Ch. 25 Study Guide History – Flashcards
Unlock all answers in this set
Unlock answersquestion
The root of the farmers' problems in the 1920s was
answer
overproduction.
question
Where and why did the major demographic shift of the 1920s take place?
answer
There was a mass movement of people from the rural countryside to cities because consumer industries were located there.
question
Why did Hoover have greater appeal than Smith in the election of 1928?
answer
As a Protestant and someone who stood for traditional American values, Hoover appealed to a larger majority of Americans.
question
During the Red Scare of 1919-1920, ________ led the attack on the alien threat.
answer
Mitchell Palmer
question
An indicator of the future strength of the Democratic Party was
answer
the shift of urban voters to the party.
question
What did Harding, Coolidge, and Hoover have in common?
answer
All three were conservatives who epitomized traditional American values.
question
How did the emergence of urban culture affect the lives of women?
answer
Being less restricted, some women felt more comfortable expressing themselves.
question
As secretary of commerce, Herbert Hoover
answer
pushed for closer relations between government and business.
question
Each statement about women in the 1920s is true EXCEPT
answer
there was a substantial permanent gain in the number of working women.
question
Which issue from the 1920s continues to affect politics and education today?
answer
X immigration rights versus nativist exclusions
question
Which was NOT a way that the "Red Scare" shaped American society?
answer
The Red Scare contributed to a rise in membership of the Communist Party in the United States.
question
The Ku Klux Klan collapsed after
answer
several major leaders were convicted of sexual and financial crimes.
question
Crucial to the growth of the automobile industry in the 1920s was
answer
new and increased marketing.
question
Harding and his successors
answer
wanted a return to traditional Republican policies.
question
The weakest area of the American economy in the 1920s was
answer
agriculture.
question
How did the advent of mass production change the lives of Americans in the early twentieth century?
answer
As a result, Americans attained the highest standard of living in the world.
question
Sacco and Vanzetti were convicted of murder primarily because they were
answer
X Russian immigrants.
question
What did the Scopes trial reveal about religious tensions during the 1920s?
answer
X It highlighted the divide between more aggressive fundamentalist sects and forms of Christianity that emphasized good works and personal service.
question
What was one of the weaknesses of the consumer goods economy?
answer
X The quality of the goods that were produced was substandard.
question
John Scopes was tried for
answer
teaching the theory of evolution in a Tennessee high school.
question
What was the reaction of conservatives to the cultural transformations taking place in American cities during the 1920s
answer
In their minds, this transformation was eroding traditional values and was seen as threatening.
question
The revolution in consumer goods
answer
disguised the decline of many traditional industries.
question
How did attitudes toward sex and marriage change at this time?
answer
There was an increased permissiveness in attitudes towards sex and more tolerance and a higher incidence of divorce.
question
In what way can Jazz Age activities be seen as an effect of the economic growth of this period?
answer
Increased standards of living provided the middle class with leisure time and disposable income to spend on an increasing variety of diversions.
question
What political tensions began in the 1920s and still exist today?
answer
tensions between Republicans and Democrats
question
What was the impact of the First World War on the United States during the 1920s?
answer
The United States emerged from the war as one of the dominant nations of the world and spent the 1920s economically and politically solidifying that dominance.
question
The key to the new affluence of the 1920s lay in
answer
new technology.
question
Which was NOT a popular sports that flourished in the 1920s?
answer
soccer
question
Why did the KKK experience rapid growth during the decade of the 20s?
answer
The perception of eroding traditional values and the influx of foreigners led many to adopt extremist views such as those espoused by the KKK.
question
Why did so-called "nativists" resist the influx of immigrants from Europe at this time?
answer
X European immigrants were taking a large percentage of high paying jobs, which angered citizens of the United States.
question
Which group in American society benefited most from Prohibition?
answer
Those who benefited most were the ones who controlled the illegal production and sale of alcoholic beverages.
question
How were families affected by changes sweeping American society in the 1920s?
answer
The average American family decreased in size due to the availability of more effective birth control methods.
question
What did the "Red Scare" reveal about the darker side of American society?
answer
There was a deep undercurrent of intolerance and bigotry in American society.
question
The ________ symbolized the flowering of African American culture in the 1920s.
answer
Harlem Renaissance
question
Which one of the following was NOT a result of Prohibition?
answer
an increase in drinking in America
question
What was the intent of the Republican Party's push for "normalcy" during the 1920s?
answer
Reacting to fast-paced reforms of progressive presidents, such as Woodrow Wilson and Teddy Roosevelt, Republicans in the 1920s sought stability and security.
question
What was the effect of uniformity and standardization on the lives of average Americans?
answer
t led to the homogenization of consumer goods and a decline in regional variety.
question
Which group was exempted from the provisions of the National Origins Act of 1921?
answer
Mexicans
question
The American economy in the 1920s saw explosive growth in
answer
the consumer goods industries.
question
The impact of the Nineteenth Amendment on women was
answer
X that it took women out of the home and into politics.
question
Which of the following is NOT true of the American economy of the 1920s?
answer
Agriculture experienced a boom.
question
Each statement about the Ku Klux Klan of the 1920s is true EXCEPT
answer
it admitted women so long as they were white, native-born Protestants.
question
What was the pivotal role of religion in the 1928 election?
answer
Most Americans voted for Hoover as the Protestant candidate.
question
What was one downside to this period of rapid economic growth?
answer
Many traditional industries, such as agriculture, went into a period of decline.
question
What was the significance of Ford's Highland Park plant in the transition to modern America?
answer
It marked the beginning of mass production in the United States.
question
Beneath the surface, the two candidates in the election of 1928
answer
were strikingly similar.
question
The Democratic candidate in the election of 1928 was
answer
Al Smith.
question
How did Republican policies affect the wealthiest Americans?
answer
Throughout the 1920s, wealthy Americans saw their income taxes reduced significantly.
question
The immigration legislation of the 1920s
answer
was the most enduring achievement of the rural counterattack.
question
Secretary of the Treasury Andrew Mellon pushed for
answer
lower personal taxes for the rich.
