Question 1

Which of the following groups demanded the Fifteenth Amendment be enforced in the South?

Accepted Answer

A)  white plantation owners 
B)  black feminists 
C)  leaders of international corporations 
D)  anarchists 
E)  the urban middle class

Question 2

How did 1920s immigration policy reflect the concept of race in the United States?

Accepted Answer

A)  Native Americans were denied citizenship based on a biological definition of "inferiority in race." 
B)  Nonwhites were excluded in the calculation of immigration quotas. 
C)  The Supreme Court ruled in 1923 that Indian national Bhagat Singh was black, not "pure Aryan" as he claimed. 
D)  Southern and eastern Europeans were granted citizenship if they could prove their "whiteness." 
E)  The United States allowed an unrestricted number of "whites" from Europe to immigrate.

Question 3

Assess the record of the U.S. Supreme Court on civil liberties during World War I.

Accepted Answer

A)  The Court's failed efforts at restoring constitutional protections for free speech during the war propelled Americans into activism during the 1920s. 
B)  A majority of the justices agreed that the Espionage Act under the Wilson administration constituted a "clear and present danger" to American freedom. 
C)  The Supreme Court had largely upheld government restrictions on First Amendment rights during the war. 
D)  The majority of Supreme Court justices were ready to strike down federal infringements on free speech, but the slow appeals process prevented that opportunity. 
E)  The Court made a strong push for civil liberties, but with the explicit intent to exclude African-Americans.

Question 4

Which of the following best describes the economic dynamic of the Great Depression?

Accepted Answer

A)  Economic uncertainty prompted a dramatic increase in the labor force participation rate. 
B)  Plummeting sales and lack of consumer confidence triggered a surge in the trade deficit. 
C)  Declining sales tax revenue triggered a disproportionate rise in income taxes. 
D)  Superior competitors from overseas forced an inefficient domestic industry to its knees. 
E)  Mass unemployment and the lack of investment triggered a devastating cycle of deflation.

Question 5

Immigration policies changed during the 1920s as the government started to restrict wholesale immigration. How did employers react to these changes in policy?

Accepted Answer

A)  They accepted the changes, as their fear of immigrant radicalism outweighed their desire for cheap labor. 
B)  Many of them declared bankruptcy. 
C)  They created a business association hoping to change said policies. 
D)  They protested fanatically, as they would have to pay higher salaries. 
E)  Their opinions were divided, as half feared the radicalism brought by immigration and the other half preferred to pay lower salaries to immigrants.

Question 6

The Sacco-Vanzetti case

Accepted Answer

A)  placed the welcoming of Italian immigrants at the center of the debate. 
B)  revealed local governments could influence judicial decisions. 
C)  symbolized that the anti-immigrant sentiment had died. 
D)  showed how the Red Scare undermined basic American freedoms. 
E)  demonstrated how thorough the judicial system was.

Question 7

In American Individualism, Herbert Hoover

Accepted Answer

A)  asserts the importance of a strong federal government able to interfere in the economy. 
B)  argued that self-interest tended to promote private interests and it should continue to be that way. 
C)  preferred an active government promoting welfare policies. 
D)  understood self-interest should be subordinated to public service. 
E)  rejected the idea of private agencies intervening in regulatory and welfare policies.

Question 8

Propaganda campaigns launched by big business linked unionism and socialism as examples of the sinister influence of foreigners on American life during the 1920s.

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False

Question 9

What statement best summarizes the ideas behind the term "New Negro"?

Accepted Answer

A)  Stereotypes were to be rejected. 
B)  Racism could not be challenged. 
C)  Politics could not help. 
D)  Pan-Africanism was unacceptable. 
E)  Artistic movements did not have a place in America.

Question 10

Identify and give the historical significance of each of the following terms, events, and people in a paragraph or two.
-Smoot-Hawley Tariff

Accepted Answer

The answer of Identify and give the historical significance of...

Question 11

What broad popular sentiments did the Ku Klux Klan express in the 1920s?

Accepted Answer

A)  African-Americans and immigrants should not be allowed to vote. 
B)  Prohibition should only be applied to nonwhites. 
C)  Control of the nation should be returned to native-born Protestants. 
D)  Southern states should never quit their fight for complete home rule. 
E)  Women's suffrage was a violation of natural law and needed to be repealed.

Question 12

In the 1920s, movies, radios, and phonographs

Accepted Answer

A)  helped create a "new society" willing to maintain a standard of living at any price. 
B)  were only accessible in public spaces. 
C)  ridiculed celebrity culture. 
D)  appealed only to the lower classes. 
E)  were consumed by teenagers and young adults.

Question 13

The two sides of the debate of the Scopes trial defined freedom differently. Explain what freedom meant to each side and how the Scopes trial mirrored the trends in American society during the 1920s.

Accepted Answer

The answer of The two sides of the debate of...

Question 14

After World War I, American corporations ceased pursuing overseas investments.

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False

Question 15

Discuss how the Sacco-Vanzetti case laid bare some of the fault lines beneath the surface of American society in the 1920s.

Accepted Answer

The answer of Discuss how the Sacco-Vanzetti case laid bare...

Question 16

In Schenck v. United States, the Supreme Court

Accepted Answer

A)  overturned the lower court conviction of a socialist. 
B)  ruled that bans on dangerous speech were constitutional. 
C)  expanded the protection of free speech. 
D)  found certain fire-safety regulations unconstitutional. 
E)  overturned the conviction of Eugene V. Debs for an anti-war speech.

Question 17

Identify and give the historical significance of each of the following terms, events, and people in a paragraph or two.
-Scopes trial

Accepted Answer

The answer of Identify and give the historical significance of...

Question 18

The Supreme Court justices Oliver Wendell Holmes and Louis Brandeis began to speak up for freedom of speech in the 1920s.

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False

Question 19

The 1920s term "undesirable" was replaced with "illegal alien" in the 1980s to describe persons without legal status in the United States.

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False

Question 20

How did World War I's Committee on Public Information (CPI) inspire business in the 1920s?

Accepted Answer

A)  The wartime experience proved that the best way to prevent excessive speculation in the stock market was to inform the public of its dangers. 
B)  Business leaders hired private data collectors to measure the effects of propaganda on consumers. 
C)  The CPI's success suggested government intervention could have a positive impact on business growth. 
D)  Public relations departments were established in many firms to counteract bad publicity. 
E)  The CPI discouraged consumers from buying commodities on credit.

Exam 20: From Business Culture to Great Depression: The Twenties, 1920-1932

Which of the following groups demanded the Fifteenth Amendment be enforced in the South?

How did 1920s immigration policy reflect the concept of race in the United States?

Assess the record of the U.S. Supreme Court on civil liberties during World War I.

Which of the following best describes the economic dynamic of the Great Depression?

Immigration policies changed during the 1920s as the government started to restrict wholesale immigration. How did employers react to these changes in policy?

The Sacco-Vanzetti case

In American Individualism, Herbert Hoover

Propaganda campaigns launched by big business linked unionism and socialism as examples of the sinister influence of foreigners on American life during the 1920s.

What statement best summarizes the ideas behind the term "New Negro"?

Identify and give the historical significance of each of the following terms, events, and people in a paragraph or two. -Smoot-Hawley Tariff

What broad popular sentiments did the Ku Klux Klan express in the 1920s?

In the 1920s, movies, radios, and phonographs

The two sides of the debate of the Scopes trial defined freedom differently. Explain what freedom meant to each side and how the Scopes trial mirrored the trends in American society during the 1920s.

After World War I, American corporations ceased pursuing overseas investments.

Discuss how the Sacco-Vanzetti case laid bare some of the fault lines beneath the surface of American society in the 1920s.

In Schenck v. United States, the Supreme Court

Identify and give the historical significance of each of the following terms, events, and people in a paragraph or two. -Scopes trial

The Supreme Court justices Oliver Wendell Holmes and Louis Brandeis began to speak up for freedom of speech in the 1920s.

The 1920s term "undesirable" was replaced with "illegal alien" in the 1980s to describe persons without legal status in the United States.

How did World War I's Committee on Public Information (CPI) inspire business in the 1920s?