Chapter 25 RC – Flashcards
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The American economy in the 1920s saw explosive growth in
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the consumer goods industries
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The key to the new affluence of the 1920s lay in
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technology
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The following were crucial to the growth of the automobile industry in the 1920s EXCEPT
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the long life of the new automobile
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In the 1920s, the automobile
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profoundly changed American life
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In the 1920s, the dominant economic unit continued to be
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the corporation
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The revolution in consumer goods
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disguised the decline of many traditional industries
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The weakest area of the American economy in the 1920s was
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agriculture
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The American worker in the 1920s
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did not share fully in the new affluence
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Each of the following weakened organized labor in the 1920s EXCEPT
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intensive government in labor affairs
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Benefiting most from the economic gains of the 1920s were
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the middle and upper classes
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The most visible symbol of the new cities of the 1920s was
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the skyscraper
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The impact of the Nineteenth Amendment on women was
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less than women had hoped
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During the 1920s, the National Woman's Party campaigned for
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an Equal Rights Amendment
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In the 1920s, the American family
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became smaller and somewhat less cohesive
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The most noteworthy cultural development of the 1920s was
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the outpouring of literature
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Because of his style, the American writer who had the greatest impact on other American writers was
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Ernest Hemingway
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Which of the following individuals was not a prominent writer of the 1920s?
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Alfred Kinsey
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The leading social critic of the 1920s was
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H. L. Mencken
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This author, part of the cultural explosion of the 1920s, focused on the way the machine age undermined traditional American values.
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Sherwood Anderson
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James Weldon Johnson
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was an important African-American poet
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The __________ symbolized the flowering of African American culture in the 1920s.
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Harlem Renaissance
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In 1923, the __________ began publication of the magazine Opportunity.
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Urban League
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The African-American leader who promoted African-American business enterprises and pan-African unity was
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Marcus Garvey
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The Red Scare of 1919 was
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was an outgrowth of the intense nationalism of World War I
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During the Red Scare of 1919-1920, _________ led the attack on the alien threat.
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A. Mitchell Palmer
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A prominent political leader who spoke out against the Red Scare was
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Senator Warren G. Harding
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Passed in 1920, the __________ made it illegal for anyone to make, sell, or transport any drink that contained more than one-half of one-percent of alcohol by volume.
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Volstead Act
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Prohibition
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bed a profound disrespect for the law
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Which of the following statements best explains Clive Weed;s opinion of the reasons behind the failure of prohibition?
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Law enforcement and public officials were corrupted by bootleggers.
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Which one of the following was NOT a result of Prohibition?
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an increase in drinking in America
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Sacco and Vanzetti were convicted of murder primarily because they were
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Italian immigrants and anarchists
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Which of the following groups was a possible target of Ku Klux Klan violence in the 1920s?
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blacks, Jews, Catholics, and women
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The Ku Klux Klan
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attacked anyone who seemed different to them
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The immigration legislation of the 1920s
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was the most enduring achievement of the rural counterattack
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Which of the following groups was exempted from the provisions of the National Origins Act of 1921?
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Mexicans
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The famous female evangelist of the 1920s was
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Aimee Semple McPherson
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The famous evolution trial of 1925 involved biology teacher
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John Scopes
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The immigration restrictions of the 1920s
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reflected the strength of nativism in America
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The Democratic Party in the 1920s
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was badly split between its urban and rural branches
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Harding and his successors
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wanted a return to traditional Republican policies
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The ____________ marked a return to the old Republican policy of high protective tariffs.
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Fordney-McCumber Tariff
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The chief figure in the Teapot Dome scandal was
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Albert Fall
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The honesty and integrity of __________ reassured the nation after the Harding scandals and Harding's death in 1923.
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Calvin Coolidge
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Secretary of the Treasury Andrew Mellon pushed for
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lower personal taxes for the rich
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As secretary of commerce, Herbert Hoover
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pushed for closer relations between government and business
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The root of the farmers' problems in the 1920s was
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overproduction
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During the 1920s, the government's role in the economy
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increased
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An indicator of the future strength of the Democratic Party was
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the shift of urban voters to the party
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The Democratic candidate in the election of 1928 was
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Al Smith
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Beneath the surface, the two candidates in the election of 1928
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were strikingly similar
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In the election of 1928, the Democrats
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showed great strength in the cities
