Chapter 22 Quiz
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
All these answers are correct.
In the 1920s, Secretary of the Treasury Andrew Mellon succeeded in
All these answers are correct.
In the 1920s, the development of practical radio communication was furthered by
All these answers are correct.
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 who 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 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 I, 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.
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, "behavioral" psychologists argued
mothers should rely on trained experts for advice in raising children.
The Sheppard-Towner Act of 1921
provided federal funds for child health-care programs.
Throughout the 1920s, the federal government
saw leaders of business take prominent positions in the federal government.
In the election of 1924, among the political parties,
the Democratic Party was seriously divided.
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 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, "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.
During the 1920s, the trend toward industrial consolidation
was most pronounced in industries dependent on large-scale mass-production.
During the 1920s, airplanes
were largely a source of entertainment.
During the 1920s, Thomas Hunt Morgan was one of the American pioneers in
genetic research.
As president, Warren Harding
never abandoned the party hacks who had brought him to success.
During the 1920s, the Brotherhood of Sleeping Car Porters
was one of the few unions led by an African American.
