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The red scare of 1919-1920 was provoked by

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the public's fear that labor troubles were sparked by communist and anarchist revolutionaries. (D)

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

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struggle to achieve economic prosperity. (C)

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Businesspeople used the red scare to

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break the backs of fledgling unions. (B)

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The most tenacious pursuer of radical elements during the red scare of the early 1920s was

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A. Mitchell Palmer. (E)

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The post-World War I Ku Klux Klan advocated all of the following except

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opposition to prohibition. (C)

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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. (E)

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With 5 million members at its peak in the 1920s, the Ku Klux Klan was known for all of the following except

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its Catholicism. (B)

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The Ku Klux Klan virtually collapsed in the late 1920s when

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the organization was publicly exposed as a corrupt and cynical racket. (B)

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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. (B)

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Cultural pluralists like Horace Kallen and Randolph Bourne generally advocated that

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immigrants should be able to retain their traditional cultures rather than blend into a single American melting pot. (D)

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The Immigration Act of 1924 discriminated directly against

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southern and eastern Europeans and Japanese. (E)

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One of the primary obstacles to working class solidarity and organization in America was

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ethnic diversity. (A)

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

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lived in neighborhoods with their own churches or synagogues, newspapers, and theaters. (C)

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Enforcement of the Volstead Act met the strongest resistance from

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immigrants and big-city residents.

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The religion of almost all Polish immigrants to America was

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Roman Catholicism. (D)

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Many Polish peasants learned about America from all of the following sources except

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Catholic missionaries. (D)

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The zeal of federal agents in enforcing prohibition laws against liquor smugglers strained U.S. diplomatic relations with

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Canada. (A)

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Although speakeasies and hard liquor flourished, historians argue that prohibition wasn't entirely a failure for all of the following reasons except

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crime levels decreased. (D)

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The most spectacular example of lawlessness and gangsterism in the 1920s was

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Chicago. (D)

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Besides controlling the illegal liquor industry, American gangsters in the 1920s earned rich profits from all of the following activities except

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prostitution. (E)

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Top gangster Al Capone was finally convicted and sent to prison for the crime of

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income tax evasion. (B)

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John Dewey can rightly be called the "father of ____."

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progressive education (B)

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

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educate students for life by active learning methods. (C)

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

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Frederick W. Taylor. (C)

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The immediate outcome of the 1925 Scopes Trial was that

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biology teacher John Scopes was found guilty of teaching evolution and fined. (D)

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After the Scopes "Monkey Trial"

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fundamentalist religion remained a vibrant force in American spiritual life. (E)

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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. (A)

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The main problem faced by American manufacturers in the 1920s involved

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developing expanded markets of people to buy their products. (B)

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In response to the need to develop greater and greater mass markets for their products, American business in the 1920s relied especially on the new techniques of

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consumer advertising. (D)

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During the 1920s, the new system of buying on credit resulted in all of the following except

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it led to huge defaults on monies owed. (E)

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The prosperity that developed in the 1920s

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was accompanied by a cloud of consumer debt. (A)

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Among the major figures promoted by mass media image makers and the new sports industry in the 1920s were

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Babe Ruth and Jack Dempsey. (C)

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Henry Ford's most distinctive contribution to the automobile industry was

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production of a standardized, relatively inexpensive automobile. (E)

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Frederick W. Taylor, a prominent inventor and engineer, was best known for his

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promotion of industrial efficiency and scientific management. (D)

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Which of the following was not among the industries that prospered mightily with widespread use of the automobile?

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Aluminum (D)

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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. (B)

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

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illustrating that families could afford one car for wives and another for husbands. (B)

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Charles Lindbergh's solo flight across the Atlantic made him an American hero especially because

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his wholesome youthfulness contrasted with the cynicism and debunking of the jazz age. (C)

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The first talkie motion picture was

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The Jazz Singer. (E)

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The American airline industry in the 1920s made most of its early profits through

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mail contracts with the federal government. (A)

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The American radio industry was distinctive from radio in European nations because it

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was a commercial business dependent on advertising. (E)

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Automobiles, radios, and motion pictures

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contributed to the standardization of American life. (B)

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The 1920 census revealed that, for the first time, most

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Americans lived in cities. (C)

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Margaret Sanger was most noted for her advocacy of

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birth control. (C)

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Job opportunities for women in the 1920s

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tended to cluster in a few low-paying fields. (E)

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o justify their new sexual frankness, many Americans pointed to

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the theories of Sigmund Freud. (D)

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Jazz music was developed by

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American blacks. (E)

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The most influential classical film of the 1910s, D.W. Griffiths' Birth of a Nation, stirred extensive protest by African Americans because

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the film glorified the Ku Klux Klan and portrayed blacks as corrupt politicians or rapists. (D)

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All of the following are true of Marcus Garvey, founder of the United Negro Improvement Association, except he

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advocated the idea of developing an elite "talented tenth" to lead African American progress. (B)

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Match each literary figure below with the correct work.

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A-1, B-4, C-2, D-3 (D)

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The Harlem Renaissance can best be described as

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a celebration of black culture and creative expression (A)

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Buying stock on margin meant purchasing

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it on credit with only a small down payment. (E)

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The leading cultural critic of the 1920s, H.L. Mencken, attacked all of the following except

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technology.

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

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Ralph Ellison (B)

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As secretary of the treasury, Andrew Mellon placed the heaviest tax burden on

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middle-income groups. (A)

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