Deck 22: A Clash of Cultures, 1920-1929

Question 1

In the 20th century,__________ replaced the 19th century's ____________ -based economy.

A)car manufacturing;wagon
B)consumer goods;agriculture
C)farming;industrial
D)war material;industrial
E)wartime manufacturing;peacetime

Answer 1

B

Question 2

The Ku Klux Klan of the 1920s was mainly a southern rural organization.

Answer 2

False

Question 3

The biggest scandal under President Hoover was the Teapot Dome affair of 1930.

Answer 3

False

Question 4

During the 1920s,the ideas of scientists about the nature of the universe inspired modernist artists to try new techniques.

Question 5

Herbert Hoover served as secretary of state.

Question 6

Robert M.La Follette said,"The chief business of the American people is business."

Question 7

Calvin Coolidge was notorious for his love of whiskey,poker,and women.

Question 8

The NAACP favored militant protests over legal challenges as a way to end racial discrimination.

Question 9

With the Republicans in control of the federal government,progressivism disappeared in the 1920s.

Question 10

According to Calvin Coolidge,the president should passively defer to Congress.

Question 11

Although Warren G.Harding presided over what can be argued as the most corrupt administration in American history,he was never personally linked to any official wrongdoing.

Question 12

The Roaring Twenties pitted a cosmopolitan urban America against the values of an insular,rural America.

Question 13

Which of the following did not benefit from a post-World War I economic boom?

A)Farmers
B)Automobile manufacturers
C)Radio companies
D)Movie theaters
E)Construction companies

Question 14

The Scopes "monkey trial" sought to keep the theory of evolution in science classrooms in Tennessee.

Question 15

The culture of modernism viewed reality as something to be created,not copied.

Question 16

Hemingway published his first novel,The Sun Also Rises,in 1922.

Question 17

Flappers was the slang word for illegal drinking establishments in the 1920s.

Question 18

As president,Warren G.Harding was actually more progressive than Woodrow Wilson in his attitudes and policies toward African Americans.

Question 19

Warren G.Harding was shot by the assassin Charles Guiteau.

Question 20

Jazz music inspired rural youth to remember their culture's musical roots.

Question 21

The use of the airplane as a device to deliver mail did not become popular until

A)government grants provided for training pilots.
B)Charles Lindbergh flew around the world,showing that it was safe.
C)after World War I.
D)it was shown to be a quicker and cheaper way to deliver it.
E)Amelia Earhart became the first female pilot to do so.

Question 22

The African American's first literary and artistic movement is known as

A)the Roaring Twenties.
B)the Harlem Renaissance.
C)the Jazz Age.
D)the Impressionist Period.
E)the Manhattan Movement.

Question 23

What two items led to a major change during the 1920s in how Americans spent their leisure time?

A)Electricity,advertising
B)Marketing,roads
C)Automobiles,rising incomes
D)Sport teams,boxing matches
E)Highways,airplanes

Question 24

The increasingly bold discussions about sex that occurred during the 1920s were a result of the writings of

A)Sigmund Freud.
B)Alfred Lloyd Tennyson.
C)William H.Macy.
D)F Scott Fitzgerald.
E)William Kennedy.

Question 25

How did radio and movies revolutionize the mass culture?

A)Through marketing and advertising,people were made aware of new products.
B)People were able to see items for the first time before they bought them.
C)They showed people how to use items in different ways that they had not considered.
D)They were able to break people of old stereotypes and people became more accepting.
E)They were able to keep informed of the latest events around the world.

Question 26

Henry Ford revolutionized the industrial process by perfecting the

A)Model T.
B)assembly line process.
C)Corliss steam engine.
D)Bessemer Process.
E)Detroit Motor Park facility.

Question 27

In addition to the nickname "the Roaring Twenties," the 1920s have also been labeled the

A)Great Depression
B)Greatest Generation
C)Jazz Age
D)Anything Goes Age
E)Age of Welfare Capitalism

Question 28

Marcus Garvey called this man the "most dangerous enemy of the Negro race" because of his beliefs.

A)W.E.B.Du Bois
B)Booker T.Washington
C)Malcolm X
D)Martin Luther King Jr.
E)Woodrow Wilson

Question 29

In 1915,the Supreme Court struck a blow for the political rights of African Americans by abolishing the grandfather clause in this case.

A)Dred Scott v.Sanford
B)Guinn v.United States
C)Baker v.Carr
D)Smith v.Allwright
E)Gore v.Vidal

Question 30

Intellectuals and artists who believed that the 20th century was the turning point in human development were known as

A)flappers.
B)beatniks.
C)jazzers.
D)modernists.
E)humanists.

Question 31

During the 1920s,this boxer became famous among the workingmen because he came from humble beginnings.

A)Red Grange
B)Babe Ruth
C)Charles Lindbergh
D)Jack Dempsey
E)Jess Willard

Question 32

Einstein's theories in the early 20th century revolutionized science by

A)revealing that all things are static and unchanging.
B)showing that there are no absolute standards in the world.
C)illustrating that an object in motion tends to stay in motion.
D)hypothesizing that energy can be stored in batteries for later use.
E)discovering gravity.

Question 33

One of the areas most prone to experiencing revolution in manners and morals in the 1920s was

A)tenements.
B)government housing.
C)agrarian societies.
D)college campuses.
E)small towns.

Question 34

Which of the following was not part of the mass culture craze of the 1920s?

A)Flush toilets
B)Vacuum cleaners
C)Televisions
D)Electric irons
E)Linoleum floors

Question 35

Perhaps the most profound discovery of the Modernist Era is ____________'s theory of relativity.

A)Albert Einstein
B)Sigmund Freud
C)Helmut Mudd
D)William Yarborough
E)David Tindall

Question 36

What helped drive the consumer culture of the 1920s?

A)Cheap bank loans
B)National buy one,get one free deals
C)Effective marketing tactics
D)Increased magazine subscriptions
E)Hard-to-get credit that made people freer with their cash

Question 37

According to your textbook,what was the most significant economic and social development of the early 20th century?

A)The airplane
B)The radio
C)The movie theater
D)The automobile
E)The suburbs

Question 38

Women in the 1920s who rebelled against conventional dress,hairstyles,and what was considered to be "ladylike" were commonly called

A)hussies.
B)birds.
C)broads.
D)flappers.
E)zeldas.

Question 39

Thanks to the ____________,African Americans saw greater acceptance and political rights during the 1920s in the North.

A)Thirteenth Amendment
B)Emancipation Proclamation
C)Gettysburg Address
D)Great Migration
E)Harlem Renaissance

Question 40

Marcus Garvey is best associated with the

A)Universal Negro Improvement Association.
B)National Association for the Advancement of Colored People.
C)League of Latin American Citizens.
D)American Federation of Labor.
E)Ku Klux Klan.

Question 41

An unintended consequence of the Immigration Act of 1924 was

A)a large influx of Hispanics from the Western Hemisphere.
B)a decrease in unskilled laborers at a time when industry needed help with employment.
C)increased tension with the Japanese and Chinese governments.
D)an increase in communicable diseases from people immigrating from less healthy nations.
E)increased radicalism as immigrants often tried to enforce their political beliefs on their new nations.

Question 42

Those who came of age during the 1920s are known as

A)the Generation X.
B)the Baby Boom Generation.
C)the Lost Generation.
D)War Childs.
E)the New Generation.

Question 43

Immediately following the conclusion to World War I,the ____________ divided people in regards to immigration issues.

A)Great Depression
B)Sacco and Vanzetti trial
C)Red Scare
D)Cold War
E)Bank War

Question 44

Which of the following is not considered part of the modernism movement?

A)F Scott Fitzgerald
B)Ernest Hemingway
C)Gertrude Stein
D)James Joyce
E)Mark Twain

Question 45

To protect their companies from becoming union shops,owners often employed the _________ contract.

A)blacklist
B)yellow-dog
C)iron clad
D)bulletproof
E)inviable

Question 46

The case involving ___________ was infamous for revolving around terror attacks by anarchists and a very biased judge during the First Red Scare.

A)Fonzi and Bobbarella
B)Wilson and Roosevelt
C)Sacco and Vanzetti
D)William and Sanoma
E)Gifford and Pinchot

Question 47

After the Armory Show,______ became one of the nation's favorite topics of debate

A)politics
B)art
C)literature
D)economics
E)world events

Question 48

For Einstein's work

A)he was arrested in Germany for violating the laws.
B)he received the Nobel Prize.
C)he was assassinated by religious zealots.
D)he was kidnapped by the Russians to work for them.
E)he received no recognition.

Question 49

After World War I came to an end,the United States actively practiced ______________ in its relations with the rest of the world.

A)globalization
B)capitalism
C)isolationism
D)socialism
E)neo-conservatism

Question 50

Harding's 1920 campaign for presidency revolved around what saying?

A)"Return to Normalcy"
B)"A New Deal"
C)"A Square Deal"
D)"The New Frontier"
E)"The New Freedom"

Question 51

For modernists,what would be considered a great honor?

A)Receiving a standing ovation at Carnegie Hall
B)Having their art on display at the New York Museum
C)Being completely misunderstood by their intended audience
D)Being honored for their work by the president
E)Receiving an award for their contributions to the arts

Question 52

The popular type of art that appeared in the early 1920s was known as

A)Impressionistic.
B)Baroque.
C)Watercolors.
D)Modernism.
E)Abstract.

Question 53

This law,passed by Congress in 1924,lowered the number of allowed immigrants from European nations to 2 percent of the number who lived in the United States as reported in the 1890 census.

A)Immigration Act
B)Johnson Immigration Act
C)Non-Immigration Act
D)Emergency Immigration Act
E)Roosevelt Naturalization Plan

Question 54

This law restricted immigration from Europe to the percentage of that ethnicity's makeup in the 1910 U.S.census.

A)Immigration Act of 1924
B)Johnson Immigration Act of 1932
C)Non-Immigration Act of 1938
D)Emergency Immigration Act of 1921
E)Roosevelt Naturalization Plan of 1919

Question 55

A person who opposed immigration in the 1920s because it would dilute what it "meant to be an American" would be subscribing to what type of viewpoint?

A)Nativism
B)Modernism
C)Neo-conservative
D)Socialist
E)Communist

Question 56

The _______ Trial is a classic example of modernism versus fundamentalism.

A)Sacco Vanzetti
B)Plessy Ferguson
C)Scopes
D)Dred Scott
E)White Primary

Question 57

Because of the generally good working conditions during the 1920s

A)collective bargaining became very popular to ensure the best pay for union members.
B)unions had a hard time recruiting members.
C)prices rose and working hours increased.
D)child labor became more abundant as the need for laborers increased.
E)companies actively recruited people in other nations to move to the United States to take jobs.

Question 58

Which ethnic group was forbidden from immigrating to the United States by the immigration laws passed in the 1920s?

A)Serbian
B)German
C)Japanese
D)French
E)Spanish

Question 59

According to your textbook,the most scandalous event in the history of American art occurred at

A)the Armory Show in 1913.
B)the Tea Pot Dome in 1920.
C)the Louvre in 1916.
D)the Metropolitan Museum of Art in 1912.
E)the Smithsonian in 1915.

Question 60

Why was Warren G.Harding selected to represent the Republican party in the 1920 election?

A)He was a crusader for reform.
B)He had made a name for himself as Wilson's vice president.
C)He had been a general in World War I.
D)The Republican Party could not agree on anyone else.
E)He was a gifted orator.

Question 61

Discuss the term modernism and how it manifested itself in science,art,and literature.

Question 62

When Coolidge chose not to run for a second term of his own,the Republicans nominated

A)Franklin Roosevelt.
B)James Cox.
C)Warren Harding.
D)Herbert Hoover.
E)Albert Smith.

Question 63

When President Harding died,he was replaced by

A)Franklin Delano Roosevelt.
B)Calvin Coolidge.
C)Herbert Hoover.
D)Woodrow Wilson.
E)James Cox.

Question 64

Discuss how corruption during the Harding administration became so widespread.Survey the various scandals,and discuss the effects they had on the administration.

Question 65

Why might the decade of the 1920s be called "the decade of prosperity"?

Question 66

What best explains United States citizens' overwhelming support for Coolidge in 1924?

A)The economy was going great,so why change?
B)The economy was collapsing;we needed a change.
C)He wasn't a Catholic.
D)He supported aggressive controls on the economy.
E)He supported war with Germany if they did not pay their reparations.

Question 67

In an attempt to lower the risk of war,the United States was party to the ________,which limited the size of naval warships for those who signed the document.

A)Kellog-Briand Pact
B)Five-Power Treaty
C)Nine-Power Treaty
D)Open Door Act
E)William Sonoma Act

Question 68

France and England tried to repay their World War I debts to the United States by collecting reparations from

A)Italy.
B)Russia.
C)Germany.
D)Bulgaria.
E)Turkey.

Question 69

Trace the rise of fundamentalism in the 1920s.Explain how this issue led to the Scopes trial and how that case was decided.

Question 70

What did Warren G.Harding mean by "normalcy"? Is that a good term to describe the 1920s?

Question 71

Write an essay describing the "consumer culture" that developed in the 1920s.

Question 72

Discuss the emerging mass culture from the crucible of the Great War to the Great Depression.

Question 73

Describe the influence of modernism in literature.

Question 74

As president,Calvin Coolidge pursued

A)a determined path to be an activist president.
B)reparations with Germany.
C)the ratification of the Treaty of Versailles.
D)a determined path to not be an activist president.
E)a strong guiding hand on American industries.

Question 75

Describe the setbacks that unions in the United States experienced during the 1920s.

Question 76

Describe America's turn to Prohibition in the 1920s.What were the results of the Eighteenth Amendment?

Question 77

The biggest scandal of the Harding administration involved the

A)Whiskey Ring.
B)Whiskey Rebellion.
C)Teapot Dome.
D)Watergate.
E)Travelgate.

Question 78

Discuss America's turn toward nativism in the early 1920s.What motivated this ideology,and what groups supported it?

Question 79

What were the political and cultural manifestations of a new sense of identity among blacks in the 1920s?

Question 80

Trace the rise of Calvin Coolidge to the presidency of the United States.