Question 1

The postwar anxiety and intolerance of Americans in the 1920s was manifested in the

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A)  Sacco-Vanzetti case. 
B)  state laws prohibiting the advocacy of violent social change. 
C)  resurgence of the Ku Klux Klan. 
D)  Immigration Act of 1924. 
E)  deportation of radicals to Russia.

Question 2

Identify and state the historical significance of the following:
-progressive education

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Question 3

Identify and state the historical significance of the following:
-Sacco and Vanzetti case

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Question 4

Automobiles,radios,and motion pictures

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A)  were less popular than had been anticipated. 
B)  contributed to the standardization of American life. 
C)  had little impact on traditional life-styles and values. 
D)  were for the most part too expensive for ordinary working families. 
E)  strengthened American family life.

Question 5

Car advertisements reached out to women in all of the following ways except

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A)  showing them cars were respectable for women. 
B)  illustrating that families could afford one car for wives and another for husbands. 
C)  linking modern, independent women to automobiles. 
D)  noting that cars enabled women to better fulfill their roles as household managers. 
E)  demonstrating that women could indeed learn to drive.

Question 6

Do you see any hidden dangers in the social and economic life that Americans pursued in the 1920s for which they would one day have to pay? What were these dangers,and in what way were they potentially threatening?

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Question 7

Identify and state the historical significance of the following:
-The Birth of a Nation

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Question 8

Of the following,the one least related to the other four is

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A)  John T. Scopes. 
B)  Clarence Darrow. 
C)  Frederick W. Taylor. 
D)  William Jennings Bryan. 
E)  Dayton, Tennessee.

Question 9

The automobile revolution resulted in all of the following except

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A)  the consolidation of schools. 
B)  the increased dependence of women on men. 
C)  the spread of suburbs. 
D)  a loss of population in less attractive states. 
E)  altered youthful sexual behavior.

Question 10

Which of the following was not among prominent African American cultural figures of the 1920s?

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A)  Joseph "King" Oliver 
B)  Ralph Ellison 
C)  "Jelly Roll" Morton 
D)  Langston Hughes 
E)  W.C. Handy

Question 11

Disillusioned by war and peace,Americans in the 1920s did all of the following except

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A)  denounce radical foreign ideas. 
B)  condemn un-American life-styles. 
C)  struggle to achieve economic prosperity. 
D)  shun diplomatic commitments to foreign countries. 
E)  restrict immigration.

Question 12

Identify and state the historical significance of the following:
-Lindbergh Law

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Question 13

Identify and state the historical significance of the following:
-Amos 'n' Andy

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Question 14

Identify and state the historical significance of the following:
-Volstead Act

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Question 15

What sparked the greater public expression of sexuality in the 1920s? Did the greater frankness about sex represent an advance for women,or did it open opportunities for exploitation of women?

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Question 16

Identify and state the historical significance of the following:
-cultural pluralism

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Question 17

Identify and state the historical significance of the following:
-Harlem Renaissance

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Question 18

According to John Dewey,a teacher's primary goal is to

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A)  instill discipline and character in young people. 
B)  emphasize academic skills. 
C)  educate students for life by active learning methods. 
D)  undermine students' naive religious beliefs. 
E)  develop a sense of history.

Question 19

Identify and state the historical significance of the following:
-nativist

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Question 20

During the 1920s and after,many American immigrant ethnic groups

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A)  rapidly assimilated into the mainstream of American life. 
B)  sought to escape urban poverty by migrating to rural areas. 
C)  lived in neighborhoods with their own churches or synagogues, newspapers, and theaters. 
D)  maintained a greater loyalty to the old country than to the United States. 
E)  sought political autonomy and official recognition by the U.S. government.

Exam 31: American Life in the "Roaring Twenties",1919-1929

The postwar anxiety and intolerance of Americans in the 1920s was manifested in the

Identify and state the historical significance of the following: -progressive education

Identify and state the historical significance of the following: -Sacco and Vanzetti case

Automobiles,radios,and motion pictures

Car advertisements reached out to women in all of the following ways except

Do you see any hidden dangers in the social and economic life that Americans pursued in the 1920s for which they would one day have to pay? What were these dangers,and in what way were they potentially threatening?

Identify and state the historical significance of the following: -The Birth of a Nation

Of the following,the one least related to the other four is

The automobile revolution resulted in all of the following except

Which of the following was not among prominent African American cultural figures of the 1920s?

Disillusioned by war and peace,Americans in the 1920s did all of the following except

Identify and state the historical significance of the following: -Lindbergh Law

Identify and state the historical significance of the following: -Amos 'n' Andy

Identify and state the historical significance of the following: -Volstead Act

What sparked the greater public expression of sexuality in the 1920s? Did the greater frankness about sex represent an advance for women,or did it open opportunities for exploitation of women?

Identify and state the historical significance of the following: -cultural pluralism

Identify and state the historical significance of the following: -Harlem Renaissance

According to John Dewey,a teacher's primary goal is to

Identify and state the historical significance of the following: -nativist

During the 1920s and after,many American immigrant ethnic groups