Question 1

What was the country's first radio network?

Accepted Answer

A)  ABC 
B)  CBS 
C)  NBC 
D)  PBS 
E)  FOX

Question 2

The teaching of this subject in public schools was the key issue in the Scopes Trial.

Accepted Answer

A)  evolution. 
B)  sex education. 
C)  creationism. 
D)  racial equality. 
E)  biology.

Question 3

How did the administrations of Warren Harding and Calvin Coolidge mirror the dominant cultural mood of the 1920s? Compare Herbert Hoover's brand of Republicanism with that of Harding and Coolidge.

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Question 4

Were women emancipated in the 1920s? Discuss labor force participation, housework, politics, and cultural changes. Did woman suffrage transform politics as many feminists had hoped? Were the feminist concerns of the 1920s shared by all women ¾ professionals, working-class women, flappers?

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Question 5

Which sector of the economy did not prosper in the 1920s?

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A)  Manufacturing 
B)  Agriculture 
C)  The "service" sector 
D)  Financial services 
E)  New consumer goods

Question 6

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 Evans Hughes, Andrew Mellon, Herbert Hoover

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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. H.L. Mencken

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Question 8

In the early 1920s religious fundamentalists focused especially on which of the following issues?

Accepted Answer

A)  Eradicating slum conditions in cities 
B)  The sexual revolution 
C)  The theory of evolution 
D)  Equal rights for women 
E)  Restricting the immigration of Catholics and Jews

Question 9

What is the stereotype of the Jazz Age "flapper"?

Accepted Answer

A)  a sophisticated, pleasure-mad young woman. 
B)  the key to the success of the Harlem Renaissance. 
C)  the "spiritual sister" of the suffragist since both suffragists and flappers supported feminist political action. 
D)  the product of publicists and advertising agencies. 
E)  the evangelical Christian woman who followed the teachings of Billy Sunday.

Question 10

The term "welfare capitalism" refers to

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A)  corporations providing employee benefits in the hope of preventing the establishment of unions. 
B)  the high rate of unemployment in the 1920s, when many people had to go on welfare. 
C)  the trade-union philosophy that the welfare of the workers should be the first concern of capitalism. 
D)  the federal government providing massive subsidies to select government contractors. 
E)  the creation of Social Security and Medicare in the 1930s.

Question 11

In the 1920s, Babe Ruth was famous because

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A)  he raised people's awareness of profession boxing. 
B)  he hit 60 home runs in one year. 
C)  he was the first black football player to win the Heisman Trophy. 
D)  he won the Master's, the U.S. Open, the PGA Championship, and the British Open all in the same year. 
E)  he overcame cancer to lead the New York Giants to a Super Bowl victory.

Question 12

During the 1920s, American foreign policy toward Europe was characterized by

Accepted Answer

A)  a willingness to forgive the World War I debts owed to the U.S. government by former allies. 
B)  a desire to lead the League of Nations. 
C)  by independent internationalism with an occasional willingness to enter into arms control treaties. 
D)  a commitment to the World Court. 
E)  complete isolation from other countries.

Question 13

What was the social philosophy of Herbert Hoover?

Accepted Answer

A)  Big business was the answer to America's problems. 
B)  He saw unfettered competition as the life force of capitalism. 
C)  He advocated a cooperative, socially responsible economic order shaped by the voluntary action of capitalist leaders. 
D)  He supported direct government intervention in the economy. 
E)  He argued in favor of higher wages and higher personal income taxes.

Question 14

What accounts for the economic growth and prosperity of the 1920s? Who benefited most from that prosperity? Who did not share in it and why?

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Question 15

Which musical style epitomized the 1920s?

Accepted Answer

A)  Swing 
B)  Ragtime 
C)  Jazz 
D)  Reggae 
E)  The blues

Question 16

Which of the following statements concerning the equal rights amendment advocated by Alice Paul and the National Woman's party is true?

Accepted Answer

A)  It unified the feminist movement in the 1920s, which had become splintered after women won the vote. 
B)  It attracted the support of young women, who looked up to the feminists for their civic idealism. 
C)  It was supported by an alliance of professional women and labor activists. 
D)  It turned out to be the deciding issue in the 1928 presidential election. 
E)  It was opposed by many young women, who began defining liberation in terms of consumption.

Question 17

Discuss how Al Smith and Herbert Hoover personified the social and cultural divisions of the 1920s. What were the important issues of the 1928 election? What parts of the electorate supported Smith and what parts supported Hoover? Why were the divisions in support significant?

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Question 18

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. Teapot Dome

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Question 19

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. Fordism

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Question 20

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. McNary-Haugen bill

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Exam 23: Coping With Change, 1920-1929

What was the country's first radio network?

The teaching of this subject in public schools was the key issue in the Scopes Trial.

How did the administrations of Warren Harding and Calvin Coolidge mirror the dominant cultural mood of the 1920s? Compare Herbert Hoover's brand of Republicanism with that of Harding and Coolidge.

Were women emancipated in the 1920s? Discuss labor force participation, housework, politics, and cultural changes. Did woman suffrage transform politics as many feminists had hoped? Were the feminist concerns of the 1920s shared by all women ¾ professionals, working-class women, flappers?

Which sector of the economy did not prosper 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. Charles Evans Hughes, Andrew Mellon, Herbert Hoover

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. H.L. Mencken

In the early 1920s religious fundamentalists focused especially on which of the following issues?

What is the stereotype of the Jazz Age "flapper"?

The term "welfare capitalism" refers to

In the 1920s, Babe Ruth was famous because

During the 1920s, American foreign policy toward Europe was characterized by

What was the social philosophy of Herbert Hoover?

What accounts for the economic growth and prosperity of the 1920s? Who benefited most from that prosperity? Who did not share in it and why?

Which musical style epitomized the 1920s?

Which of the following statements concerning the equal rights amendment advocated by Alice Paul and the National Woman's party is true?

Discuss how Al Smith and Herbert Hoover personified the social and cultural divisions of the 1920s. What were the important issues of the 1928 election? What parts of the electorate supported Smith and what parts supported Hoover? Why were the divisions in support 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. Teapot Dome

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. Fordism

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. McNary-Haugen bill