Question 1

During the 1920s, American foreign policy toward Europe was characterized by

Accepted Answer

A)  a willingness to forgive the World War I debts owed to the U.S. government by former allies. 
B)  a desire to lead the League of Nations. 
C)  by independent internationalism with an occasional willingness to enter into arms control treaties. 
D)  a commitment to the World Court. 
E)  complete isolation from other countries. 
A)  a willingness to forgive the World War I debts owed to the U.S. government by former allies. 
B)  a desire to lead the League of Nations. 
C)  by independent internationalism with an occasional willingness to enter into arms control treaties. 
D)  a commitment to the World Court. 
E)  complete isolation from other countries. C

Question 2

What did Marcus Garvey, founder of the Universal Negro Improvement Association, advocate?

Accepted Answer

A)  blacks should return to Africa. 
B)  blacks should return to the rural South because northern migration had led only to the ghetto. 
C)  blacks should integrate into white society. 
D)  blacks should focus on the acquisition of practical skills while temporarily accepting second-class status. 
E)  blacks should exercise political power by voting. 
A)  blacks should return to Africa. 
B)  blacks should return to the rural South because northern migration had led only to the ghetto. 
C)  blacks should integrate into white society. 
D)  blacks should focus on the acquisition of practical skills while temporarily accepting second-class status. 
E)  blacks should exercise political power by voting. A

Question 3

In the 1920s, housework

Accepted Answer

A)  made easier for middle-class housewives because they were able to hire immigrant women and farm girls for household help. 
B)  reduced in terms of hours and sheer physical effort thanks to electrification, store-bought clothing, and purchased food. 
C)  "socialized" through cooperative apartments, commercial laundries, and other collective forms of housework. 
D)  increased because industrialization and crowded urban conditions made homes dirtier. 
E)  became simpler because air conditioning and electric heat made homes cleaner. 
A)  made easier for middle-class housewives because they were able to hire immigrant women and farm girls for household help. 
B)  reduced in terms of hours and sheer physical effort thanks to electrification, store-bought clothing, and purchased food. 
C)  "socialized" through cooperative apartments, commercial laundries, and other collective forms of housework. 
D)  increased because industrialization and crowded urban conditions made homes dirtier. 
E)  became simpler because air conditioning and electric heat made homes cleaner. B

Question 4

Which musical style epitomized the 1920s?

Accepted Answer

A)  Swing 
B)  Ragtime 
C)  Jazz 
D)  Reggae 
E)  The blues 
A)  Swing 
B)  Ragtime 
C)  Jazz 
D)  Reggae 
E)  The blues

Question 5

Which of the following statements concerning women in the work force in the 1920s is true?

Accepted Answer

A)  Women workers swelled the union movement. 
B)  Women found increased job opportunities on assembly lines. 
C)  Women faced systematic wage discrimination. 
D)  Women workers declined in number and power as women returned home and let their husbands resume their careers. 
E)  Women workers increased proportionally so that almost half of women were working outside the home. 
A)  Women workers swelled the union movement. 
B)  Women found increased job opportunities on assembly lines. 
C)  Women faced systematic wage discrimination. 
D)  Women workers declined in number and power as women returned home and let their husbands resume their careers. 
E)  Women workers increased proportionally so that almost half of women were working outside the home.

Question 6

What happened to mass culture (magazines, books, radio, and movies) in the 1920s?

Accepted Answer

A)  It became increasingly standardized as the same amusements were available in all parts of the country. 
B)  It retained regional favor in the South, New England, the Southwest, and other areas with strong cultural traditions. 
C)  It was available only to the middle class, who could afford it. 
D)  It became less important as Americans placed renewed emphasis on individualism. 
E)  It was strongly influenced by the radical, bohemian art world. 
A)  It became increasingly standardized as the same amusements were available in all parts of the country. 
B)  It retained regional favor in the South, New England, the Southwest, and other areas with strong cultural traditions. 
C)  It was available only to the middle class, who could afford it. 
D)  It became less important as Americans placed renewed emphasis on individualism. 
E)  It was strongly influenced by the radical, bohemian art world.

Question 7

The 1924 National Origins Act was designed to

Accepted Answer

A)  increase the number of immigrants coming from Eastern Europe. 
B)  increase the number of immigrants coming from Asia. 
C)  increase the number of immigrants coming from South America. 
D)  decrease the number of immigrants coming from Southern and Eastern Europe. 
E)  decrease the number of immigrants coming from England. 
A)  increase the number of immigrants coming from Eastern Europe. 
B)  increase the number of immigrants coming from Asia. 
C)  increase the number of immigrants coming from South America. 
D)  decrease the number of immigrants coming from Southern and Eastern Europe. 
E)  decrease the number of immigrants coming from England.

Question 8

In the early 1920s religious fundamentalists focused especially on which of the following issues?

Accepted Answer

A)  Eradicating slum conditions in cities 
B)  The sexual revolution 
C)  The theory of evolution 
D)  Equal rights for women 
E)  Restricting the immigration of Catholics and Jews 
A)  Eradicating slum conditions in cities 
B)  The sexual revolution 
C)  The theory of evolution 
D)  Equal rights for women 
E)  Restricting the immigration of Catholics and Jews

Question 9

In the 1920s, Babe Ruth was famous because

Accepted Answer

A)  he raised people's awareness of profession boxing. 
B)  he hit 60 home runs in one year. 
C)  he was the first black football player to win the Heisman Trophy. 
D)  he won the Master's, the U.S. Open, the 
A)  he raised people's awareness of profession boxing. 
B)  he hit 60 home runs in one year. 
C)  he was the first black football player to win the Heisman Trophy. 
D)  he won the Master's, the U.S. Open, the

Question 10

Which of the following statements concerning the equal rights amendment advocated by Alice Paul and the National Woman's party is true?

Accepted Answer

A)  It unified the feminist movement in the 1920s, which had become splintered after women won the vote. 
B)  It attracted the support of young women, who looked up to the feminists for their civic idealism. 
C)  It was supported by an alliance of professional women and labor activists. 
D)  It turned out to be the deciding issue in the 1928 presidential election. 
E)  It was opposed by many young women, who began defining liberation in terms of consumption. 
A)  It unified the feminist movement in the 1920s, which had become splintered after women won the vote. 
B)  It attracted the support of young women, who looked up to the feminists for their civic idealism. 
C)  It was supported by an alliance of professional women and labor activists. 
D)  It turned out to be the deciding issue in the 1928 presidential election. 
E)  It was opposed by many young women, who began defining liberation in terms of consumption.

Question 11

What was the result of the "sexual revolution" of the 1920s?

Accepted Answer

A)  There was a significant increase in premarital sex. 
B)  The new custom of casual dating developed. 
C)  It eradicated the "double standard" of sexual behavior for men and women. 
D)  It produced a surge in pornographic lyrics in popular music. 
E)  It led to a significant increase in the divorce rate. 
A)  There was a significant increase in premarital sex. 
B)  The new custom of casual dating developed. 
C)  It eradicated the "double standard" of sexual behavior for men and women. 
D)  It produced a surge in pornographic lyrics in popular music. 
E)  It led to a significant increase in the divorce rate.

Question 12

Which of the following was not one of the ways that the automobile affected American life?

Accepted Answer

A)  It gave young people freedom from parental oversight. 
B)  It broke down the isolation of rural life. 
C)  It let more prosperous Americans move out to the suburbs. 
D)  It increased mobility and headaches. 
E)  It created new stereotypes of feminine delicacy. 
A)  It gave young people freedom from parental oversight. 
B)  It broke down the isolation of rural life. 
C)  It let more prosperous Americans move out to the suburbs. 
D)  It increased mobility and headaches. 
E)  It created new stereotypes of feminine delicacy.

Question 13

Which of the following statements accurately reflects trends during the 1920s regarding women in the work force?

Accepted Answer

A)  With their new feeling of "liberation" gained during World War I, women made gigantic inroads into previously all-male professions. 
B)  Most college women entered such traditionally "female" professions as nursing, school teaching, and librarianship. 
C)  The proportion of working women who were single rose by about 30%, as single women came to dominate teaching at the university level. 
D)  The number of women in the workforce declined. 
E)  The number of women physicians soared. 
A)  With their new feeling of "liberation" gained during World War I, women made gigantic inroads into previously all-male professions. 
B)  Most college women entered such traditionally "female" professions as nursing, school teaching, and librarianship. 
C)  The proportion of working women who were single rose by about 30%, as single women came to dominate teaching at the university level. 
D)  The number of women in the workforce declined. 
E)  The number of women physicians soared.

Question 14

Why is Aimee Semple McPherson significant?

Accepted Answer

A)  She confronted the American Civil Liberties Union in a conflict over the theory of evolution. 
B)  The popularity of her theatrical sermons illustrated the impact of fundamentalism on American society. 
C)  Her promotion of the Social Gospel popularized social service. 
D)  Her financial support enabled Marcus Garvey to found the Universal Negro Improvement Association. 
E)  She was the author of This Side of Paradise. 
A)  She confronted the American Civil Liberties Union in a conflict over the theory of evolution. 
B)  The popularity of her theatrical sermons illustrated the impact of fundamentalism on American society. 
C)  Her promotion of the Social Gospel popularized social service. 
D)  Her financial support enabled Marcus Garvey to found the Universal Negro Improvement Association. 
E)  She was the author of This Side of Paradise.

Question 15

Who was the main subject in Bruce Barton's The Man Nobody Knows?

Accepted Answer

A)  Henry Ford 
B)  Jesus Christ 
C)  Babe Ruth 
D)  Bartolomeo Vanzetti 
E)  Warren Harding 
A)  Henry Ford 
B)  Jesus Christ 
C)  Babe Ruth 
D)  Bartolomeo Vanzetti 
E)  Warren Harding

Question 16

What was the social philosophy of Herbert Hoover?

Accepted Answer

A)  Big business was the answer to America's problems. 
B)  He saw unfettered competition as the life force of capitalism. 
C)  He advocated a cooperative, socially responsible economic order shaped by the voluntary action of capitalist leaders. 
D)  He supported direct government intervention in the economy. 
E)  He argued in favor of higher wages and higher personal income taxes. 
A)  Big business was the answer to America's problems. 
B)  He saw unfettered competition as the life force of capitalism. 
C)  He advocated a cooperative, socially responsible economic order shaped by the voluntary action of capitalist leaders. 
D)  He supported direct government intervention in the economy. 
E)  He argued in favor of higher wages and higher personal income taxes.

Question 17

What is the stereotype of the Jazz Age "flapper"?

Accepted Answer

A)  a sophisticated, pleasure-mad young woman. 
B)  the key to the success of the Harlem Renaissance. 
C)  the "spiritual sister" of the suffragist since both suffragists and flappers supported feminist political action. 
D)  the product of publicists and advertising agencies. 
E)  the evangelical Christian woman who followed the teachings of Billy Sunday. 
A)  a sophisticated, pleasure-mad young woman. 
B)  the key to the success of the Harlem Renaissance. 
C)  the "spiritual sister" of the suffragist since both suffragists and flappers supported feminist political action. 
D)  the product of publicists and advertising agencies. 
E)  the evangelical Christian woman who followed the teachings of Billy Sunday.

Question 18

Who won the 1928 presidential election?

Accepted Answer

A)  Al Smith 
B)  Calvin Coolidge 
C)  Warren Harding 
D)  Herbert Hoover 
E)  Franklin Delano Roosevelt 
A)  Al Smith 
B)  Calvin Coolidge 
C)  Warren Harding 
D)  Herbert Hoover 
E)  Franklin Delano Roosevelt

Question 19

What did the Sacco-Vanzetti case reveal?

Accepted Answer

A)  the growing division over the use of the death penalty. 
B)  the strong ethnic prejudices in the United States. 
C)  the growing ties between immigrants and blacks. 
D)  the corruption in Boston's "Little Italy." 
E)  the need for immigration restrictions. 
A)  the growing division over the use of the death penalty. 
B)  the strong ethnic prejudices in the United States. 
C)  the growing ties between immigrants and blacks. 
D)  the corruption in Boston's "Little Italy." 
E)  the need for immigration restrictions.

Question 20

Which of the following statements concerning the Ku Klux Klan in the 1920s is not true?

Accepted Answer

A)  The Klan was made up of ordinary Americans. 
B)  The Klan targeted blacks, Catholics, or Jews, depending on the region. 
C)  The Klan dropped the elaborate rituals, titles, and costumes of the Reconstruction era in order to attract a mass membership. 
D)  Estimates of Klan membership in the 1920s range as high as 5 million Americans. 
E)  It promised to restore the nation's lost racial, ethnic, religious, and moral purity. 
A)  The Klan was made up of ordinary Americans. 
B)  The Klan targeted blacks, Catholics, or Jews, depending on the region. 
C)  The Klan dropped the elaborate rituals, titles, and costumes of the Reconstruction era in order to attract a mass membership. 
D)  Estimates of Klan membership in the 1920s range as high as 5 million Americans. 
E)  It promised to restore the nation's lost racial, ethnic, religious, and moral purity.

During the 1920s, American foreign policy toward Europe was characterized by

What did Marcus Garvey, founder of the Universal Negro Improvement Association, advocate?

In the 1920s, housework

Which musical style epitomized the 1920s?

Which of the following statements concerning women in the work force in the 1920s is true?

What happened to mass culture (magazines, books, radio, and movies) in the 1920s?

The 1924 National Origins Act was designed to

In the early 1920s religious fundamentalists focused especially on which of the following issues?

In the 1920s, Babe Ruth was famous because

Which of the following statements concerning the equal rights amendment advocated by Alice Paul and the National Woman's party is true?

What was the result of the "sexual revolution" of the 1920s?

Which of the following was not one of the ways that the automobile affected American life?

Which of the following statements accurately reflects trends during the 1920s regarding women in the work force?

Why is Aimee Semple McPherson significant?

Who was the main subject in Bruce Barton's The Man Nobody Knows?

What was the social philosophy of Herbert Hoover?

What is the stereotype of the Jazz Age "flapper"?

Who won the 1928 presidential election?

What did the Sacco-Vanzetti case reveal?

Which of the following statements concerning the Ku Klux Klan in the 1920s is not true?

The Crises of Reconstruction, 1865-1877

The Transformation of the Trans-Mississippi West, 1860-1900

The Rise of Industrial America, 1865-1900

Immigration, Urbanization, and Everyday Life, 1860-1900

Politics and Expansion in an Industrializing Age, 1877-1900

The Progressive Era, 1900-1917

Global Involvements and World War I, 1902-1920

The Great Depression and the New Deal, 1929-1939

Americans and a World in Crisis, 1933-1945

The Cold War Abroad and at Home, 1945-1960

America at Midcentury, 1945-1961

Liberalism, Civil Rights, and War in Vietnam, 1960-1975

A Time of Upheaval, 1961-1980

A Conservative Revival and the End of the Cold War, 1980-2000

Global Dangers, Global Challenges, 2001 to the Present

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Exam 23: Coping With Change, 1920-1929

During the 1920s, American foreign policy toward Europe was characterized by

What did Marcus Garvey, founder of the Universal Negro Improvement Association, advocate?

In the 1920s, housework

Which musical style epitomized the 1920s?

Which of the following statements concerning women in the work force in the 1920s is true?

What happened to mass culture (magazines, books, radio, and movies) in the 1920s?

The 1924 National Origins Act was designed to

In the early 1920s religious fundamentalists focused especially on which of the following issues?

In the 1920s, Babe Ruth was famous because

Which of the following statements concerning the equal rights amendment advocated by Alice Paul and the National Woman's party is true?

What was the result of the "sexual revolution" of the 1920s?

Which of the following was not one of the ways that the automobile affected American life?

Which of the following statements accurately reflects trends during the 1920s regarding women in the work force?

Why is Aimee Semple McPherson significant?

Who was the main subject in Bruce Barton's The Man Nobody Knows?

What was the social philosophy of Herbert Hoover?

What is the stereotype of the Jazz Age "flapper"?

Who won the 1928 presidential election?

What did the Sacco-Vanzetti case reveal?

Which of the following statements concerning the Ku Klux Klan in the 1920s is not true?

The Crises of Reconstruction, 1865-1877

The Transformation of the Trans-Mississippi West, 1860-1900

The Rise of Industrial America, 1865-1900

Immigration, Urbanization, and Everyday Life, 1860-1900

Politics and Expansion in an Industrializing Age, 1877-1900

The Progressive Era, 1900-1917

Global Involvements and World War I, 1902-1920

The Great Depression and the New Deal, 1929-1939

Americans and a World in Crisis, 1933-1945

The Cold War Abroad and at Home, 1945-1960

America at Midcentury, 1945-1961

Liberalism, Civil Rights, and War in Vietnam, 1960-1975

A Time of Upheaval, 1961-1980

A Conservative Revival and the End of the Cold War, 1980-2000

Global Dangers, Global Challenges, 2001 to the Present

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