APUSH Chapter 31
match each literary figure with the correct work A-Ernest Hemingway B-F. Scott Fitzgerald C-Sinclair Lewis D-William Faulkner 1-The Sun Also Rises 2-Main Street 3-The Sound and the Fury 4-The Great Gatsby
A-1, B-4, C-2, D-3
the most tenacious pursuer of "radical" elements during the red scare was
A. Mitchell Palmer
among the major figures promoted by mass media image makers and new "sports industry in the 1920's were
Babe Ruth and Jack Dempsey
the most spectacular example of lawlessness and gangsterism in the 1920's was
Chicago
Al Capone
Chicago gangster convicted of tax evasion
of the following, the one LEAST related to the other three is -William Jennings Bryan -Clarence Darrow -Frederick W. Taylor -John T. Scopes
Frederick W. Taylor
which of the following was NOT among prominent African American cultural figures in the 1920's -Langston Hughes -Ralph Ellison -Joseph "King" Oliver -"Jelly Roll" Morton
Ralph Ellison
the religion of almost all Polish immigrants to the United States was
Roman Catholicism
John T. Scopes
Tennessee biology teacher who would stand trail for teaching evolution in the classroom
the first "talkie" motion picture was
The Jazz Singer
Sigmund Freud
Viennese physician who argued that sexual repression was responsible for a variety of nervous and emotional ills
the Great Gatsby
a 1925 book by F. Scott Fitzgerald which was a commentary about the illusory American ideal of the self-made man
H. L. Mencken
a highly critical author out of Baltimore who was referred to as the patron saint of many young authors
Sacco and Vanzetti Case
a major case of two men in Massachusetts, Sacco and Vanzetti, who were charged with murder and convicted after a very questionable court case. They received much support throughout the world but were executed in 1927
Ku Klux Klan
all choices are correct -embraced anti-foreign practices, not just anti-black -was an extremist, ultraconservative uprising against the many forces of modernity -reached an enrollment of over 5 million members in the 1920's
George Herman Ruth
all choices are correct -was nicknamed "Sultan of Swat" and "Babe" -became so popular that his home baseball stadium, Yankee Stadium, became known as the "house Ruth built" -became more well known, as well as other athletes, than statesmen
Ernest Hemingway
all choices are correct -authored "The Sun Also Rises" and "A Farewell to Arms" in the 1920's -committed suicide in 1961
Charles Lindbergh
all choices are correct -gained the nickname "Lucky Lindy" -accomplished the first successful weest to east solo flight across the Atlantic Ocean in the plane named "The Spirit of St. Louis" -son was kidnapped and murdered in 1932
A. Mitchell Palmer
all choices are correct -led raids that rounded up about 6,000 suspected radicals during the Red Scare of 1919-1920 -was nicknamed "the Fighting Quaker" -attorney general in the Wilson administration
Bruce Barton
all choices are correct -proposed the theory that Jesus was the greatest adman of all-time -considered a founder of the :"advertising" profession -published the best seller "The Man Nobody Known"
progressive education
all choices are correct -was more permissive than traditional education had been in the past -promoted by John Dewey, this was learned by doing. The workbench was equally as important as was the blackboard -promoted education for life
cultural pluralism
all choices are correct -was promoted bu philosopher Horace Kallen -Kallen defended the right of newcomers to the United States to be able to practice their ancestral customs -was a concept that criticized the theory that the "melting pot" of America would eliminate ethnic differences
which of the following was NOT among the industries that prospered mightily with widespread use of the automobile
aluminum
jazz music was developed by
american blacks
the 1920 census revealed that for the first time most
americans lived in cities
Immigration Quota Act
an extremely limiting immigration act which was passed in 1924, this limited immigration to 2% of the population from a given country that already lived in the United States in 1890 on a yearly basis
F. Scott Fitzgerald
author of two of the most popular books of the 1920's, "This Side of Paradise" and "The Great Gatsby"
Bruce Barton, author of "The Man Nobody Knows," expressed great admiration for Jesus Christ because Barton
believed that Christ was the best advertising man of all time
Margaret Sanger was most noted for her advocacy for
birth control
business people used the red scare to
break the backs of fledgling unions
many Polish peasants learned about America from all of the following EXCEPT
catholic missionaries
fundamentalists
christians who believe in a literal reading and meaning of the Bible
modernists
christians who believed in scientific theory as well as the teaching of the Bible
red scare
communist fears that erupted in the Unites States from 1919-1920 that resulted in thousands of left wing radicals being rounded up and arrested
automobiles, radios, and motion pictures
contributed to the standardization of American life
the main problem faced by American manufacturers in the 1920's involved
developing expanded markets of people to buy their products
enforcement of the Volstead Act met the strongest resistance from
eastern city dwellers
according to John Dewey, a teacher's primary goal is to
educate a student for life
disillusioned by war and peace, Americans in the 1920's did all of the following EXCEPT -enter a decade of economic difficulties -restrict immigration -condemn "un-american" lifestyles -denounce "radical" foreign ideas
enter a decade of economic difficulties
Marcus Garvey, founder of the United Negro Improvement Association, is known for all of the following EXCEPT -cultivating feelings of self-confidence and self-reliance among blacks -promoting the resettlement of American blacks in Africa -establishing the idea of the talented tenth to lead African Americans -promoting black owned businesses
establishing the idea of the talented tenth to lead African Americans
one of the primary obstacles to working class solidarity and organizations in America was
ethnic diversity
Clarence Darrow
famous attorney who defended Scopes during his trial in 1925
United Negro Improvement Association
founded in Harlem by Marcus Garvey to promote the resettlement of American blacks in their own "African homeland"
after the Scopes "monkey trial,"
fundamentalist religion remained a vibrant force in American spiritual life
all of the following helped to make the prosperity of the 1920's EXCEPT -perfection of assembly line production -increased productivity of workers -government stimulation of the economy -rapid expansion of capital
government stimulation of the economy
Charles Lindbergh's solo flight across the Atlantic made him an American hero especially because
his wholesome youthfulness contrasted with the cynicism and debunking of the jazz age
"cultural pluralists" like Horace Kallen and Randolph Bourne generally advocated that
immigrants should be able to retain their traditional cultures rather than blend into a single American "melting Pot"
Henry Ford
invented the automobile
Margaret Sanger
leader of an organized birth control movement to champion the use of contraceptives
as secretary of the treasury, Andrew Mellon placed the tax burden on the
middle-income groups
with the advent of radio and motion pictures
much of the rich diversity of immigrant culture was lost
Sinclair Lewis
none of the choices are correct
William Faulkner
none of these choices are correct
the post-World War I Ku Klux Klan advocated all of the following EXCEPT -anti-catholicism -opposition to birth control -fundamentalist religion -opposition to prohibition
opposition to prohibition
John Dewey can rightly be called the "father of the______________________"
progressive education
Frederick W. Taylor, a prominent inventor and engineer, was best known for his
promotion of industrial efficiency and scientific management
Randolph Bourne
proponent of cultural pluralism" in the 1920's
buying stock "on margin" meant
purchasing it with a small down payment
Henry Ford's contribution to the automobile industry was
relatively cheap automobiles
Andrew Mellon
secretary of the treasury whose tax policies favored the rapid expansion of capital investment
Fredrick W. Taylor
sought to eliminate wasted motion through stopwatch efficiency
the immigration quota system adopted in the 1920's discriminated directly against
southern and eastern Europeans
the trial of John T. Scopes in 1925 centered on the issue of
teaching evolution in public schools
job opportunities for women in the 1920's
tended to cluster in a few low paying fields
Volstead Act
the act that implemented the Eighteenth Amendment in 1919
the Birth of a Nation
the first full length feature film ever made. It was the product of . W. Griffith in 1915, which glorified the role of the Ku Klux Klan in the South during Reconstruction
The Ku Klux Klan of the 1920's was a reaction against
the forces of diversity ad modernity that were transforming American Culture
the automobile revolution resulted in all of the following EXCEPT -the consolidation of schools -the increased dependence of women on men -a loss of population in less attractive states -the spread of suburbs
the increased dependence of women on men
immigration restrictions of the 1920's were introduced as a result of
the nativist belief that northern Europeans were superior to southern and eastern Europeans
the red scare of 1919-1920 was provoked by
the public's association of labor violence with itd fear of revolution
to justify their new sexual frankness, many Americans pointed to
the theories of Sigmund Freud
William Jennings Bryan
was a member of the prosecution on the Scopes Trial in 1925
the prosperity that developed in the 1920's
was accompanied by a cloud of consumer debt
nativism
what the "anti-foreign" practices of the Ku Klux Klan resembled in the 1920's which had its origins in nativist movements of the 1850's
most Americans assumed that prohibition
would be permanent
