Question 1

In the 1920s,

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A) all industrial workers enjoyed high wages and benefits. 
B) a tight labor market for industrial workers increased their bargaining power. 
C) industrial workers did not see the results of gains in productivity in increased wages. 
D) decreases in industrial production lowered workers' wages. 
E) most workers joined unions. 
A) all industrial workers enjoyed high wages and benefits. 
B) a tight labor market for industrial workers increased their bargaining power. 
C) industrial workers did not see the results of gains in productivity in increased wages. 
D) decreases in industrial production lowered workers' wages. 
E) most workers joined unions. C

Question 2

In the 1920s all women activists supported protective legislation for female workers.

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A) True 
 B)False  False

Question 3

The unemployment rate between 1922 and 1929 never rose above ____________________ percent.

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5
five

Question 4

Most celebrities were political leaders.

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A) True 
 B)False

Question 5

Sexual mores of the 1920s

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A) were basically the same as before World War I. 
B) were not influenced by the automobile. 
C) encouraged husbands and wives to enjoy recreational activities and physical intimacy together. 
D) eliminated confusion and hostility between the sexes. 
E) became more conservative. 
A) were basically the same as before World War I. 
B) were not influenced by the automobile. 
C) encouraged husbands and wives to enjoy recreational activities and physical intimacy together. 
D) eliminated confusion and hostility between the sexes. 
E) became more conservative.

Question 6

IDENTIFICATIONS
-Washington Conference on the Limitation of Armaments

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held in 1921 and 1922.U.S.team led by Se

Question 7

All of the following statements regarding American workers in the 1920s are false except

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A) farmers made more money than industrial workers. 
B) skilled workers received high wages,paid vacations,sick leave,and other benefits. 
C) forty percent of industrial workers lived below the poverty level. 
D) wages were equalized for men and women. 
E) most belonged to unions. 
A) farmers made more money than industrial workers. 
B) skilled workers received high wages,paid vacations,sick leave,and other benefits. 
C) forty percent of industrial workers lived below the poverty level. 
D) wages were equalized for men and women. 
E) most belonged to unions.

Question 8

The United States,Britain,Japan,France and Italy agreed to scrap more than two million tons of warships in the ____________________ Treaty.

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The answer of The United States,Britain,Japan,France and Italy agreed to...

Question 9

Two religious groups targeted by the Ku Klux Klan in the 1920s were ____________________ and ____________________.

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Jews,Catho

Question 10

Calvin Coolidge significantly reduced the amount of control that government had over the economy.

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A) True 
 B)False

Question 11

While commerce secretary,Herbert Hoover accomplished all of the following except

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A) convincing steel executives to reject the twelve-hour day. 
B) persuading farmers to join marketing cooperatives. 
C) encouraging workers to join unions. 
D) focusing on standardizing industrial products. 
E) persuading some bankers in the South to organize regional associations. 
A) convincing steel executives to reject the twelve-hour day. 
B) persuading farmers to join marketing cooperatives. 
C) encouraging workers to join unions. 
D) focusing on standardizing industrial products. 
E) persuading some bankers in the South to organize regional associations.

Question 12

Describe the Harding and Coolidge administrations.In what way did each reflect the temper of the postwar era?

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Essay should address several key points:

Question 13

By 1930,____________________ percent of all purchases were made on the installment plan.

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The answer of By 1930,____________________ percent of all purchases were...

Question 14

The tractor really helped farmers.

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A) True 
 B)False

Question 15

The number of female college students increased by 50 percent during the 1920s.

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A) True 
 B)False

Question 16

The purpose of welfare capitalism was to

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A) give workers more control over their working conditions. 
B) encourage workers to join unions. 
C) encourage worker loyalty to capitalism. 
D) fund unemployment rolls. 
E) subsidize business enterprises. 
A) give workers more control over their working conditions. 
B) encourage workers to join unions. 
C) encourage worker loyalty to capitalism. 
D) fund unemployment rolls. 
E) subsidize business enterprises.

Question 17

IDENTIFICATIONS
-flappers

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single,young,middle-class women of the 1

Question 18

The results of the Lynds' survey indicated that even working-class families were enjoying many luxuries.

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A) True 
 B)False

Question 19

American foreign policy in the 1920s was a combination of traditional military intervention,economic influence,and Wilsonian-like international peace initiatives.Discuss specific policies that illustrate the conflict between the laissez-faire and associationalist theories of the era.

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Essay should address several key points:

Question 20

Only a very small number of Americans responded to the nativist arguments of the Ku Klux Klan.

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False

Exam 24: The 1920s

In the 1920s,

In the 1920s all women activists supported protective legislation for female workers.

The unemployment rate between 1922 and 1929 never rose above ____________________ percent.

Most celebrities were political leaders.

Sexual mores of the 1920s

IDENTIFICATIONS -Washington Conference on the Limitation of Armaments

All of the following statements regarding American workers in the 1920s are false except

The United States,Britain,Japan,France and Italy agreed to scrap more than two million tons of warships in the ____________________ Treaty.

Two religious groups targeted by the Ku Klux Klan in the 1920s were ____________________ and ____________________.

Calvin Coolidge significantly reduced the amount of control that government had over the economy.

While commerce secretary,Herbert Hoover accomplished all of the following except

Describe the Harding and Coolidge administrations.In what way did each reflect the temper of the postwar era?

By 1930,____________________ percent of all purchases were made on the installment plan.

The tractor really helped farmers.

The number of female college students increased by 50 percent during the 1920s.

The purpose of welfare capitalism was to

IDENTIFICATIONS -flappers

The results of the Lynds' survey indicated that even working-class families were enjoying many luxuries.

American foreign policy in the 1920s was a combination of traditional military intervention,economic influence,and Wilsonian-like international peace initiatives.Discuss specific policies that illustrate the conflict between the laissez-faire and associationalist theories of the era.

Only a very small number of Americans responded to the nativist arguments of the Ku Klux Klan.

When Old Worlds Collide: Contact, conquest, catastrophe

The Challenge to Spain and the Settlement of North America

England Discovers Its Colonies: Empire, liberty, and Expansion

Provincial America and the Struggle for a Continent

Reform, resistance, revolution

The Revolutionary Republic

Completing the Revolution, 1789-1815

Northern Transformations, 1790-1850

The Old South, 1790-1850

Toward an American Culture

Whigs and Democrats

Antebellum Reform

Manifest Destiny: an Empire for Liberty--Or Slavery

The Gathering Tempest, 1853-1860

Secession and Civil War, 1860-1862

A New Birth of Freedom, 1862-1865

Reconstruction, 1863-1877

A Transformed Nation: the West and the New South, 1865-1900

The Rise of Corporate America, 1865-1914

Cities, peoples, cultures, 1890-1920

Progressivism

Becoming a World Power, 1898-1917

War and Society, 1914-1920

The Great Depression and the New Deal, 1929-1939

America During the Second World War

The Age of Containment, 1946-1953

Affluence and Its Discontents, 1953-1963

America During Its Longest War, 1963-1974

Uncertain Times, 1974-1992

Economic, social, and Cultural Change in the Late 20th Century

A Time of Hope and Fear, 1993-2012

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