Deck 19: Managing Modernity, 1919-1929

Question 1

The Harding administration ​

A) ​reduced government spending sharply.
B) ​increased cooperation with private business.
C) ​provided tax relief for the wealthy.
D) ​ended the debate over whether the United States should enter the League of Nations.
E) ​All of these are correct.

Answer 1

E

Question 2

Il Duce was the title used to refer to

A) ​Joseph Stalin.
B) ​Adolf Hitler.
C) ​Benito Mussolini.
D) ​Vladimir Lenin.
E) ​None of these is correct.

Answer 2

C

Question 3

During the 1920s, the was an increase in the number of people who volunteered to serve as foreign missionaries.​

Answer 3

False

Question 4

By the time the Prohibition Amendment was passed in 1919, thirty-four states had already ​passed laws that either banned or regulated the sale of alcohol.

Question 5

The Communist revolution in Russia was lead by ​

A) ​Vladimir Lenin.
B) ​Joseph Stalin.
C) ​Benito Mussolini.
D) ​Adolf Hitler.
E) ​None of these is correct.

Question 6

Prohibition banned

A) ​discrimination in hiring practices.
B) ​the sale and consumption of alcohol.
C) ​excluding women from voting.
D) ​corruption in civil service.
E) ​None of these are correct.

Question 7

Nicola Sacco and Bartolomeo Vanzetti

A) ​were cleared of all charges.
B) ​were deported back to Italy.
C) ​were sentenced to death.
D) ​were sentenced to death, but had their sentences rescinded.
E) ​participated in criminal activity but were never caught.

Question 8

The League of Women voters was begun in ​

A) ​1848.
B) ​1900.
C) ​1910.
D) ​1915.
E) ​1920.

Question 9

The 1920's brought good financial times to farmers due to the rising prices of agricultural goods.  ​

Question 10

African Americans who migrated from the South during the 1920's wanted to escape Jim Crow legislation.​

Question 11

W.E.B. Du Bois reenergized the Pan-African Conference in ​

A) ​1915.
B) ​1916.
C) ​1917.
D) ​1918.
E) ​1919.

Question 12

The Red Scare was characterized by a fear of ​

A) ​communism and anarchism.
B) ​fascism.
C) ​unregulated capitalism.
D) ​racism.
E) ​racial mixing.

Question 13

A flapper was a woman who had come of age during the Victorian era and held conservative notions of behavior.​

Question 14

After Harding's death, Calvin Coolidge ​abandoned the former's laissez-faire policies and promoted strict regulation within the economy.

Question 15

While Fordism revolutionized production, it also led to the addition of white collar managers, designers, researchers, and clerical staff to company.​

Question 16

The Washin gton Naval Conference allowed __________________  the highest naval tonnage.​

A) ​Japan
B) ​the Soviet Union
C) the United States
D) ​France
E) ​Italy

Question 17

Which of the following is true about fascism?​

A) ​It was a political and economic system.
B) ​It was characterized by dictatorial leadership.
C) ​It was characterized by economic regimentation.
D) ​It was characterized by restrictions on civil liberties.
E) ​All of these are correct.

Question 18

After World War I, Communism flourished in China and the Chinese Communist Party was formed in 1921.

Question 19

The National Origins System System​ eliminated discriminatory policies in immigration policies.

Question 20

Personal loans made the explosion of consumption possible in the 1920s.​

Question 21

The construction of highways during the 1910's and 1920's ​

A) ​more than doubled.
B) ​encouraged the growth of the trucking industry.
C) ​greatly benefitted farmers who no longer had to rely solely on railroads.
D) ​lead to the expansion of automobile ownership.
E) ​All of these are correct.

Question 22

The expansion of the city of Houston took place due to ​

A) ​cattle ranching.
B) ​the number of oil companies based there.
C) ​the number of settlers drawn to a warm, dry climate.
D) the number of railroad lines that originated there.​
E) ​None of these are correct.

Question 23

The sector of the U.S. economy that suffered most from credit problems during the 1920s was​

A) ​the automobile industry.
B) mining.​
C) ​agriculture.
D) consumer goods.​
E) ​None of these are correct.

Question 24

Welfare capitalism involves employers taking responsibility for workers' ​

A) ​wages.
B) ​safety.
C) ​health.
D) ​overall well-being.
E) ​All of these are correct.

Question 25

In the 1920s, the American film industry was centered in ​

A) ​New York.
B) ​Las Vegas.
C) ​Los Angeles.
D) ​Chicago.
E) ​Boston.

Question 26

In 1920s Germany, ​

A) ​war reparations contributed to hyperinflation.
B) ​billion dollar loans were received from the United States, enabling the repayment of debts.
C) ​middle-class men and women lined up in soup kitchens.
D) ​personal savings were erased as a result of inflation.
E) ​All of these are correct.

Question 27

During the 1920s, the expansion of credit ​

A) ​led to less consumption as people were careful about accumulating debt with high interest rates.
B) allowed the working classes to invest in the stock market.
C) ​was advanced in the form of personal loans, but never for the purchase of consumer goods.
D) ​reaffirmed the notion that personal debt went hand in hand with immorality.
E) ​None of these are correct.

Question 28

Which of the following is not true about the forty-hour workweek?

A) ​It created a two-day weekend.
B) ​It lead to a boost in the number of bars, restaurant, dance halls, and nightclubs.
C) ​Leisure became a major market.
D) ​It had little impact on Americans' leisure activities.
E) ​None of these are correct.

Question 29

The Immigration Act of 1924 ​

A) ​was more severe than the Emergency Quota Act.
B) ​lowered the proportion of southern and eastern Europeans allowed to immigrate into the United States.
C) ​ended the Gentlemen's Agreement with the Japanese.
D) ​r educed the annual immigration limit to 150,000.
E) ​All of these are correct.

Question 30

Marketing experts ​relied on which of the following techniques?

A) ​product differentiation.
B) ​pricing.
C) ​distribution.
D) ​advertising.
E) ​All of these are correct.

Question 31

Buying on the margin referred to ​

A) ​buying homes on the outskirts of town.
B) ​buying consumer goods with a small down payment.
C) ​buying stock market securities with as little as a down payment of 20 percent.
D) ​buying trendy consumer goods
E) ​None of these are correct.

Question 32

Which of the following is true about Calvin Coolidge?

A) ​He succeeded Warren G. Harding.
B) ​He continued Harding's business relationships.
C) ​He followed a laissez-faire view of government.
D) The banker ​Andrew Mellon, one of the richest men in the United States, served as his Secretary of the Treasury.
E) ​All of these are correct.

Question 33

The Emergency Quota Act ​

A) ​placed the United States' first limit on total immigration.
B) ​was passed in 1921.
C) ​set the immigration limit at 350,000 per year.
D) ​established a 3 percent quota for each nationality resident in the United States in 1910.
E) ​All of these are correct.

Question 34

During the 1920s, the automobile​

A) ​was bought only by the ultra wealthy in the United States.
B) ​became a necessity for masses of people.
C) ​grew in popularity but did not have a significant increase in production.
D) ​grew in popularity during the first half of the 1920's, but it's sales declined steadily after 1925.
E) ​None of these are correct.

Question 35

After World War I​,

A) ​immigration quotas in the United States were virtually eliminated.
B) ​the United States welcomed European refugees coming from war-torn Europe.
C) the Red Scare dissipated.
D) ​immigrants were required to take a literacy test before entering the United States.
E) ​theories of eugenics were dismissed as no longer valid.

Question 36

Fordism ​

A) ​greatly increased the scale of production.
B) ​employed the use of interchangeable parts.
C) ​streamlined the manufacturing process.
D) ​did not require the use of skilled labor.
E) ​All of these are correct.

Question 37

During the 1920s, ​

A) ​more than 70 percent of all cars and trucks exported world-wide were made in the United States.
B) ​U.S news services expanded their global reach.
C) ​U.S. films became popular all around the world and spread American culture throghout.
D) ​many American brands became recognized internationally through the increase in exports.
E) ​All of these are correct.

Question 38

Route 66 began in Chicago and ended in ​

A) ​Las Vegas.
B) ​Los Angeles.
C) ​New York.
D) ​Boston.
E) ​Salt Lake City.

Question 39

The growing popularity of professional sports during the 1920s was due to

A) the lack of options of other forms of entertainment.​
B) ​Americans' growing interest in personal physical fitness.
C) ​sports reporting in newspapers.
D) ​sports broadcasts over the radio.
E) ​None of these are correct.

Question 40

Robert and Helen Lynd published a study about

A) ​the effects of Prohibition on American society.
B) ​the effects of slavery on African Americans.
C) ​the effects of consumption on the spread of modernity.
D) ​the effects of suffrage on women.
E) ​the effects of corruption on local government.

Question 41

Jazz music was influenced by

A) ​gospel music.
B) ​blues.
C) ​ragtime.
D) ​Western classical music.
E) ​All of these are correct.

Question 42

During the 1920s

A) older immigrant groups were at odds with newer immigrants over religious traditions.
B) ​older immigrant groups were at odds with newer immigrant groups over assimilation.
C) the Ku Klux Klan targeted immigrants as much as they did African Americans.​
D) ​immigrant groups from different backgrounds united to oppose immigration restrictions.
E) ​All of these are correct.

Question 43

W.E.B. Du Bois' concept of "two-ness" referred to being both ​

A) ​a woman and American.
B) ​black and American.
C) Asian and American.
D) European and American.
E) ​None of these are correct.

Question 44

__________________ was referred to as "the black Moses."​

A) ​W.E.B. Du Bois
B) ​A. Philip Randolph
C) ​Marcus Garvey
D) ​Alain Locke
E) ​None of these are correct.

Question 45

Evangelical Protestants​

A) ​emphasized the literal interpretation of the Bible.
B) ​catered to the black and white working classes.
C) ​flourished during the 1920s.
D) ​emphasized the second coming of Christ.
E) ​All of these are correct.

Question 46

In __________________ , the U.S. census recorded that for the first time, a majority of Americans lived in cities.​

A) 1890.
B) ​1900.
C) ​1910.
D) ​1920.
E) ​ ​1930.

Question 47

John Scopes was found guilty of ​

A) ​teaching Marx's Communist Manifesto.
B) ​teaching Darwin's theory of evolution.
C) ​engaging in an anarchist activities.
D) ​defending the activities of the Ku Klux Klan.
E) None of these are correct.

Question 48

Which of the following is true about the election of 1928?​

A) ​Hoover won by a slim victory.
B) ​Hoover won by a landslide.
C) ​It was a victory for the Democrats.
D) ​Hoover got very few votes in the South.
E) ​None of these are correct.

Question 49

In the 1920s the teaching of evolution had been outlawed in all of the following states  except​

A) ​Oklahoma.
B) ​Florida.
C) ​Tennessee.
D) ​California.
E) ​None of these are correct.

Question 50

Which of the following is not true about Mexican immigrants who entered the United States during the 1920's?​

A) ​They were subjected to the same immigration restriction as southern and eastern Europeans.
B) ​They went wherever work was available.
C) ​Most ended up in the southwest.
D) ​They became a major source of labor in the Texas cotton belt.
E) ​All of these are correct.

Question 51

As new compulsory education laws kept young people in school through high school, enrollments increased by __________________  percent between 1900 and 1930.​

A) ​100
B) ​200
C) ​350
D) ​400
E) ​650

Question 52

As far as achieving civil rights, A. Philip Randolph reached out to

A) ​working-class whites.
B) "​the talented tenth."
C) ​the black working class.
D) ​working-class immigrants.
E) ​middle-class whites.

Question 53

The second Ku Klux Klan was joined by as many as __________________  men and women.​

A) ​1 million
B) ​3 million
C) ​5 million
D) 10 million​
E) ​20 million

Question 54

Howard University philosopher Alain Locke coined which phrase?

A) ​the New Woman
B) ​the New Negro
C) ​the Jazz Age
D) ​black nationalism
E) ​None of these are correct.

Question 55

The second Ku Klux Klan controlled state governments in ​

A) ​Indiana.
B) ​Colorado.
C) ​Oregon.
D) ​Oklahoma.
E) ​All of these are correct.

Question 56

The second Ku Klux Klan declined after ​

A) ​1920.
B) ​1925.
C) ​1930.
D) ​1935.
E) ​1940.

Question 57

Which of the following was a method used to restrict nonwhite populations to the least desirable parts of a city?

A) ​bank lending policies
B) ​racial covenants
C) urban planning​
D) home owners' associations
E) ​All of these are correct.

Question 58

The National Socialist German Workers' Party

A) ​arose during the 1920's.
B) ​was short lived.
C) ​called for unity and the end of racism.
D) ​promoted a communist revolution in Germany.
E) ​None of these is correct.

Question 59

Which of the following is representative of the Jazz Age?​

A) ​cultural pluralism
B) ​welcoming and embracing multiracial cities
C) ​opposition to conservatism
D) ​the relaxation of moral strictures
E) ​All of these are correct.

Question 60

Native Americans received U.S. citizenship in ​

A) ​1920.
B) ​1924.
C) ​1930.
D) ​1932.
E) ​1939.

Question 61

Talk About:  Hollywood​

Question 62

Talk About:  Robert and Helen Lynd​

Question 63

Talk About:  Fordism​

Question 64

Talk About:  Prohibition​

Question 65

Talk About:  Red Scare​

Question 66

Talk About:  isolationist?

Question 67

Talk About:  Benito Mussolini

Question 68

Talk About:  marketing​

Question 69

Talk About:  Henry Ford​

Question 70

Talk About: Communist International (Commintern)

Question 71

Talk About:  "roaring twenties"​

Question 72

Talk About:  fascism​

Question 73

Talk About:  welfare capitalism​

Question 74

Talk About:  equal rights amendment​

Question 75

Talk About:  Washington Naval Conference​

Question 76

Talk About:  League of Women Voters​

Question 77

Talk About:  speakeasy?

Question 78

Talk About:  Route 66​

Question 79

Talk About:  deskilling?

Question 80

Talk About:  wage bargain​