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the red scare of 1919-1920 was provked by
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the public's fear that labor troubles were sparked by communist and anarchist revolutionaries
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disillusioned by war and peace, americans in the 1920's did all of the following except
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struggle ot achieve economic prosperity
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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 post-world war 1 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 1920's was a reaction against
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the forces of diversity and modernity that were transforming American culture
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The Ku klux klan virtually collapsed in the late 1920's when
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the organization was publicly exposed as a corrupt and cynical racket
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Immigration restrictions of the late 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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Enforcement of the volstead Act met the strongest resistance form
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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
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The zeal of federal agents in enforcing prohibition laws against liquor smugglers strained US diplomatic relations with
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Canada
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Besides controlling the illegal liquor idustry, American gangsters in the 1920s earned rich profits form all of the following activities except
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pronography
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Top gangster al capone was finally convicted and sent to prision for the crime of
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income tax evasion
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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 students for life by active learning methods
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O the following, the one least related to the other four its
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Frederick w. taylor
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The immediat outcome of the 1925 scopes trial was that
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biology teacher john scopes was found guilty of teaching evolution and fined
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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 expanded markets fo people to buy their products
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`In responce to the need ot develop greater mass markets for their products, American business in the 1920s relied especially on the new techniques of
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consumer advertising
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bruce barton, author of the man nobody knows, expressed great 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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During the 1920s large numbers of Americans were able to purchase relatively expensive automobiles, appliances, and radios through the relatively new innovation of
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consumer credit
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The prosperity that developed in the 1920s
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was accompanied by a cloud of consumer debt
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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
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Henry fords most distinctive contribution to the automobile industry was
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production of a standardized, relatively inexpensive automobile
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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
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the automobile revolution resulted in all of the following except
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a loss of population in less attractive states
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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
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the first talkie motion picture was
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the jazz singer
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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
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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 of advertising
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automobiles, radios, and motion pictures
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contributed to the standardization 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 pointed to
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the theories fo Sigmund Freud
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Jazz music was developed by
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American blacks
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The most influential classical film of the 1910s, DW Griffiths' birth of a nation, stirred extensive protest by African Americans because
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the filmglorified the ku klux klan and portrayed blacks as corrupt politicians or rapists
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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
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Ernest Hemingway
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The sun also rises
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F. Scott Fitzgerald
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The Great Gatsby
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Sinclair Lewis
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Main street
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William Faulkner
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The Sound and the Fury
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Buying stock on margin meant purchasing
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it on credit with only a small down payment
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The leading cultural critic of the 1920s, HL 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
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As secretary of the treasury, Andrew Mellon placed the heaviest tax burden on
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middle-income groups
