History 1301: Chapter 22 Quiz

Both Warren Harding and Calvin Coolidge failed to serve out their presidential terms.

False

The practice of "welfare capitalism" in the 1920s involved most industrial workers.

False

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

H. L. Mencken.

All of the following nations were signatories to the Five-Power Pact of 1922 EXCEPT

Russia.

The theory of modulation was pioneered by Canadian scientist Reginald Fessenden.

True

As secretary of commerce, Herbert Hoover considered himself

a champion of business cooperation.

Throughout the 1920s, the federal government

maintained a very close working relationship with private sector leaders.

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

saw nearly uninterrupted prosperity coupled with severe inequalities.

Calvin Coolidge

was perhaps even less active a president than Warren Harding.

During the 1920s, airplanes

were largely a source of entertainment