Question 1

-This image showing a group entering a speakeasy suggests that speakeasies were

Accepted Answer

A)  seedy and unpleasant 
B)  dark and dangerous 
C)  glamorous and mysterious 
D)  quiet and quaint 
A)  seedy and unpleasant 
B)  dark and dangerous 
C)  glamorous and mysterious 
D)  quiet and quaint

Question 2

What did author Dorothy Parker allude to when she said that "the best way to keep children home is to make the home atmosphere pleasant-and let air out of the tires"?

Accepted Answer

A)  Younger people grew more independent as they used cars to travel further from home. 
B)  Attendance at school and church dropped as younger people chose instead to joyride in cars. 
C)  Use of automobiles by younger people boosted illegal drinking. 
D)  The automobile promoted looser courting and sexual morals among younger people. 
A)  Younger people grew more independent as they used cars to travel further from home. 
B)  Attendance at school and church dropped as younger people chose instead to joyride in cars. 
C)  Use of automobiles by younger people boosted illegal drinking. 
D)  The automobile promoted looser courting and sexual morals among younger people.

Question 3

-How would members of the urban black middle class of the 1920s most likely have reacted to Aaron Douglas's drawing that accompanied James Weldon Johnson's poem "The Prodigal Son"?

Accepted Answer

A)  They would have encouraged additional black men from the South to migrate to northern cities. 
B)  They would have taken pride in the development of an original American musical style with African roots. 
C)  They would have joyfully seen this image as an expression of the times that included increased African American dignity. 
D)  They would have disapproved of the temptations of jazz and the other illustrated vices that confronted the young man in the image. 
A)  They would have encouraged additional black men from the South to migrate to northern cities. 
B)  They would have taken pride in the development of an original American musical style with African roots. 
C)  They would have joyfully seen this image as an expression of the times that included increased African American dignity. 
D)  They would have disapproved of the temptations of jazz and the other illustrated vices that confronted the young man in the image.

Question 4

President Coolidge was asked by the French government in 1928 to sign a treaty with their country renouncing war, and instead, he decided to .

Accepted Answer

A)  negotiate a nonaggression pact with multiple nations 
B)  abstain and develop a policy of isolationism 
C)  finally enter the League of Nations 
D)  sign a nonaggression pact with Britain and Japan 
A)  negotiate a nonaggression pact with multiple nations 
B)  abstain and develop a policy of isolationism 
C)  finally enter the League of Nations 
D)  sign a nonaggression pact with Britain and Japan

Question 5

-The 1927 political cartoon Looking into the Black Hole of Ruin that was created just prior to the 1927 Geneva naval disarmament meeting .

Accepted Answer

A)  convinced the United States, Britain, and Japan to successfully negotiate a naval disarmament treaty 
B)  led to the United States, Britain, and Japan gaining control of the waters closest to them 
C)  was unable to persuade the leading powers to reach an agreement on naval disarmament 
D)  swayed nine nations to formally respect the Open Door policy in China 
A)  convinced the United States, Britain, and Japan to successfully negotiate a naval disarmament treaty 
B)  led to the United States, Britain, and Japan gaining control of the waters closest to them 
C)  was unable to persuade the leading powers to reach an agreement on naval disarmament 
D)  swayed nine nations to formally respect the Open Door policy in China

Question 6

Proponents of welfare capitalism believed that .

Accepted Answer

A)  the theory of scientific management had to be entirely rejected 
B)  the federal government should provide unemployment insurance 
C)  corporations could build a loyal workforce by providing certain benefits 
D)  the national government should be more active in programs of social reform 
A)  the theory of scientific management had to be entirely rejected 
B)  the federal government should provide unemployment insurance 
C)  corporations could build a loyal workforce by providing certain benefits 
D)  the national government should be more active in programs of social reform

Question 7

In 1925, John T. Scopes, a science teacher in Dayton, Tennessee, was arrested by local officials for teaching .

Accepted Answer

A)  creationism 
B)  evolution 
C)  sexual education and contraception 
D)  black history 
A)  creationism 
B)  evolution 
C)  sexual education and contraception 
D)  black history

Question 8

Why did modern Progressive reformers, who dominated the League of Women Voters and included future first lady Eleanor Roosevelt, oppose passage of an Equal Rights Amendment (ERA) during the 1920s?

Accepted Answer

A)  They felt that gaining the right to vote ensured that women were equal to men in the United States. 
B)  They were concerned that the ERA could endanger the protective legislation for women that they had created in the recent past. 
C)  They questioned whether equality would mean that women would have to serve in the Armed Forces. 
D)  They feared that the ERA would not guarantee women equal pay for equal work when competing with men in the job market. 
A)  They felt that gaining the right to vote ensured that women were equal to men in the United States. 
B)  They were concerned that the ERA could endanger the protective legislation for women that they had created in the recent past. 
C)  They questioned whether equality would mean that women would have to serve in the Armed Forces. 
D)  They feared that the ERA would not guarantee women equal pay for equal work when competing with men in the job market.

Question 9

This 1926 photograph of two young flappers dancing on the ledge of a Chicago hotel implies that one important cultural conflict that arose in the United States during the 1920s was that women were _.

Accepted Answer

A)  resorting to the values and morals of the Victoria era. 
B)  dealing with issues that involved taking control of their bodies 
C)  putting the tragedy of World War I behind them 
D)  getting involved in civic and political affairs resulting from gaining suffrage 
A)  resorting to the values and morals of the Victoria era. 
B)  dealing with issues that involved taking control of their bodies 
C)  putting the tragedy of World War I behind them 
D)  getting involved in civic and political affairs resulting from gaining suffrage

Question 10

-What attitude regarding the northward migration of African Americans can be inferred from this particular Jacob Lawrence painting from his Migration series?

Accepted Answer

A)  irony 
B)  joy 
C)  condescension 
D)  detachment 
A)  irony 
B)  joy 
C)  condescension 
D)  detachment

-This image showing a group entering a speakeasy suggests that speakeasies were

What did author Dorothy Parker allude to when she said that "the best way to keep children home is to make the home atmosphere pleasant-and let air out of the tires"?

-How would members of the urban black middle class of the 1920s most likely have reacted to Aaron Douglas's drawing that accompanied James Weldon Johnson's poem "The Prodigal Son"?

President Coolidge was asked by the French government in 1928 to sign a treaty with their country renouncing war, and instead, he decided to .

-The 1927 political cartoon Looking into the Black Hole of Ruin that was created just prior to the 1927 Geneva naval disarmament meeting .

Proponents of welfare capitalism believed that .

In 1925, John T. Scopes, a science teacher in Dayton, Tennessee, was arrested by local officials for teaching .

Why did modern Progressive reformers, who dominated the League of Women Voters and included future first lady Eleanor Roosevelt, oppose passage of an Equal Rights Amendment (ERA) during the 1920s?

This 1926 photograph of two young flappers dancing on the ledge of a Chicago hotel implies that one important cultural conflict that arose in the United States during the 1920s was that women were _.

-What attitude regarding the northward migration of African Americans can be inferred from this particular Jacob Lawrence painting from his Migration series?

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Exam 21: A Turbulent Decade: The Twenties

-This image showing a group entering a speakeasy suggests that speakeasies were

What did author Dorothy Parker allude to when she said that "the best way to keep children home is to make the home atmosphere pleasant-and let air out of the tires"?

-How would members of the urban black middle class of the 1920s most likely have reacted to Aaron Douglas's drawing that accompanied James Weldon Johnson's poem "The Prodigal Son"?

President Coolidge was asked by the French government in 1928 to sign a treaty with their country renouncing war, and instead, he decided to .

-The 1927 political cartoon Looking into the Black Hole of Ruin that was created just prior to the 1927 Geneva naval disarmament meeting .

Proponents of welfare capitalism believed that .

In 1925, John T. Scopes, a science teacher in Dayton, Tennessee, was arrested by local officials for teaching .

Why did modern Progressive reformers, who dominated the League of Women Voters and included future first lady Eleanor Roosevelt, oppose passage of an Equal Rights Amendment (ERA) during the 1920s?

This 1926 photograph of two young flappers dancing on the ledge of a Chicago hotel implies that one important cultural conflict that arose in the United States during the 1920s was that women were _.

-What attitude regarding the northward migration of African Americans can be inferred from this particular Jacob Lawrence painting from his Migration series?

People in Motion: The Atlantic World to 1590

Models of Settlement: English Colonial Societies, 1590-1710

Growth, Slavery, and Conflict: Colonial America, 1710-176

Revolutionary America: Change and Transformation, 1764-1783

A Virtuous Republic: Creating a Workable Government, 1783-1789

The New Republic: an Age of Political Passion, 1789-1800

Jeffersonian America: an Expanding Empire of Liberty, 1800-1824

Democrats and Whigs: Democracy and American Culture, 1820-1840

Workers, Farmers, and Slaves: The Transformation of the American Economy, 1815-1848

Revivalism, Reform and Artistic Renaissance, 1820-1850

To Overspread the Continent: Westward Expansion and Political Conflict, 1840-1848

Slavery and Sectionalism: the Political Crisis of 1848-1861

A Nation Torn Apart: the Civil War, 1861-1865

Now That We Are Free: Reconstruction and the New South, 1863-1890

Conflict and Conquest: the Transformation of the West, 1860-1900

Wonder and Woe: the Rise of Industrial America, 1865-1900

Becoming a Modern Society: America in the Gilded Age, 1877-1900

Creating a Democratic Paradise: The Progressive Era, 1895-1915

Imperial America: the United States in the World, 1890-1914

The Great War: World War I, 1914-1918

A New Deal for America: the Great Depression, 1929-1940

World War II: Fighting the Good War, 1939-1945

A Divided World: The Early Cold War, 1945-1963

In a Land of Plenty: Contentment and Discord, 1945-1960

A Nation Divided: The Vietnam War, 1945-1975

A Decade of Discord: The Challenge of the 1960s

Righting a Nation Adrift: America in the 1970s and 1980s

Building a New World Order: The United States, 1989-2015

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