Question 1

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 other women reformers who worried that it would jeopardize laws protecting female workers. 
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 other women reformers who worried that it would jeopardize laws protecting female workers.

Question 2

Instructions: Identify the following. Be as specific as possible, and include names, dates, and relevant facts as appropriate. Be sure to explain the significance of the person or term. 
McNary-Haugen bill

Accepted Answer

The McNary-Haugen bill refers to a serie

Question 3

Instructions: Identify the following. Be as specific as possible, and include names, dates, and relevant facts as appropriate. Be sure to explain the significance of the person or term. 
Election of 1928

Accepted Answer

The Election of 1928 was a significant e

Question 4

Instructions: Identify the following. Be as specific as possible, and include names, dates, and relevant facts as appropriate. Be sure to explain the significance of the person or term. 
National Origins Act of 1924

Accepted Answer

The National Origins Act of 1924 was a U

Question 5

Instructions: Identify the following. Be as specific as possible, and include names, dates, and relevant facts as appropriate. Be sure to explain the significance of the person or term. 
Al Capone

Accepted Answer

Al Capone, also known as "Scarface," was

Question 6

Which of the following is not one of the reasons that Prohibition failed?

Accepted Answer

A)  Organized crime provided a ready supply of liquor. 
B)  It proved impossible to enforce rules since a significant portion of the population disagreed with the law. 
C)  The Volstead Act was underfunded. 
D)  It included heavy penalties and jail time that most people thought went too far. 
E)  Some states repealed their anti-drinking laws within a few years of the Volstead Act. 
A)  Organized crime provided a ready supply of liquor. 
B)  It proved impossible to enforce rules since a significant portion of the population disagreed with the law. 
C)  The Volstead Act was underfunded. 
D)  It included heavy penalties and jail time that most people thought went too far. 
E)  Some states repealed their anti-drinking laws within a few years of the Volstead Act.

Question 7

Instructions: Identify the following. Be as specific as possible, and include names, dates, and relevant facts as appropriate. Be sure to explain the significance of the person or term. 
Louis Armstrong, Duke Ellington

Accepted Answer

Louis Armstrong, also known as Satchmo,

Question 8

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.

Question 9

Instructions: Identify the following. Be as specific as possible, and include names, dates, and relevant facts as appropriate. Be sure to explain the significance of the person or term. 
Bruce Barton, The Man Nobody Knows

Accepted Answer

Bruce Barton was an American author, adv

Question 10

Instructions: Identify the following. Be as specific as possible, and include names, dates, and relevant facts as appropriate. Be sure to explain the significance of the person or term. 
Voluntarism

Accepted Answer

Voluntarism refers to the philosophical

Question 11

Instructions: Identify the following. Be as specific as possible, and include names, dates, and relevant facts as appropriate. Be sure to explain the significance of the person or term. 
Mary Pickford

Accepted Answer

Mary Pickford, born Gladys Louise Smith

Question 12

Instructions: Identify the following. Be as specific as possible, and include names, dates, and relevant facts as appropriate. Be sure to explain the significance of the person or term. 
Jazz Age

Accepted Answer

The Jazz Age refers to the period during

Question 13

Instructions: Identify the following. Be as specific as possible, and include names, dates, and relevant facts as appropriate. Be sure to explain the significance of the person or term. 
Fordney-McCumber Tariff, Smoot-Hawley Tariff

Accepted Answer

The Fordney-McCumber Tariff was a tariff

Question 14

How do Coolidge's views compare with John Muir's?

Accepted Answer

Calvin Coolidge, the 30th President of t

Question 15

Which of the following was not one of the reasons that the union movement weakened in the 1920s?

Accepted Answer

A)  Overall wage rates rose steadily in the 1920s. 
B)  The older craft-based pattern of union organization was ill suited to the new mass-production industries. 
C)  Management was hostile to labor organizing. 
D)  Opponents smeared unions by labeling them "communist." 
E)  Inequities and regional variations in wages were eliminated through the Federal Fair Wages Act. 
A)  Overall wage rates rose steadily in the 1920s. 
B)  The older craft-based pattern of union organization was ill suited to the new mass-production industries. 
C)  Management was hostile to labor organizing. 
D)  Opponents smeared unions by labeling them "communist." 
E)  Inequities and regional variations in wages were eliminated through the Federal Fair Wages Act.

Question 16

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 17

Instructions: Identify the following. Be as specific as possible, and include names, dates, and relevant facts as appropriate. Be sure to explain the significance of the person or term. 
Amos 'n' Andy

Accepted Answer

Amos 'n' Andy is a significant and contr

Question 18

Instructions: Identify the following. Be as specific as possible, and include names, dates, and relevant facts as appropriate. Be sure to explain the significance of the person or term. 
Thomas Hart Benton

Accepted Answer

Thomas Hart Benton (1889-1975) was an Am

Question 19

As the economy changed in the early 20th century, Henry Ford led the way with new policies that other corporations would soon follow, most notably

Accepted Answer

A)  pioneering a style of management that delegated corporate decisions to professionals in specialized divisions. 
B)  instituting worker-management teams to share decision making about production. 
C)  paying his workers higher wages to encourage consumerism. 
D)  breaking labor unions and replaced them with industry "worker associations." 
E)  paying his workers low wages to increase the profit margin. 
A)  pioneering a style of management that delegated corporate decisions to professionals in specialized divisions. 
B)  instituting worker-management teams to share decision making about production. 
C)  paying his workers higher wages to encourage consumerism. 
D)  breaking labor unions and replaced them with industry "worker associations." 
E)  paying his workers low wages to increase the profit margin.

Question 20

Which of the following statements concerning the Harlem Renaissance of the 1920s is not true?

Accepted Answer

A)  It witnessed the flowering of black culture, particularly among writers. 
B)  It depended on white patronage. 
C)  It had little contact with the black masses. 
D)  It ended with the onset of the Great Depression, but stands as a monument to African-American cultural creativity. 
E)  It showcased the talents of Paul Robeson and Chuck Barry. 
A)  It witnessed the flowering of black culture, particularly among writers. 
B)  It depended on white patronage. 
C)  It had little contact with the black masses. 
D)  It ended with the onset of the Great Depression, but stands as a monument to African-American cultural creativity. 
E)  It showcased the talents of Paul Robeson and Chuck Barry.

Exam 23: Coping With Change

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

Instructions: Identify the following. Be as specific as possible, and include names, dates, and relevant facts as appropriate. Be sure to explain the significance of the person or term. McNary-Haugen bill

Instructions: Identify the following. Be as specific as possible, and include names, dates, and relevant facts as appropriate. Be sure to explain the significance of the person or term. Election of 1928

Instructions: Identify the following. Be as specific as possible, and include names, dates, and relevant facts as appropriate. Be sure to explain the significance of the person or term. National Origins Act of 1924

Instructions: Identify the following. Be as specific as possible, and include names, dates, and relevant facts as appropriate. Be sure to explain the significance of the person or term. Al Capone

Which of the following is not one of the reasons that Prohibition failed?

Instructions: Identify the following. Be as specific as possible, and include names, dates, and relevant facts as appropriate. Be sure to explain the significance of the person or term. Louis Armstrong, Duke Ellington

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

Instructions: Identify the following. Be as specific as possible, and include names, dates, and relevant facts as appropriate. Be sure to explain the significance of the person or term. Bruce Barton, The Man Nobody Knows

Instructions: Identify the following. Be as specific as possible, and include names, dates, and relevant facts as appropriate. Be sure to explain the significance of the person or term. Voluntarism

Instructions: Identify the following. Be as specific as possible, and include names, dates, and relevant facts as appropriate. Be sure to explain the significance of the person or term. Mary Pickford

Instructions: Identify the following. Be as specific as possible, and include names, dates, and relevant facts as appropriate. Be sure to explain the significance of the person or term. Jazz Age

Instructions: Identify the following. Be as specific as possible, and include names, dates, and relevant facts as appropriate. Be sure to explain the significance of the person or term. Fordney-McCumber Tariff, Smoot-Hawley Tariff

How do Coolidge's views compare with John Muir's?

Which of the following was not one of the reasons that the union movement weakened in the 1920s?

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

Instructions: Identify the following. Be as specific as possible, and include names, dates, and relevant facts as appropriate. Be sure to explain the significance of the person or term. Amos 'n' Andy

Instructions: Identify the following. Be as specific as possible, and include names, dates, and relevant facts as appropriate. Be sure to explain the significance of the person or term. Thomas Hart Benton

As the economy changed in the early 20th century, Henry Ford led the way with new policies that other corporations would soon follow, most notably

Which of the following statements concerning the Harlem Renaissance of the 1920s is not true?

Native Peoples of America

The Rise of the Atlantic World

The Emergence of Colonial Societies

The Bonds of Empire

Roads to Revolution

Securing Independence, Defining Nationhood

Launching the New Republic

America at War and Peace

The Transformation of American Society

Democratic Politics, Religious Revival, and Reform

Technology, Culture, and Everyday Life

The Old South and Slavery

Immigration, Expansion, and Sectional Conflict

From Compromise to Secession

Crucible of Freedom: Civil War

Reconstruction and Resistance

The Transformation of the Trans-Mississippi West

The Rise of Industrial America

Immigration, Urbanization, and Everyday Life

Politics and Expansion in an Industrializing Age

The Progressive Era

Global Involvements and World War I

The Great Depression and the New Deal

Americans and a World in Crisis

The Cold War Abroad and at Home

America at Midcentury

Liberalism, Civil Rights, and War in Vietnam

A Time of Upheaval

A Conservative Revival and the End of the Cold War

A Changing Nation: Homefront Crises and New Global Realities

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