Question 1

Which of the following statements accurately summarizes the tariff policy of the early 1920s?

Accepted Answer

A)  It made it easier for other nations to sell to the United States. 
B)  It made it harder for other nations to sell to the United States. 
C)  It made it easier for other nations to repay their war debts. 
D)  It led Americans to cut back on loans and investments abroad. 
E)  It had virtually no effect on the average American but significantly limited businesses. 
A)  It made it easier for other nations to sell to the United States. 
B)  It made it harder for other nations to sell to the United States. 
C)  It made it easier for other nations to repay their war debts. 
D)  It led Americans to cut back on loans and investments abroad. 
E)  It had virtually no effect on the average American but significantly limited businesses.

Question 2

The McNary-Haugen plan revived the idea of a political alliance between the rural South and West.

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False

Question 3

Herbert Hoover's initial response to the growing social crisis of the Great Depression was to

Accepted Answer

A)  use federal power to provide direct relief for the people worse affected. 
B)  blame Congress for not heeding his warnings about high tariffs and causing the Depression. 
C)  promise a New Deal for Americans that would provide jobs to rebuild the economy. 
D)  resign from the presidency ahead of the 1932 election. 
E)  remain upbeat and trust in the voluntarism of charities and individuals to provide relief. 
A)  use federal power to provide direct relief for the people worse affected. 
B)  blame Congress for not heeding his warnings about high tariffs and causing the Depression. 
C)  promise a New Deal for Americans that would provide jobs to rebuild the economy. 
D)  resign from the presidency ahead of the 1932 election. 
E)  remain upbeat and trust in the voluntarism of charities and individuals to provide relief.

Question 4

Which of the following helped drive the reactionary conservatism of the 1920s?

Accepted Answer

A)  a rise in anti-discrimination policies and the number of voting African Americans due to the end of the Jim Crow laws 
B)  the growth of the progressive political coalition that had reelected Wilson and the economic hardship the country faced for much of the decade 
C)  the ongoing war effort during the 1920s that led to widespread rationing and urgent, rapid industrialization across the country 
D)  prejudice toward immigrants from outside western Europe and a strong Protestant movement for a return to the primacy of traditional Christian morality 
E)  the sense of safety that most Americans felt domestically and abroad since relations with other countries had drastically improved since the Great War 
A)  a rise in anti-discrimination policies and the number of voting African Americans due to the end of the Jim Crow laws 
B)  the growth of the progressive political coalition that had reelected Wilson and the economic hardship the country faced for much of the decade 
C)  the ongoing war effort during the 1920s that led to widespread rationing and urgent, rapid industrialization across the country 
D)  prejudice toward immigrants from outside western Europe and a strong Protestant movement for a return to the primacy of traditional Christian morality 
E)  the sense of safety that most Americans felt domestically and abroad since relations with other countries had drastically improved since the Great War

Question 5

Which of the following did Calvin Coolidge do as president?

Accepted Answer

A)  He continued to promote Harding's progressive views on civil rights as well as many other progressive views in general. 
B)  He faced the Great Crash of 1929 and the early crisis of the Great Depression, establishing a vigorous program meant to repair the economy. 
C)  He vetoed many bills from Congress and sought to reduce both federal spending and regulation of business and industry. 
D)  He promised Americans a "return to normalcy" and greatly strengthened the Democratic party by unifying its warring factions. 
E)  He increased the federal government's role in regulating business and industry while adjusting income taxes to tax the wealthy more than the poor. 
A)  He continued to promote Harding's progressive views on civil rights as well as many other progressive views in general. 
B)  He faced the Great Crash of 1929 and the early crisis of the Great Depression, establishing a vigorous program meant to repair the economy. 
C)  He vetoed many bills from Congress and sought to reduce both federal spending and regulation of business and industry. 
D)  He promised Americans a "return to normalcy" and greatly strengthened the Democratic party by unifying its warring factions. 
E)  He increased the federal government's role in regulating business and industry while adjusting income taxes to tax the wealthy more than the poor.

Question 6

What did Andrew Mellon favor?

Accepted Answer

A)  the continuation of the high wartime level of taxation in order to build up the public treasury 
B)  a reduction of the high wartime level of taxation as well as a reduction in federal spending 
C)  an increase of the low wartime level of taxation for the benefit of the poor and middle class 
D)  the removal of long-standing Republican tariffs on imported goods 
E)  little economic policy because the Harding administration had inherited a booming economy 
A)  the continuation of the high wartime level of taxation in order to build up the public treasury 
B)  a reduction of the high wartime level of taxation as well as a reduction in federal spending 
C)  an increase of the low wartime level of taxation for the benefit of the poor and middle class 
D)  the removal of long-standing Republican tariffs on imported goods 
E)  little economic policy because the Harding administration had inherited a booming economy

Question 7

In 1924, with which political party did Robert La Follette campaign for the presidency?

Accepted Answer

A)  the Mugwump party 
B)  the American Socialist party 
C)  the Republicans 
D)  the Progressive party 
E)  the Democrats 
A)  the Mugwump party 
B)  the American Socialist party 
C)  the Republicans 
D)  the Progressive party 
E)  the Democrats

Question 8

How did the Great Depression impact the American people?

Accepted Answer

The Great Depression had a profound impa

Question 9

Match each description with the item below.
-Alfred Smith

Accepted Answer

A) was the secretary of the Treasury under Harding who developed a plan that would affect federal spending 
B) was the secretary of state under Harding who pledged American disarmament to avoid an expensive naval arms race 
C) was the army's chief of staff who treated a group of protesting veterans seeking their cash bonuses as "insurrectionists" 
D) was the secretary of state who called for the nations in the Great War to sign a pact to renounce war "as an instrument of national policy" 
E) died suddenly while president after suffering an attack of food poisoning on a trip to the western United States
F)wrote the book American Individualism, asserting that he wished to promote a "rugged individualism" rather than selfishness
G)was the Republican vice-presidential candidate in 1920 and rose to the presidency due to the death of the president
H)was the Democratic presidential candidate in 1928 who led the party's anti-Klan, anti-Prohibition wing
I)was the volunteer defense attorney for John Scopes and a tireless defender of the rights of the working class
J)was the nominee of the fragmented Democrats during the 1924 election who could nearly outdo Coolidge in his conservatism 
A) was the secretary of the Treasury under Harding who developed a plan that would affect federal spending 
B) was the secretary of state under Harding who pledged American disarmament to avoid an expensive naval arms race 
C) was the army's chief of staff who treated a group of protesting veterans seeking their cash bonuses as "insurrectionists" 
D) was the secretary of state who called for the nations in the Great War to sign a pact to renounce war "as an instrument of national policy" 
E) died suddenly while president after suffering an attack of food poisoning on a trip to the western United States
F)wrote the book American Individualism, asserting that he wished to promote a "rugged individualism" rather than selfishness
G)was the Republican vice-presidential candidate in 1920 and rose to the presidency due to the death of the president
H)was the Democratic presidential candidate in 1928 who led the party's anti-Klan, anti-Prohibition wing
I)was the volunteer defense attorney for John Scopes and a tireless defender of the rights of the working class
J)was the nominee of the fragmented Democrats during the 1924 election who could nearly outdo Coolidge in his conservatism

Exam 24: The Reactionary Twenties

Which of the following statements accurately summarizes the tariff policy of the early 1920s?

The McNary-Haugen plan revived the idea of a political alliance between the rural South and West.

Herbert Hoover's initial response to the growing social crisis of the Great Depression was to

Which of the following helped drive the reactionary conservatism of the 1920s?

Which of the following did Calvin Coolidge do as president?

What did Andrew Mellon favor?

In 1924, with which political party did Robert La Follette campaign for the presidency?

How did the Great Depression impact the American people?

Match each description with the item below. -Alfred Smith

The Collision of Cultures

Englands Colonies

Colonial Ways of Life

From Colonies to States

The American Revolution

Strengthening the New Nation

The Early Republic

The Emergence of a Market Economy

Nationalism and Sectionalism

The Jacksonian Era

The South

Religion

Western Expansion

The Gathering Storm

The War of the Union

The Era of Reconstruction

Business and Labor in the Industrial Era

The New South and the New West

Political Stalemate and Rural Revolt

Seizing an American Empire

The Progressive Era

America and the Great War

A Clash of Cultures

The Great Depression

The Second World War

The Cold War and the Fair Deal

Cold War America

A New Frontier and a Great Society

Rebellion and Reaction

Conservative Revival

Twenty-First Century America

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