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The red scare of 1919-1920 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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A. 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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Generally, the immigration quota system adopted in the 1920s 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 sources 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 1920a possible except

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government stimulation of the economy

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The main problem faced by American manufacturers in the 1920 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 know for his

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efforts to promote efficiency by eliminated wasted 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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One complaint lodged by the U.S. Immigration Commission 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 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 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 known 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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Match each literary figure with the correct work. A. Earnest Hemingway B. F. Scott Fitzgerald C. Sinclair Lewis D. William Faulkner 1. The Sun Also Rises 2. Main Street 3. The Sound and the Fury 4. The Great Gatsby

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

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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 Mellon'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 Mellon placed the tax burden on the

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middle-income groups

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