ch 20

How was American life different in the 1920s than in the years prior?

Although Americans worked hard in an increasingly industrial world, they also enjoyed more vacations.

How did fundamentalist Christians define freedom in the 1920s?

As voluntary adherence to moral liberty.

Assess the state of individual American financial savings by the end of the 1920s.

By the end of the 1920s, the majority of American families had no savings whatsoever

Which of the following statements best assesses Herbert Hoover's qualification for the presidency in 1928?

His skill in economic planning and the organization of food relief made him a good choice for both good and hard times.

Which of the following best describes the economic dynamic of the Great Depression?

Mass unemployment and the lack of investment triggered a devastating cycle of deflation.

The administration of which president was plagued with scandals?

Warren Harding.

Why did cigarettes become known as "torches of freedom' during the 1920s?

Women began to smoke cigarettes as an expression of personal freedom.

Cultural pluralism:

described a society that accepted ethnic diversity

The Harlem Renaissance:

included writers and poets such as Langston Hughes and Claude McKay

Meyer v. Nebraska:

overturned a law that stated public schools would instruct classes in English only

The McNary-Haugen Bill:

proposed the government purchase farm products to raise prices.

The Equal Rights Amendment:

proposed to eliminate all legal distinctions based on sex.

The Smoot-Hawley Tariff:

raised taxes on imported goods.

Te trial and execution of Nicola) Sacco and Bartolomeo Vanzetti demonstrated that:

the Red Scare external into the 1920s.

Which city was considered the "capital" of black America?

New York

What did Hoover's observation during the depth of the Depression that "many persons left their jobs for the more profitable one of selling apples' indicate?

President Hoover had grown increasingly out of touch with the economic reality of Americans.

The social reforms of the nation's religious fundamentalists had which of the following consequences in the 1920s?

an increase in organized urban crime

The Great Depression was caused by all of the following factors EXCEPT:

increased government regulation of banking and the stock market.

The prevailing jurisprudence of the United States Supreme Court in the 1920s can best be described as:

laissez-faire.

What were the National Catholic Welfare Council and the Anti- Defamation League of B'nai B'rith lobbying for in the 1920s?

laws prohibiting discrimination against immigrants by employers, colleges, and government agencies.

All of the following statements about the 1924 Immigration Act are true EXCEPT:

the 1924 Immigration Act sought to ensure that more immigrants came from southern Europe than from northern Europe.

Which of the following is evidence of the particular ethos of the Republican Party of the 1920s?

the abolition of the women's minimum wage law in Washington, D.C.

Which of the following would have been a plausible result of the Hayes Code of 1922?

the character in a Hollywood picture resists temptations and recommits to his wife

Which issue became the focus of....

the fact that Alfred Smith was catholic

The Teapot Dome scandal involved:

the secretary of the interior, who received money in exchange for leasing government oil reserves to private companies.

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the stagnation of auto sales that began in 1926

Labor unions lost members in the 1920s for all of the following reasons EXCEPT:

through collective bargaining, labor unions had secured a national eight-hour day.

Slumming meant

whites going to Harlem's dancehalls, jazz clubs, and speakeasies