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31 American Life in the "Roaring Twenties" 1919-1929
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1Responding to continuing upheavals in the postwar world order and to significant social changes that up-ended traditional American culture and values, most Americans in the 1920's did all of the following EXCEPT
- Acondemn un-American lifestyles
- Bstruggle to achieve economic prosperity
- Cshun diplomatic commitments to foreign countries
- Dsupport severe restrictions on immigration
2The "red scare" of early 1920s was set up by:
- Athe Sacco-Vanzetti case
- Bthe rise of Radical Industrial Workers of the World
- Cthe Bolshevik revolution in Russia
- Dan influx of radical immigrants
3How did the business sector use the red scare to its advantage in the 1920s?
- AIt cooperated with Federal and State Governments to destroy fledgling unions such as the IWW
- BIt generally accepted the rights of the unions to organize and collectively bargain in order to gain labor peace
- CIt secured passage of a federal law making most union-organizing activity illegal
- DBusiness people refused to hire any socialists, communists, or other workers advocating radical ideologies
4Besides attacking minorities like Catholics, Blacks, and Jews, the Ku Klux Klan of the 1920s opposed contemporary cultural and social changes such as:
- AEvolution and Birth Control
- BProhibition and Higher Education
- CAutomobiles and Airplanes
- DPatriotism and Immigration Restriction
5The quota system established for immigration in 1920s was based partly on the idea that:
- AAmerica could accept the refugees created by war and revolution in Europe
- BImmigrants from Northern and Western Europe were superior to those from Southern and Eastern Europe
- CImmigration from Europe would be largely replaced by immigration from Asia
- DPriority in immigration would be based on family relations, profession, and education
6Which of the following was most important in prompting Americans to support the Immigration Act of 1924?
- AIncreased migration of blacks to the North
- BA nativist belief that northern Europeans were culturally superior to the waves of Eastern and Southern Europeans who had arrived in America over the last forty years
- CA desire to abolish the quota system in the United States
- DA desire to halt immigration from Latin America
7The separation of many American ethnic groups into separate neighborhood with their own distinct institutions, cultures, and values meant that:
- AEnglish was no longer the dominant language in U.S.
- Bthe U.S. was intolerant of ethnic differences
- CCatholics and Jews had a political base from which to gain the presidency
- Dit was almost impossible to organize the American working class across ethnic and religious lives
8Which of the following would a cultural pluralist such as Horace Kallen, Randolph Bourne, or Louis Brandeis NOT support
- AAn American melting-pot cultural ideology that advocated eliminating ethnic differences
- BTighter legal restrictions on immigration from all parts of Europe
- CGreater cross-fertilization among all immigrants to promote a cosmopolitan interchange of customs, cultural ideas, and traditions
- DPermitting immigrants to celebrate their respective cultural and religious holidays publicly in the United States
9One clear result of prohibition was:
- Aa rise in criminal organizations that supplied illegal liquor
- Ban improvement in family relations and the general moral tone of the society
- Ca turn from alcohol to other forms of substance abuse
- Dthe rise of voluntary self-help organizations like Alcoholics Anonymous
10Which of the following represented a key obstacle to working class solidarity and union organizing in the United States during this period?
- AEmployers' devious use of ethnic tensions and rivalries among workers to thwart union activities and working-class solidarity
- BThe absence of a progressive reform impulse in America
- CThe growing influence of communists and other radicals in the labor movement
- DThe general satisfaction of most workers with the wages, benefits, and working conditions provided by their employers
11All of the following undermined the effective enforcement of prohibition laws against alcohol in America EXCEPT:
- Ahistorically weak central government control over the private spheres of Americans' lives
- Bthe fierce hostility of the majority - or a strong minority - of Americans to the prohibition of alcohol
- Calcohol smuggling and distribution operations sponsored in Canada and the West Indies and by organized crime syndicates
- Doverwhelming popular opposition to prohibition in the South and the West
12The American city where gangsterism flourished most blatantly in the 1920s was?
- ANew York City
- BLos Angeles
- CChicago
- DNew Orleans
13According to John Dewey, the primary goal of progressive education should be to:
- Ainstill discipline and character in young people
- Bemphasize the liberal arts over the natural sciences in teaching curricula
- Cdevelop specialized functional skills for employment
- Deducate students for life through active, participatory learning methods
14Which of the following was NOT an outcome of the 1925 Scopes Monkey Trial?
- AFundamentalist religion continued to be a vibrant force in American spiritual life
- BIt was a hollow victory for the fundamentalist cause because the scientific absurdities of its position were revealed
- CIt was a complete legal vindication of a teacher's right to teach evolution in the public schools of Tennessee
- DIt was the final appearance in influential civic life of former presidential candidate William Jennings Bryan
15The essential issue in the Scopes Trial was whether:
- Ascientists ought to be allowed to investigate the biological origins of humanity
- Bthe teachings of Darwin could be reconciled with those of religion
- CDarwinian evolutionary science could be taught in the public schools
- DFundamentalist Protestantism could be taught in the public schools
16How did American business in the 1920s attempt to solve the problem of developing enormous universal markets for its mass-produced goods?
- AAmerican business developed a large range of product variations
- BAmerican business nurtured the birth and development of consumer advertising
- CAmerican business engaged in fierce price-competition wars
- DAmerican business introduced direct selling through catalogs and door-to-door solicitations
17What dark cloud hung over the economic prosperity enjoyed by Americans in the 1920s?
- AAn enormous amount of American consumer debt
- BThe inability of American business to produce sufficient numbers of products to meet increasing consumer demand
- CSuperfluous government spending that threatened to crowd out private investment in the booming economy
- DAn excessive level of savings by Americans that dampened consumer spending
18The most highly acclaimed industrial innovator of the new mass-production economy was:
- ABabe Ruth
- BBruce Barton
- CRansom E. Olds
- DHenry Ford
19One of the primary social effects of the new automobile age was:
- Aa weakening of traditional family ties between parents and youth
- Bclosing of the gap between the working class and the wealthy
- Cincreased dependence of women on men
- Dtightening of restrictions on women
20What did the 1920 census reveal about the lives of Americans?
- AFor the first time in the nations history, most adult women were employed outside the home
- BFor the first time in the nations history, most men worked in manufacturing
- CFor the first time in the nations history, more Americans lived in the cities than in the countryside
- DFor the first time in the nations history, more American families had fewer than four children
21Radio and the movies both had the cultural effect of:
- Aincreasing Americans' interest in history and literature
- Bincreasing mass standardization and weakening traditional forms of culture
- Cundermining the tendency of industry toward big business and mass production
- Dencouraging creativity and cultural independence among the people
22In the 1920s the major changes pursued by American women were:
- Avoting rights and political equality
- Beconomic equality and equal pay for equal work
- Csocial reform and family welfare
- Dcultural freedom and expanded sexual experience
23The primary achievement of the Universal Negro Improvement Association was:
- Aits promotion of black jazz and blues
- Bits positive impact of black racial pride
- Cits economic development program in Harlem
- Dits transportation of numerous blacks to Liberia
24What did many Americans point to in order to justify their new sexual frankness?
- AThe increased consumption of alcohol
- BThe decline of fundamentalism
- CThe rise of the women's movement
- DThe theories of Sigmund Freud
25The literacy figure who promoted many new writers of the 1920s in his magazine, The American Mercury, was?
- AH.L. Mencken
- BW.C. Haney
- CF. Scott Fitzgerald
- DHenry Adams
26Which socioeconomic group bore the heaviest tax burden in the 1920s as a result of the tax policies of Secretary of the Treasury Andrew Mellon?
- AMiddle-income groups
- BThe Wealthy
- CThe Working Class
- DThe Business Community
27Many of the prominent new writers of the 1920s were:
- Afascinated by their historical roots in old New England
- Bdisgusted with European influences on American culture
- Cinterested especially in nature and social reform
- Dhighly critical of American "Puritanism" and small-town life
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