A-Freaking-PUSH chapter 22 – Flashcards
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Throughout the 1920s, the performance of the U.S. economy
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saw nearly uninterrupted prosperity coupled with severe inequalities
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In the 1920s, the development of practical radio communication was furthered by
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During the 1920s, airplanes
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were largrly a source of entertainment
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During the 1920s, products that grew dramatically in use in the United States included
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During the 1920s, Thomas Hunt Morgan was one of the American pioneers in
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genetic research
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During the 1920s, the trend toward industrial consolidation
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was most pronounced in industries dependent on large-scale mass-production
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During the 1920s, a great worry for industrialists was the fear of
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the overproduction of goods
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During the 1920s, most American industrial workers experienced all of the following EXCEPT
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few opportunities to join a company union
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In the 1920s, "welfare capitalism"
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was a paternalistic approach used by corporate leaders on their workers
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During the 1920s, wages for American workers
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generally rose at a rate far below increases in production and profits
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During the 1920s, when $1,800 was considered the minimum annual income for a decent standard of living, the average annual income of a worker was approximately
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$1,500
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During the 1920s, the American Federation of Labor (AFL)
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believed workers should be organized on the basis of skills
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In the workplace, the "open shop" meant
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no worker was required to join a union
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During the 1920s, the Brotherhood of Sleeping Car Porters
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was one of the few unions led by an African American
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During the 1920s, all of the following immigrant groups were increasing their presence in the labor force in the West and Southwest EXCEPT the
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Chinese
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During the 1920s, the agricultural economy of the United States saw
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a sharp decline in farmers' incomes
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In the 1920s, the idea of agricultural "parity" was
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to ensure farmers would at least financially break even
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In the 1920s bestseller, The Man Nobody Knows, Jesus Christ was portrayed as
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a salesman
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In 1920, the first commercial radio station to broadcast in the United States was in
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Pittsburgh
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In the 1920s, "behaviors" psychologists argued
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mothers should rely on trained experts for advice in raising children
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In the 1920s, a growing interest in birth control among middle-class women resulted from
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the attitude that sexual activity should not be for procreation only
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During the 1920s, birth control in the U.S.
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was illegal, in some form, in many states
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In the 1920s, the "flapper" lifestyle
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had a particular impact on lower-middle-class single women
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During the 1920s, the National Woman's Party campaigned primarily for the
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Equal Rights Amendment
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The Sheppard-Towner Act of 1921
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provided federal funds for child health-care programs
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Enrollment in colleges increated threefold between 1900 and 1930, with much of that increase occurring after
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World War 1
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The infamous Baltimore journalist of the 1920s ho delighted in ridiculing religion, politics, the arts, and even democracy itself was
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H.L. Mencken
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In his 1925 novel, The Great Gatsby, F. Scott Fitzgerald
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criticized the American obsession with material wealth
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In the 1920s, artists and intellectuals of the Harlem Renaissance
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drew heavily from their African heritage
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In the 1920s, the "noble experiment" referred to
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the prohibition of alcohol
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Which of the following is true of the passage and application of the Eighteenth Amendment?
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The National Origins Act of 1924
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entirely banned immigration from East Asia to the United States
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After World War 1, the new Ku Klux Klan
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became primarily concerned about Catholics, Jews, and foreigners
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The Scopes trial of 1925 was a legal battle concerning the conflict between
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creationism and evolution
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As a result of the Scopes trial of 1925
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fundamentalists reduced their political activism
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In the election of 1924, among the political parties
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The Democratic Party was seriously divided
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All the following statements regarding Al Smith are true EXCEPT that he
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lost the 1924 nomination to William McAdoo
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Al Smith lost the 1928 presidential election, in part, because
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he failed to carry the South
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As president, Warren Harding
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never abandoned the party hacks who had brought him to success
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During the Harding administration, the Teapot Dome scandal involved
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transfers of national oil reserves
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Warren Harding and Calivin Coolidge were similar in
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their passive approach to the presidency
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Calvin Coolidge
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was less active a president than Warren Harding
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Throughout the 1920s, the federal govenment
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saw leaders of business take prominent positions in the federal government
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In the 1920s, Treasury Secretary Andrew Mellon succeeded in
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As secretary of commerce, Herbert Hoover considered himself
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a champion of business cooperation
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To Herbert Hoover, "associationalism" meant
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the creation of national organizations of businessmen in particular industries
