APUSH Chapter 22 Review

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31. Which of the following is true of the passage and application of the Eighteenth Amendment?

A. It reduced drinking in some areas of the country. B. The federal government did not commission enough agents to effectively enforce the law. C. Organized crime gained exclusive access to an enormous, lucrative industry. D. Many of the middle-class progressives who had originally supported prohibition began to oppose the experiment. E. All these answers are correct.

45. As secretary of commerce, Herbert Hoover considered himself

A. a champion of business cooperation.

44. In the 1920s, Treasury Secretary Andrew Mellon succeeded in

A. cutting taxes on corporate profits and personal incomes. B. eliminating half of the WWI debt. C. dramatically trimming the federal budget. D. both eliminating half of the federal debt, and dramatically trimming the federal budget. E. All these answers are correct.

32. The National Origins Act of 1924

A. entirely banned immigration from East Asia to the United States.

23. In the 1920s, the "flapper" lifestyle

A. had a particular impact on lower-middle-class single women.

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

A. he failed to carry the South.

39. As president, Warren Harding

A. never abandoned the party hacks who had brought him to success.

13. In the workplace, the "open shop" meant

A. no worker was required to join a union.

4. During the 1920s, products that grew dramatically in use in the United States included

A. synthetic fibers. B. plastics. C. home appliances. D. electronics. E. All these answers are correct.

36. In the election of 1924, among the political parties,

A. the Democratic Party was seriously divided.

7. During the 1920s, a great worry for industrialists was the fear of

A. the overproduction of goods.

2. In the 1920s, the development of practical radio communication was furthered by

A. the theory of modulation. B. the use of vacuum tubes. C. its ability to receive more than just simple pulses. D. both the theory of modulation and the use of vacuum tubes. E. All these answers are correct.

41. Warren Harding and Calvin Coolidge were similar in

A. their passive approach to the presidency.

6. During the 1920s, the trend toward industrial consolidation

A. was most pronounced in industries dependent on large-scale mass-production.

15. During the 1920s, all of the following immigrant groups were increasing their presence in the labor force in the West and Southwest EXCEPT the

B. Chinese.

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

B. drew heavily from their African heritage.

35. As a result of the Scopes trial of 1925,

B. fundamentalists reduced their political activism.

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

B. genetic research.

25. The Sheppard-Towner Act of 1921

B. provided federal funds for child health-care programs.

21. In the 1920s, a growing interest in birth control among middle-class women resulted from

B. the attitude that sexual activity should not be for procreation only.

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

B. to ensure farmers would at least financially break even.

40. During the Harding administration, the Teapot Dome scandal involved

B. transfers of national oil reserves.

9. In the 1920s, "welfare capitalism"

B. was a paternalistic approach used by corporate leaders on their workers.

14. During the 1920s, the Brotherhood of Sleeping Car Porters

B. was one of the few unions led by an African American.

11. During the 1920s, when $1,800 was considered the minimum annual income for a decent standard of living, the average annual income of a worker was approximately

C. $1,500.

24. During the 1920s, the National Woman's Party campaigned primarily for the

C. Equal Rights Amendment.

26. Enrollment in colleges and universities increased threefold between 1900 and 1930, with much of that increase occurring after

C. World War I.

16. During the 1920s, the agricultural economy of the United States saw

C. a sharp decline in farmers' incomes.

33. After World War I, the new Ku Klux Klan

C. became primarily concerned about Catholics, Jews, and foreigners.

10. During the 1920s, wages for American workers

C. generally rose at a rate far below increases in production and profits.

37. All the following statements regarding Al Smith are true EXCEPT that he

C. lost the 1924 nomination to William McAdoo.

20. In the 1920s, "behavioral" psychologists argued

C. mothers should rely on trained experts for advice in raising children.

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

D. Pittsburgh.

28. In his 1925 novel, The Great Gatsby, F. Scott Fitzgerald

D. criticized the American obsession with material wealth.

8. During the 1920s, most American industrial workers experienced all of the following EXCEPT

D. few opportunities to join a company union.

43. Throughout the 1920s, the federal government

D. saw leaders of business take prominent positions in the federal government.

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

D. saw nearly uninterrupted prosperity coupled with severe inequalities.

27. The infamous Baltimore journalist of the 1920s who delighted in ridiculing religion, politics, the arts, and even democracy itself, was

E. H. L. Mencken.

18. In the 1920s bestseller, The Man Nobody Knows, Jesus Christ was portrayed as

E. a salesman.

12. During the 1920s, the American Federation of Labor (AFL)

E. believed workers should be organized on the basis of skills.

34. The Scopes trial of 1925 was a legal battle concerning the conflict between

E. creationism and evolution.

46. To Herbert Hoover, "associationalism" meant

E. the creation of national organizations of businessmen in particular industries.

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

E. the prohibition of alcohol.

22. During the 1920s, birth control in the U.S.

E. was illegal, in some form, in many states.

42. Calvin Coolidge

E. was less active a president than Warren Harding.

3. During the 1920s, airplanes

E. were largely a source of entertainment.


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