Question 1

During the 1920s,Thomas Hunt Morgan was one of the American pioneers in

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A)  analog computers. 
B)  genetic research. 
C)  automation. 
D)  robotics. 
E)  relativistic physics. 
A)  analog computers. 
B)  genetic research. 
C)  automation. 
D)  robotics. 
E)  relativistic physics.

Question 2

The contending attorneys at the Scopes trial in 1925 were William Jennings Bryan and ________.

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Question 3

Compare the ideas and social commentary of artists and writers in the 1920s with the artists and writers of the 1820s-1850s.

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The ideas and social commentary of artis

Question 4

In the 1920s,artists and intellectuals of the Harlem Renaissance

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A)  sought to inspire civil disobedience to further racial justice. 
B)  drew heavily from their African heritage. 
C)  included writers Edna Ferber and Ezra Pound. 
D)  both drew heavily from their African heritage and included writers Edna Ferber and Ezra Pound. 
E)  None of these answers is correct. 
A)  sought to inspire civil disobedience to further racial justice. 
B)  drew heavily from their African heritage. 
C)  included writers Edna Ferber and Ezra Pound. 
D)  both drew heavily from their African heritage and included writers Edna Ferber and Ezra Pound. 
E)  None of these answers is correct.

Question 5

Throughout the 1920s,the performance of the U.S.economy

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A)  saw ten straight years of continuous growth. 
B)  struggled with a persistently high rate of inflation. 
C)  saw per capita income flatten while manufacturing output soared. 
D)  saw nearly uninterrupted prosperity coupled with severe inequalities. 
E)  experienced a severe recession in 1923 that lasted two years. 
A)  saw ten straight years of continuous growth. 
B)  struggled with a persistently high rate of inflation. 
C)  saw per capita income flatten while manufacturing output soared. 
D)  saw nearly uninterrupted prosperity coupled with severe inequalities. 
E)  experienced a severe recession in 1923 that lasted two years.

Question 6

In 1920,the first commercial radio station to broadcast in the United States was in

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A)  Cleveland. 
B)  New York City. 
C)  Philadelphia. 
D)  Pittsburgh. 
E)  Chicago. 
A)  Cleveland. 
B)  New York City. 
C)  Philadelphia. 
D)  Pittsburgh. 
E)  Chicago.

Question 7

The election of Herbert Hoover in 1928 was seen as a blow to the interests of progressives.

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A) True 
 B)False

Question 8

Al Smith lost the 1928 presidential election,in part,because

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A)  he failed to carry the South. 
B)  of a financial scandal within his campaign. 
C)  of his close connections to the oil industry. 
D)  he both failed to carry the South and maintained close connections to the oil industry. 
E)  All these answers are correct. 
A)  he failed to carry the South. 
B)  of a financial scandal within his campaign. 
C)  of his close connections to the oil industry. 
D)  he both failed to carry the South and maintained close connections to the oil industry. 
E)  All these answers are correct.

Question 9

The American Federation of Labor began turning away from the idea of craft unions.

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A) True 
 B)False

Question 10

In the 1920s,"welfare capitalism"

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A)  encouraged employees to form single-industry labor unions. 
B)  was a paternalistic approach used by corporate leaders on their workers. 
C)  gave workers a measure of control over their industry. 
D)  required corporations to provide some relief for unemployed workers. 
E)  forced workers to donate much of their salaries to the less fortunate. 
A)  encouraged employees to form single-industry labor unions. 
B)  was a paternalistic approach used by corporate leaders on their workers. 
C)  gave workers a measure of control over their industry. 
D)  required corporations to provide some relief for unemployed workers. 
E)  forced workers to donate much of their salaries to the less fortunate.

Question 11

The poet ________ captured the spirit of the Harlem Renaissance in his sentence,"I am a Negro-and beautiful."

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Question 12

The majority of the 25 percent of married women who worked outside the home in the 1920s were working class.

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A) True 
 B)False

Question 13

More so than the Republicans,the Democrats of the 1920s consisted of a diverse coalition of interest groups.

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A) True 
 B)False

Question 14

Some employers in the 1920s,eager to avoid disruptive labor unrest and the growth of independent trade unions,adopted paternalistic techniques that came to be known as ________.

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The answer of Some employers in the 1920s,eager to avoid...

Question 15

To the great alarm of modernists,fundamentalism was gaining political power during the middle of the 1920s.

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A) True 
 B)False

Question 16

In the 1920s,the idea of agricultural "parity" was

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A)  to match crop production with demand. 
B)  to ensure farmers would at least financially break even. 
C)  strongly opposed by Congress. 
D)  to equalize the average farmer income with the average industrial worker income. 
E)  invalidated by the passage of the McNary-Haugen Bill. 
A)  to match crop production with demand. 
B)  to ensure farmers would at least financially break even. 
C)  strongly opposed by Congress. 
D)  to equalize the average farmer income with the average industrial worker income. 
E)  invalidated by the passage of the McNary-Haugen Bill.

Question 17

How did the federal government go about implementing prohibition? Why was prohibition ultimately a failure?

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The federal government implemented prohi

Question 18

In the 1920s,the "noble experiment" referred to

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A)  the Equal Rights Amendment for women. 
B)  laws to restrict child labor. 
C)  political isolationism. 
D)  female suffrage. 
E)  the prohibition of alcohol. 
A)  the Equal Rights Amendment for women. 
B)  laws to restrict child labor. 
C)  political isolationism. 
D)  female suffrage. 
E)  the prohibition of alcohol.

Question 19

D.W.Griffith's 1915 film The Birth of a Nation glorified the ________.

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Question 20

By the end of the 1920s,there were 60 million automobiles in the United States.

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A) True 
 B)False

Exam 22: The “New Era”

During the 1920s,Thomas Hunt Morgan was one of the American pioneers in

The contending attorneys at the Scopes trial in 1925 were William Jennings Bryan and ________.

Compare the ideas and social commentary of artists and writers in the 1920s with the artists and writers of the 1820s-1850s.

In the 1920s,artists and intellectuals of the Harlem Renaissance

Throughout the 1920s,the performance of the U.S.economy

In 1920,the first commercial radio station to broadcast in the United States was in

The election of Herbert Hoover in 1928 was seen as a blow to the interests of progressives.

Al Smith lost the 1928 presidential election,in part,because

The American Federation of Labor began turning away from the idea of craft unions.

In the 1920s,"welfare capitalism"

The poet ________ captured the spirit of the Harlem Renaissance in his sentence,"I am a Negro-and beautiful."

The majority of the 25 percent of married women who worked outside the home in the 1920s were working class.

More so than the Republicans,the Democrats of the 1920s consisted of a diverse coalition of interest groups.

Some employers in the 1920s,eager to avoid disruptive labor unrest and the growth of independent trade unions,adopted paternalistic techniques that came to be known as ________.

To the great alarm of modernists,fundamentalism was gaining political power during the middle of the 1920s.

In the 1920s,the idea of agricultural "parity" was

How did the federal government go about implementing prohibition? Why was prohibition ultimately a failure?

In the 1920s,the "noble experiment" referred to

D.W.Griffith's 1915 film The Birth of a Nation glorified the ________.

By the end of the 1920s,there were 60 million automobiles in the United States.

The Collision of Cultures

Transplantations and Borderlands

Society and Culture in Provincial America

The Empire in Transition

The American Revolution

The Constitution and the New Republic

The Jeffersonian Era

Varieties of American Nationalism

Jacksonian America

America’s Economic Revolution

Cotton, Slavery, and the Old South

Antebellum Culture and Reform

The Impending Crisis

The Civil War

Reconstruction and the New South

The Conquest of the Far West

Industrial Supremacy

The Age of the City

From Crisis to Empire

The Progressives

America and the Great War

The Great Depression

The New Deal

The Global Crisis, 1921–1941

America in a World at War

The Cold War

The Affluent Society

Civil Rights, Vietnam, and the Ordeal of Liberalism

The Crisis of Authority

From the “Age of Limits” to the Age of Reagan

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