A-Freaking-PUSH chapter 22

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

$1,500

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

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In the 1920s, Treasury Secretary Andrew Mellon succeeded in

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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

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

Equal Rights Amendment

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

H.L. Mencken

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

Pittsburgh

In the election of 1924, among the political parties

The Democratic Party was seriously divided

Enrollment in colleges increated threefold between 1900 and 1930, with much of that increase occurring after

World War 1

As secretary of commerce, Herbert Hoover considered himself

a champion of business cooperation

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

a salesman

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

a sharp decline in farmers' incomes

After World War 1, the new Ku Klux Klan

became primarily concerned about Catholics, Jews, and foreigners

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

believed workers should be organized on the basis of skills

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

The National Origins Act of 1924

entirely banned immigration from East Asia to the United States

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

few opportunities to join a company union

As a result of the Scopes trial of 1925

fundamentalists reduced their political activism

During the 1920s, wages for American workers

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

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

genetic research

In the 1920s, the "flapper" lifestyle

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

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

he failed to carry the South

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

lost the 1924 nomination to William McAdoo

In the 1920s, "behaviors" psychologists argued

mothers should rely on trained experts for advice in raising children

As president, Warren Harding

never abandoned the party hacks who had brought him to success

In the workplace, the "open shop" meant

no worker was required to join a union

The Sheppard-Towner Act of 1921

provided federal funds for child health-care programs

Throughout the 1920s, the federal govenment

saw leaders of business take prominent positions in the federal government

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

saw nearly uninterrupted prosperity coupled with severe inequalities

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

To Herbert Hoover, "associationalism" meant

the creation of national organizations of businessmen in particular industries

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

the overproduction of goods

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

the prohibition of alcohol

Warren Harding and Calivin 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, "welfare capitalism"

was a paternalistic approach used by corporate leaders on their workers

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

was illegal, in some form, in many states

Calvin Coolidge

was less active a president than Warren Harding

During the 1920s, the trend toward industrial consolidation

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

During the 1920s, the Brotherhood of Sleeping Car Porters

was one of the few unions led by an African American

During the 1920s, airplanes

were largrly a source of entertainment