apush pt 2 unit 4
Which of these was NOT a sign of the strong consumerism of the 1920s?
Bruce Barton's book criticized the quantity of advertising.
During the 1920s, the National Woman's Party campaigned primarily for which of these?
Equal Rights Amendment
As president, Calvin Coolidge did which of the following?
He believed the federal government should not burden business with many regulations.
In the 1920s, what did Secretary of the Treasury Andrew Mellon succeed in doing?
He cut taxes on corporate profits and personal incomes.
Which of the following was true of Warren Harding as president?
He never abandoned the party loyalists who had brought him to success.
After World War I, which statement was true of the new Ku Klux Klan?
It became primarily concerned about Catholics, Jews, and foreigners.
Throughout the 1920s, which of the following was true of the federal government?
It put business leaders in prominent government positions.
The severity of the Depression increased in 1931 when the Federal Reserve Board did which of the following?
It raised interest rates.
Which statement is true regarding the stock market crash in October 1929?
It started a long slide in stock prices over the next several years.
Which of the following was true of the Dust Bowl in the 1930s?
It was a product of changing environmental conditions.
During the 1920s, which statement was true of the Brotherhood of Sleeping Car Porters?
It was one of the few unions led by African Americans.
After 1929, what did American banks do in the face of the worsening global economic crisis?
They called in the debts owed to them by European nations.
During the 1930s, what happened with southern rural blacks who moved to northern urban areas?
They experienced unemployment rates around 50 percent in major cities.
What was the general result of the economic pressures caused by the Great Depression?
They strengthened the idea that a woman's proper place was in the home.
During the 1920s, the agricultural economy of the United States experienced which of these?
a significant decline in farmers' incomes
During the 1920s, most American industrial workers experienced all of the following EXCEPT which one?
almost no opportunities to join a company union
Why did Al Smith lose the 1928 presidential election?
because he failed to carry the "Solid South"
The Scopes Trial of 1925 was a legal battle most immediately concerning the conflict between which of these?
creationism and evolution
In his 1925 novel, The Great Gatsby, F. Scott Fitzgerald did which of the following?
criticized the American obsession with material wealth
Which of these was the most important cultural export of the United States in the 1920s?
movies
Throughout the 1920s, the U.S. economy experienced which of these?
nearly uninterrupted prosperity coupled with severe inequalities
In the 1920s, the "noble experiment" referred to which of these?
the prohibition of alcohol