Ch.22
As secretary of commerce, Herbert Hoover considered himself
a champion of business cooperation
The National Origins Act of 1924
entirely banned immigration from East Asia to the United States.
In the 1920s, a growing interest in birth control among middle-class women resulted from
the attitude that sexual activity should not be for procreation only
During the 1920s, the Brotherhood of Sleeping Car Porters
was one of the few unions led by African Americans
In the 1920s, "welfare capitalism"
was a paternalistic approach used by corporate leaders on their workers
During the 1920s, products that grew dramatically in use in the United States included
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In the 1920s, the development of practical radio communication was furthered by
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Which of the following is true of the passage and application of the Eighteenth Amendment
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During the 1920s, all of the following immigrant groups were increasing their presence in the labor force in the West and southwest EXCEPT the
Chinese
The infamous Baltimore journalist of the 1920s who delighted in ridiculing religion, politics, the arts, and even democracy itself, was
H. L. Mencken
After World War I, the new Ku Klux Klan
became primarily concerned about Catholics, Jews, and foreigners.
The Scopes trial of 1925 was a legal battle concerning the conflict between
creationism and evolution
In his 1925 novel, The Great Gatsby, F. Scott Fitzgerald
criticized the American obsession with material wealth
In the 1920s, artists and intellectuals of the Harlem Renaissance
drew heavily from their African heritage
In the 1920s, the "flapper" lifestyle
had a particular impact on the lower-middle-class single women
Al Smith lost the 1928 presidential election, in part, because
he failed to carry the South
Throughout the 1920s, the performance of the U.S. economy
saw nearly uninterrupted prosperity coupled with severe inequalities
In the 1920s, the "noble experiment" referred to
the prohibition of alcohol
Warren Harding and Calvin Coolidge were similar in
their passive approach to the presidency
In the 1920s, the idea of agricultural "parity" was
to ensure farmers would at least financially break even
During the Harding administration, the Teapot Dome scandal involved
transfers of national oil reserves.
In the 1920s, "behavioral" psychologists argued
mothers should rely on trained experts for advice in raising children.