History 1302 Chapter 24

Andrew Mellon was Harding's: A. secretary of the Treasury. B. secretary of state. C. secretary of war. D. secretary of commerce. E. attorney general.

A.

As president, Warren G. Harding was actually more progressive than Woodrow Wilson in his attitudes and policies toward African Americans and Jews. A. True B. False

A.

Despite the many well-founded criticisms of Warren G. Harding as president, he was a visionary for his era in the field of: A. civil rights. B. economic development. C. government oversight. D. business regulation. E. bank development.

A.

In 1928, Democratic presidential nominee Alfred E. Smith was hurt by the fact that he was a(n): A. New Yorker and a Roman Catholic. B. boring public speaker. C. member of the Ku Klux Klan. D. supporter of Prohibition. E. actor.

A.

John W. Davis: A. was the Democratic presidential candidate in 1924. B. invented the radio. C. starred in The Jazz Singer. D. was the first head of the Federal Communications Commission. E. was one of the first great liberal Democrats.

A.

Parity, as used in this chapter, refers to farm prices. A. True B. False

A.

The immigration quota laws passed in the 1920s: A. favored immigrants from northern and western Europe. B. encouraged Asians to immigrate to America. C. set strict limits on immigration from Mexico. D. rescinded the Gentlemen's Agreement accepted during Theodore Roosevelt's administration. E. favored immigrants from southern and eastern Europe.

A.

The progressive coalition that elected Woodrow Wilson president dissolved by 1920 for all the following reasons EXCEPT: A. many of the progressive reforms still seemed unattainable. B. intellectuals became disillusioned because of the anti-evolution movement. C. intellectuals became disillusioned with the grassroots democracy of popular support for the Ku Klux Klan. D. it was interested in restoring a "new era" of prosperity based on mass production and mass consumption. E. Prohibition was widely unpopular.

A.

Of all the causes of the stock market crash of October 1929, the greatest culprit was: A. Hoover's tax policies. B. the weak foundation of the 1920s economy. C. international monetary policy. D. unethical practices on Wall Street. E. union influences on business.

B.

The tariff policy of the early 1920s: A. made it easier for other nations to sell to the United States. B. made it harder for other nations to sell to the United States. C. made it easier for other nations to repay their war debts. D. led Americans to cut back on loans and investments abroad. had virtually no effect on the average American, but significantly E. limited businesses.

B.

Coolidge's administration was marked by: A. a continuation of the post-World War I economic slump. B. continued tax breaks for the lower and middle classes at the expense of the upper class. C. prosperity. D. the creation of the Internal Revenue Service, which drastically reformed taxation formulas and duty lists. E. a slow economic downturn.

C.

In Texas, the Klan focused on: A. terrorizing blacks. B. terrorizing Jews. C. imposing its severe view of righteous Protestant morality on others. D. terrorizing immigrants. E. terrorizing poor whites.

C.

Part of the reason for the stock market crash was the: A. high rate of deflation in the 1920s. B. tax policies of the 1920s that hurt the wealthy, who might otherwise have bought more stocks. C. buying of great amounts of stock on margin. D. low tariff, which allowed imports to corner several important American markets. E. remarkably poor returns on government bonds in 1929.

C.

The Budget and Accounting Act of 1921: A. created chaos in the federal budget process. B. caused a rift within the Democratic party concerning the budget. C. formed a new Bureau of the Budget to streamline the process of preparing an annual federal budget. D. imposed a tax to rewrite the budget process. E. brought an end to state budgets.

C.

The Klan attracted all of the following groups EXCEPT: A. clergymen. B. engineers. C. immigrants. D. doctors. E. lawyers.

C.

As a result of the Scopes trial: A. Tennessee's anti-evolution law was declared unconstitutional. B. the fundamentalist movement disappeared. C. William Jennings Bryan's political career was revived. D. John T. Scopes was found guilty of teaching evolution. E. Clarence Darrow's legal career faded into obscurity.

D.

How many people were out of work in early 1933? A. 12,000 B. 120,000 C. 1.2 million D. 12 million E. 1.2 billion

D.

Unable to convict Al Capone on bootlegging charges, the federal government arrested him for: A. illegal immigration activities. B. drug trafficking. C. contempt of Congress. D. tax evasion. E. prostitution.

D.

Which one of the following is associated with Dayton, Tennessee? A. Paul Gauguin B. F. Scott Fitzgerald C. the lynching of three Italian anarchists D. the Scopes trial E. Ernest Hemingway

D.

Which of the following is NOT true of the McNary-Haugen plan? A. It drew the rural South and West together in defense of agriculture. B. It was passed by both houses of Congress but vetoed by President Coolidge. C. It promised crops would be sold on the world market in order to raise domestic prices. D. It was intended to raise domestic farm prices. E. It was supported by Coolidge as a way to empower farmers.

E.