US History Chapter 34 – Flashcards
72 test answers
Unlock all answers in this set
Unlock answers 72question
One product of prohibition was
answer
A rise in criminal organizations that supplied illegal liquor.
Unlock the answer
question
The American city where gangsterism flourished most blatantly in the 1920's was
answer
Chicago.
Unlock the answer
question
The essential issue in the Scopes trial was whether
answer
Darwimian evolutionary science could be taught in the public schools.
Unlock the answer
question
The most highly acclaimed industrial innovator of the new mass-production economy was
answer
Henry Ford.
Unlock the answer
question
Two major American industries that benefited economically from the widespread use of the automobile were
answer
Rubber and petroleum.
Unlock the answer
question
One of the primary social effects of the new automobile age was
answer
A weaking of traditional family ties between parents and youth.
Unlock the answer
question
Radio and the movies both had the cultural effect of
answer
Increasing mass standardization and weakening traditional forms of culture.
Unlock the answer
question
In the 1920's, the major changes pursued by American women were
answer
Cultural freedom and expanded sexual experience.
Unlock the answer
question
The primary achievement of Marcus Garvey's Universal Negro Improvement Association was
answer
Its positive impact on black and racial pride.
Unlock the answer
question
The literary figure who promoted many new writers of the 1920's in his magazine, "The American Mercury", was
answer
H. L. Mencken.
Unlock the answer
question
Many of the prominent new writers of the 1920's were
answer
Highly critical of traditional American "Puritanism" and small-town life.
Unlock the answer
question
"The Red Scare"
answer
The movement of 1919-1920, spawned by fear of the Bolshevik revolution, that resulted in the arrest and deportation of many political radicals.
Unlock the answer
question
Ku Klux Klan
answer
Hooded defenders of Anglo- Saxon and "Protestant" values against immigrants, Catholics, and Jews.
Unlock the answer
question
Immigration Act of 1924
answer
Restrictive legislation of 1924 the reduced the number of newcomers to the United States and discriminated against immigrants from southern and eastern Europe.
Unlock the answer
question
18th amendment
answer
new constitutional provision, popular in the midwest and south, that encourages law breaking and gangsterism in big cities of the east and north.
Unlock the answer
question
Prohibtion
answer
New constitutional provision, popular in the Midwest and South, that encouraged lawbreaking and gangersterism in big cities.
Unlock the answer
question
Bible Belt
answer
Term for area of the South were traditional evangelical and Fundamentalist religion remained strong.
Unlock the answer
question
Monkey Trials (Scopes Trial)
answer
Legal battle over teaching evolution that pitted modern science against Fundamentalist religion.
Unlock the answer
question
Advertising
answer
New industry spawned by the mass-consumption economy that encouraged still more consumption.
Unlock the answer
question
Model T
answer
Henry Ford's cheap, mass-produced automobile.
Unlock the answer
question
Airplanes
answer
Invented in 1903 and first used primarily for stunts and mail carrying.
Unlock the answer
question
Radio
answer
One of the few new consumer products of the 1920's that encouraged people to stay at home rather than pulling them away from home and family.
Unlock the answer
question
Birth Control
answer
the cause, promoted by Feminist Margaret Sanger's that contributed to changing sexual behaviors, especially for women.
Unlock the answer
question
Jazz
answer
Syncopated style of music originally created by blacks that attained national popularity in the 1920's.
Unlock the answer
question
UNIA (Universal Negro Improvement Association)
answer
Marcus Garvey's self-help organized that proposed leading blacks back to Africa.
Unlock the answer
question
"American Mercury"
answer
H. L. Mencken's monthly magazine the led the literary attack on traditional moral values, the middle call (class), and "Puritanism".
Unlock the answer
question
New York Stock Exchange (Stock Market)
answer
The New York institution in which continuously rising prices and profits were fueled by speculation in the 1920's.
Unlock the answer
question
A. Mitchell Palmer
answer
Federal Official who rounded up thousands of alleged Bolsheviks in the red scare of 1919-1920.
Unlock the answer
question
Nicola Sacco and Bartolomeo Vanzetti
answer
Italian-American anarchists whose trial and execution aroused widespread protest.
Unlock the answer
question
Al Capone
answer
Top Chicago gangster of the 1920's, eventually convicted of income-tax evasion
Unlock the answer
question
John Dewey
answer
Leading American philosopher and proponent of "progressive education".
Unlock the answer
question
William Jennings Bryan
answer
Former presidental candidate who led the fight against evolution at the 1925 Scopes trial.
Unlock the answer
question
Henry Ford
answer
Mechanical genius and organizer of the mass-produced automobile industry
Unlock the answer
question
Bruce Barton
answer
A founder of the advertising industry and author of a new interpretation on Christ in "The Man Nobody Knows".
Unlock the answer
question
Langston Hughes
answer
The "Poet Laureate" of Harlem and author of "The Weary Blues".
Unlock the answer
question
Charles A. Lindberh
answer
Humble aviation pioneer who became a cultural hero of the 1920's.
Unlock the answer
question
Marcus Garvey
answer
Jamaican-born leader who enhanced African-American pride despite his failed migration plans.
Unlock the answer
question
Sigmund Freud
answer
Viennese psychologist whose writings were interpereted by Americans as a call for sexual liberation and gratification.
Unlock the answer
question
H. L. Mencken
answer
Baltimore writer who criticized the supposedly narrow and hypocritical values of American society.
Unlock the answer
question
F. Scott Fitzgerald
answer
Minnesota-born writer whose novels were especially popular with young people in the 1920's.
Unlock the answer
question
Ernest Hemingway
answer
Writer whose novels reflected the disillusionment of many Americans with propaganda and patriotic idealism.
Unlock the answer
question
Andrew Mellon
answer
Federal Offical who attempted to promote business investment by reducing taxes on the rich.
Unlock the answer
question
putting things in order
answer
1.the fear of the bolshevik revolution sparks a crusade against radicals and communists in America 2. two italian immigrants are convicted of murder and robbery provoking charges of prejudice against the judge and jury 3. a new immigration law tightens up earlier emergency restrictions and imposes discriminatory quotas against the new immigrants. 4.the trial of a tennessee high school biology teacher symbolizes a national conflict over values of religion and science 5.a modest young man becomes a national hero by accomplishing a bold feat of aviation.
Unlock the answer
question
Cause: American fear of Bolshevism...
answer
Effect: Caused the red scare and the deportation of foreign radicals.
Unlock the answer
question
Cause: Nativist American fear of immigrants and Catholics...
answer
Effect: Caused the rise of the Ku Klux Klan and the imposition of immigration restrictions.
Unlock the answer
question
Cause: Prohibition...
answer
Effect: Helped spawn "bootlegging" and large-scale organized crime.
Unlock the answer
question
Cause: The automobile industry...
answer
Effect: Stimulated highway construction, petroleum production, and other related industries.
Unlock the answer
question
Cause: The radio...
answer
Effect: created a intense mass involvement with sports, advertising, and politics
Unlock the answer
question
Cause: Rising prosperity, and changing sexual attitudes.
answer
Effect: Created a new atmosphere of sexual frankness and liberation, especially among the young.
Unlock the answer
question
Cause: Resentment against conventional small-town morality...
answer
Effect: Caused many disillusioned writers of the 1920's to criticize traditional values and search for new moral standards.
Unlock the answer
question
Cause: The economic boom of the 1920's...
answer
Effect: Greatly raised the incomes and living standards of many Americans.
Unlock the answer
question
Cause: The ability to buy stocks with only a small down payment...
answer
Effect: Enabled many ordinary citizens to join in a speculative Wall Street boom.
Unlock the answer
question
Cause: Andrew Mellon's tax policies...
answer
Effect: Reduced the tax burden on the wealthy and strengthened the stock-market boom.
Unlock the answer
question
The "red scare" of 1919-1920 led the US to threaten military assult on the Communist government of Russia
answer
False (attacked alleged communists and radicals in the United States)
Unlock the answer
question
The Sacco-Vanzetti case aroused liberal and radicl protest because of alleged prejudice by the judge and jury against the atheistic immigrant defendants
answer
True
Unlock the answer
question
The KKK of the 1920s was strongest in the East and West.
answer
False (south and midwest)
Unlock the answer
question
The Immigration Act of 1924 reflected nativist prejudice against the new immigrants from southern and eastern Europe
answer
True
Unlock the answer
question
The 18th amendment and the Volstead Act were frequently violated, especially by big-city dwellers and immigrants
answer
True
Unlock the answer
question
The Scopes trial verdict acquitted biology teacher Scopes and overturned the Tennessee law prohibiting the teaching of evolution in the schools.
answer
False (he was guilty) (fine of 100$) (law upheld)
Unlock the answer
question
The 1920s saw a shift from heavy industrial production toward a mass-consumption economy
answer
True
Unlock the answer
question
Henry Ford's great economic achievement was the production of a cheap, reliable, mass-produced automobile.
answer
True
Unlock the answer
question
The automobile's large social and cultural effects in such areas as family life ad gender relations were comparable to its economic importance.
answer
True
Unlock the answer
question
The radio and film industries initially emphasized non-commercial and public service uses of the mass media
answer
False (entertainment and commercial advertising)
Unlock the answer
question
The 1920s saw attempts to restore stricter standards of sexual behavior, especially for women.
answer
False (not stricter looser)
Unlock the answer
question
Jazz was initially pioneered by blacks but was eventually taken up and promoted by whites.
answer
True
Unlock the answer
question
The center of black literacy and cultural achievement in the 1920s was Atlanta, Georgia
answer
False (Harlem, NY)
Unlock the answer
question
The most prominent writers of the 1920s upheld the moral virtues of small-town American life against the critical attitudes and moral questioning of the big cities.
answer
False (attacked small-town) (very critical)
Unlock the answer
question
The real estate and stock market booms of the 1920s included large elements of speculation and excessive credit risk.
answer
True
Unlock the answer
