Chapter 22: The New Era

Which of the following is true of the passage and application of the Eighteenth Amendment, which prohibited the sale of alcohol?

ALL Organized crime gained exclusive access to an enormous, lucrative industry. It remained in effect for thirteen years. Many of the middle-class progressives who had originally supported prohibition began to oppose the experiment. It reduced drinking in some areas of the country.

In the 1920s, Secretary of the Treasury Andrew Mellon succeeded in

ALL eliminating half of the WWI debt. both eliminating half of the federal debt and dramatically trimming the federal budget. cutting taxes on corporate profits and personal incomes. dramatically trimming the federal budget.

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

H. L. Mencken

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

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

During the 1920s, wages for American workers

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

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 performance of the U.S. economy

saw nearly uninterrupted prosperity coupled with severe inequalities

To Herbert Hoover, "associationalism" meant

the creation of national organizations of businessmen in particular industries

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

the prohibition of alcohol

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, 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 African Americans

As president, Warren Harding

was unable to abandon the party hacks who had brought him to success

During the 1920s, airplanes

were largely a source of entertainment