts. 
D)  political blackmail. 
E)  the secret sale of armaments to Nicaragua. 
A)  the illegal sale of timber rights. 
B)  transfers of national oil reserves. 
C)  graft in federal construction contracts. 
D)  political blackmail. 
E)  the secret sale of armaments to Nicaragua.

Question 14

The National Origins Act of 1924

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A)  entirely banned immigration from East Asia to the United States. 
B)  discriminated against northwestern Europeans. 
C)  was designed to alter the sources but not the overall number of immigrants. 
D)  included a quota system for the first time. 
E)  set a rigid limit of 150,000 immigrants a year. 
A)  entirely banned immigration from East Asia to the United States. 
B)  discriminated against northwestern Europeans. 
C)  was designed to alter the sources but not the overall number of immigrants. 
D)  included a quota system for the first time. 
E)  set a rigid limit of 150,000 immigrants a year.

Question 15

Throughout the 1920s,the federal government

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A)  isolated itself from the business community. 
B)  supported the right of workers to organize as unions. 
C)  experienced a budget decrease, yet an increase in debt. 
D)  saw leaders of business take prominent positions in the federal government. 
E)  saw an increase in the budget and the national debt. 
A)  isolated itself from the business community. 
B)  supported the right of workers to organize as unions. 
C)  experienced a budget decrease, yet an increase in debt. 
D)  saw leaders of business take prominent positions in the federal government. 
E)  saw an increase in the budget and the national debt.

Question 16

Prohibition did substantially reduce drinking in some parts of the United States.

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A) True 
 B)False

Question 17

During the 1920s,airplanes

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A)  experienced a great increase in commercial travel. 
B)  had no practical use. 
C)  were used almost exclusively for military purposes. 
D)  saw the development of the first experimental jet engines. 
E)  were largely a source of entertainment. 
A)  experienced a great increase in commercial travel. 
B)  had no practical use. 
C)  were used almost exclusively for military purposes. 
D)  saw the development of the first experimental jet engines. 
E)  were largely a source of entertainment.

Question 18

In the 1920s,a growing interest in birth control among middle-class women resulted from

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A)  the desire to delay childbirth to pursue a career outside of the home. 
B)  the attitude that sexual activity should not be for procreation only. 
C)  the desire to maintain a rigid, Victorian female "respectability." 
D)  both the desire to delay childbirth to pursue a career outside of the home, and the attitude that sexual activity should not be for procreation only. 
E)  All these answers are correct. 
A)  the desire to delay childbirth to pursue a career outside of the home. 
B)  the attitude that sexual activity should not be for procreation only. 
C)  the desire to maintain a rigid, Victorian female "respectability." 
D)  both the desire to delay childbirth to pursue a career outside of the home, and the attitude that sexual activity should not be for procreation only. 
E)  All these answers are correct.

Question 19

When prohibition went into effect in 1920,it had the support of not only most middle-class Americans,but most progressives as well.

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False

Question 20

During the 1920s,birth control in the U.S.

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A)  was limited to physical methods such as abstinence and withdrawal. 
B)  included legal abortion in most states. 
C)  was strongly opposed by moralists such as Margaret Sanger. 
D)  was among the major causes of poverty and distress in poor communities. 
E)  was illegal, in some form, in many states. 
A)  was limited to physical methods such as abstinence and withdrawal. 
B)  included legal abortion in most states. 
C)  was strongly opposed by moralists such as Margaret Sanger. 
D)  was among the major causes of poverty and distress in poor communities. 
E)  was illegal, in some form, in many states.

Exam 22: The “New Era”

As president,Warren Harding

During the 1920s,the agricultural economy of the United States saw

What were the psychological effects on both individuals and society at large that resulted from increasing consumerism in the 1920s?

In the 1920s,the "flapper" lifestyle

Champions of parity for farmers urged high tariffs against foreign agricultural competition.

The most energetic member of the cabinets of Harding and Coolidge was ________.

In the 1920s bestseller,The Man Nobody Knows,Jesus Christ was portrayed as

During the 1920s,Alice Paul of the National Woman's Party pressed a campaign for the ________.

The practice of "welfare capitalism" in the 1920s involved most industrial workers.

During the 1920s,the Ku Klux Klan grew increasingly focused on southern segregation.

In his 1925 novel,The Great Gatsby,F.Scott Fitzgerald

Researchers at MIT in the early 1930s,led by ________,created the first analog computer.

During the Harding administration,the Teapot Dome scandal involved

The National Origins Act of 1924

Throughout the 1920s,the federal government

Prohibition did substantially reduce drinking in some parts of the United States.

During the 1920s,airplanes

In the 1920s,a growing interest in birth control among middle-class women resulted from

When prohibition went into effect in 1920,it had the support of not only most middle-class Americans,but most progressives as well.

During the 1920s,birth control in the U.S.

The Collision of Cultures

Transplantations and Borderlands

Society and Culture in Provincial America

The Empire in Transition

The American Revolution

The Constitution and the New Republic

The Jeffersonian Era

Varieties of American Nationalism

Jacksonian America

America’s Economic Revolution

Cotton, Slavery, and the Old South

Antebellum Culture and Reform

The Impending Crisis

The Civil War

Reconstruction and the New South

The Conquest of the Far West

Industrial Supremacy

The Age of the City

From Crisis to Empire

The Progressives

America and the Great War

The Great Depression

The New Deal

The Global Crisis, 1921–1941

America in a World at War

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The Affluent Society

Civil Rights, Vietnam, and the Ordeal of Liberalism

The Crisis of Authority

From the “Age of Limits” to the Age of Reagan

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