Question 1

Which three writers expressed hostility to the moralistic pieties of the old order and the business pieties of the new?

Accepted Answer

A)  Bruce Barton, Theodore Dreiser, and Ernest Hemingway 
B)  H. L. Mencken, Lewis Mumford, and Horatio Alger 
C)  William Jennings Bryan, H. L. Mencken, and Sinclair Lewis 
D)  F. Scott Fitzgerald, Georgia O'Keeffe, and Alfred Stieglitz 
E)  Ernest Hemingway, Sinclair Lewis, and H. L. Mencken 
A)  Bruce Barton, Theodore Dreiser, and Ernest Hemingway 
B)  H. L. Mencken, Lewis Mumford, and Horatio Alger 
C)  William Jennings Bryan, H. L. Mencken, and Sinclair Lewis 
D)  F. Scott Fitzgerald, Georgia O'Keeffe, and Alfred Stieglitz 
E)  Ernest Hemingway, Sinclair Lewis, and H. L. Mencken

Question 2

At the Washington Naval Arms Conference the major naval powers agreed that for ten years they would halt the construction of

Accepted Answer

A)  nuclear weapons. 
B)  submarines. 
C)  aircraft carriers. 
D)  destroyers. 
E)  battleships. 
A)  nuclear weapons. 
B)  submarines. 
C)  aircraft carriers. 
D)  destroyers. 
E)  battleships.

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. Volstead Act

Accepted Answer

The Volstead Act, officially known as th

Question 4

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 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. Flapper

Accepted Answer

A "flapper" refers to a specific type of

Question 6

Discuss the standardization of mass culture in the 1920s, giving examples from magazines, radio, movies, music, and sports. How did the new interest in leisure reflect people's feelings about their jobs? What did the new idolization of celebrities signify about American society?

Accepted Answer

The standardization of mass culture in t

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. Courting/Dating

Accepted Answer

Courting or dating is a social practice

Question 8

Which statement best describes the post-World War I American attitude toward businessmen?

Accepted Answer

A)  Business values saturated American culture. 
B)  Americans considered corporate leaders to be "robber barons." 
C)  There was a growing hostility to the growth of the "military-industrial complex." 
D)  Postwar America held businessmen in contempt as war profiteers. 
E)  Most Americans blamed corporate America for the post-war depression. 
A)  Business values saturated American culture. 
B)  Americans considered corporate leaders to be "robber barons." 
C)  There was a growing hostility to the growth of the "military-industrial complex." 
D)  Postwar America held businessmen in contempt as war profiteers. 
E)  Most Americans blamed corporate America for the post-war depression.

Question 9

What happened in the 1920s Teapot Dome Scandal?

Accepted Answer

A)  President Herbert Hoover was caught having an affair with one of the secretaries in the White House. 
B)  Interior Secretary Albert Fall received bribes to lease naval oil reserves to two private companies. 
C)  Secretary of the Treasury William Clinton invested federal funds in the Whitewater land deal. 
D)  President Calvin Coolidge used federal funds to buy his wife a fancy tea serving set. 
E)  Vice President Davis was accused of lying under oath about his investments in Mexico. 
A)  President Herbert Hoover was caught having an affair with one of the secretaries in the White House. 
B)  Interior Secretary Albert Fall received bribes to lease naval oil reserves to two private companies. 
C)  Secretary of the Treasury William Clinton invested federal funds in the Whitewater land deal. 
D)  President Calvin Coolidge used federal funds to buy his wife a fancy tea serving set. 
E)  Vice President Davis was accused of lying under oath about his investments in Mexico.

Question 10

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.

Question 11

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 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. Washington Naval Arms Conference

Accepted Answer

The Washington Naval Arms Conference, al

Question 13

Which of the following examples reveals the nativism in the United States in the 1920s?

Accepted Answer

A)  Julius and Ethel Rosenberg were executed as much for their ethnic origins as their crimes. 
B)  President Harding issued an executive order limiting the number of non-British immigrants. 
C)  Congress passed a law in 1924 that strictly limited immigration. 
D)  White Citizen Councils increased in membership by stressing anti-black and anti-foreigner messages. 
E)  President Calvin Coolidge publicly supported the lynching of immigrants in certain circumstances. 
A)  Julius and Ethel Rosenberg were executed as much for their ethnic origins as their crimes. 
B)  President Harding issued an executive order limiting the number of non-British immigrants. 
C)  Congress passed a law in 1924 that strictly limited immigration. 
D)  White Citizen Councils increased in membership by stressing anti-black and anti-foreigner messages. 
E)  President Calvin Coolidge publicly supported the lynching of immigrants in certain circumstances.

Question 14

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. Harlem Renaissance

Accepted Answer

The Harlem Renaissance was a cultural, s

Question 15

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. Charles A. Lindbergh

Accepted Answer

Charles A. Lindbergh, also known as "Luc

Question 16

Historians have often called the 1920s "The Roaring Twenties". What name and/or phrase would use to describe the decade? Why? Explain using specific examples.

Accepted Answer

I would describe the 1920s as "The Jazz

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. Thomas Hart Benton

Accepted Answer

Thomas Hart Benton (1889-1975) was an Am

Question 18

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 of behavior with which a significant portion of the population disagreed. 
C)  The Volstead Act was underfunded. 
D)  New pharmaceutical discoveries cured the problem of alcohol abuse in a simpler way. 
E)  Prohibition laws were weakly enforced. 
A)  Organized crime provided a ready supply of liquor. 
B)  It proved impossible to enforce rules of behavior with which a significant portion of the population disagreed. 
C)  The Volstead Act was underfunded. 
D)  New pharmaceutical discoveries cured the problem of alcohol abuse in a simpler way. 
E)  Prohibition laws were weakly enforced.

Exam 23: Coping With Change, 1920-1929

Which three writers expressed hostility to the moralistic pieties of the old order and the business pieties of the new?

At the Washington Naval Arms Conference the major naval powers agreed that for ten years they would halt the construction of

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. Volstead Act

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

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. Flapper

Discuss the standardization of mass culture in the 1920s, giving examples from magazines, radio, movies, music, and sports. How did the new interest in leisure reflect people's feelings about their jobs? What did the new idolization of celebrities signify about American society?

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. Courting/Dating

Which statement best describes the post-World War I American attitude toward businessmen?

What happened in the 1920s Teapot Dome Scandal?

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

Why is Aimee Semple McPherson significant?

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. Washington Naval Arms Conference

Which of the following examples reveals the nativism in the United States in the 1920s?

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. Harlem Renaissance

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. Charles A. Lindbergh

Historians have often called the 1920s "The Roaring Twenties". What name and/or phrase would use to describe the decade? Why? Explain using specific examples.

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

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

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The Bonds of Empire, 1660-1750

Roads to Revolution, 1750-1776

Securing Independence, Defining Nationhood, 1776-1788

Launching the New Republic, 1788-1800

America at War and Peace, 1801-1824

The Transformation of American Society, 1815-1840

Democratic Politics, Religious Revival, and Reform, 1824-1840

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Americans and a World in Crisis, 1933-1945

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America at Midcentury, 1945-1961

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