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The red scare of 1919-1929 was provoked by
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the public's association of labor violence with its fear of revolution
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Disillusioned by war and peace, Americans in the 1920s did all of the following except
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enter a decade of economic difficulties
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Businesspeople used the red scare to
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break the backs of fledgling unions
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The most tenacious pursuer of "radical" elements during the red scare was
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Mitchell Palmer
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The post World War Ku Klux Klan advocated all of the following EXCEPT
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opposition to prohibition
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The Ku Klux Klan of the 1920s was a reaction against
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the forces of diversity and modernity that were transforming American culture
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Immigration restrictions of the 1920s were introduced as a result of
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the nativist belief that northern Europeans were superior to southern and eastern Europeans
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The Immigration Act of 1924 was formulated to impose immigration quotas based on
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nationality
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Gernerally, the immigration quota systems adopted in the 1920's tended to discriminate against
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southern and eastern Europeans
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To achieve class and political solidarity, immigrant workers primarily had to overcome
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ethnic diversity
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Enforcement of the Volstead Act met the strongest resistance from
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eastern city dwellers
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The first Polish immigrants to come to America arrived
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at Jamestown in 1608
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Many Polish peasants learned about America from all of the following EXCEPT
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Catholic missionaries
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Most Americans assumed that prohibition
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would be permanent
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The most spectacular example of lawlessness in the 1920s was
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Chicago
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John Dewey can rightly be called the "father of _____"
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progressive education
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According to John Dewey, a teacher's primary goal is to
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educate a student for life
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Of the following, the one LEAST related to the other four is
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Frederick W. Taylor
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The trial of John Scopes in 1925 centered on the issue of
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teaching evolution in public schools
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After the Scopes "Monkey Trial"
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fundamentalist religion remained a vibrant force in American spiritual life
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All of the following helped to make the prosperity of the 1920s possible except
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government stimulation of the economy
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The main problem faced by American manufacturers in the 1920s involved
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developing a market of people to buy their products
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Bruce Barton, author of The Man Nobody Knows, expressed admiration for Jesus Christ because Barton
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believed that Christ was the best advertising man of all time
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The prosperity that developed in the 1920s helped
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to accumulate a cloud of debt
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The central character in Bruce Barton's The Man Nobody Knows was
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Jesus Christ
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Henry Ford's contribution to the automobile industry was
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relatively cheap automobiles
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Frederick W. Taylor, a prominent inventor and engineer, was best known for his
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efforts to promote efficiency by eliminated waste motions
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Before the automobile, the _____ industry dominated the American economy.
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steel
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The automobile revolution resulted in all of the following EXCEPT
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the increased dependence of women on men
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The complaint lodged by the US Immigration Commision against Polish immigrants was that
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they sent too much money home
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The first "talkie" motion picture was
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The Jazz Singer
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With the advent of radio and motion pictures
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much of the rich diversity of immigrant culture was lost
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Automobiles, radios, and motion pictures
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contributed to the standarization of American life
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The 1920 census revealed that for the first time most
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Americans lived in cities
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Margaret Sanger was most noted for her advocacy of
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birth control
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Job opportunities for women in the 1920s
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tended to cluster in a few low-paying fields
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To justify their new sexual frankness, many Americans cited
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the theories of Sigmund Freud
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Jazz music was developed by
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American blacks
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Marcus Garvey, founder of the United Negro Improvement Association, is know for all of the following EXCEPT
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establishing the idea of the talented tenth to lead African Americans
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Earnest Hemingway - The Sun Also RIses, F Scott Fitzgerald - The Great Gatsby
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Sinclair Lewis - Main Street, William Faulkner - The Sound and the Fury
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Buying stock "on margin" meant
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making only a small down payment
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During Andrew Melton's long tenure as secretary of the treasury, his policies
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lowered the national debt
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As secretary of the treasury, Andrew Melton placed the tax burden on the
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middle income groups
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The postwar anxiety and intolerance of Americans in the 1920s was manifested in
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-Sacco-Vanzetti case -Scopes trial -resurgence of the Ku Klux Klan -Immigration Act of 1924
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In the mid-1920s the Ku Klux Klan turned its invective against
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-recent immigrants -Catholics -gambling and adultery
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The most innovative features of the jazz-age economy included
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The mass production of automobiles in the 1920s led to the growth of
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-the petroleum industry -suburban communities -installment buying -lifestyle changes
