apush ch. 24

Langston Hughes of the "Harlem Renaissance" movement penned the line

"I am a Negro—and beautiful"

Which of the following best describes the Harlem Renaissance?

An outpouring of Black artistic and literary creativity

Which of the following statements about American cities between 1890 and 1930 is correct?

Area of residence increasingly became an indicator of social class

The intent of the Dawes Act of 1887 was to

Assimilate American Indians into the mainstream of American culture

Which of the following best characterizes the writers associated with the literary flowering of the 1920's such as Sinclair Lewis and F. Scott Fitzgerald?

Criticism of middle-class conformity and materialism

The most significant results of the Bonus Army March was the

Images it created of Hoover's apparent disregard for human suffering

The era from the end of the Civil War to the outbreak of the First World War was characterized by

Periodic economic panic and depression

During the 1920s, the two administration figures who were most active in using government policy to help business and industry were

Secretary of the Treasury Andrew Mellon and Secretary of Commerce Herbert Hoover

In response to American consumer society's emphasis on immediate personal fulfillment, theological modernists taught their followers to

abandon a literal interpretation of the Bible

The traditional backlash against the modern, secular culture of the New Era resulted in all of the following movements EXCEPT

agrarianism

The artists and intellectuals of the 1920s who became known as the "Lost Generation" were critical of the

cold, impersonal, materialistic nature of modern life, which led to disillusionment and alienation

Under the leadership of Alfred P. Sloan, the General Motors Corporation developed a modern administrative system that

created efficient hierarchical organization among divisions

The National Origins Act of 1924 banned immigration entirely from

east Asia

During the 1920s, the American Federation of Labor pursued the policy of

excluding African-Americans from their unions

By the 1920s, it became increasingly evident that the key to financial success was

hard work, talent, training, and education

Many industries of the 1920s improved the efficiency of production by adopting

mass-production methods that lowered their costs

U.S. industrial leaders' attempts either to curb competition or to achieve cooperation reflected their overriding fear of

overcapacity

Feminist activists won a significant legislative triumph when Congress passed the Sheppard-Towner Act of 1921, which

provided federal funds to states to establish prenatal and child healthcare programs

During the 1920s, some employers adopted a system known as "welfare capitalism," which

provided workers with fringe benefits such as shorter workweeks and retirement pensions

In their writings, the "disenchanted" intellectuals of the 1920s emphasized the theme of

ridicule of material success

The Republican administrations of the 1920s pursued the economic policy of

substantially reducing taxes

In the late 1920s and early 1930s of California, riots and attempts at exclusion were aimed at immigrants from

the Philippines

As presidents, Calvin Coolidge and Warren G. Harding had several similarities. They were alike in all of the following ways EXCEPT

they were honest beyond reproach

In the 1920s, the declining birth rate, the introduction of labor-saving appliances, and the greater acceptability of liberated lifestyles resulted in many

women experiencing increasing vulnerability to frustration, unhappiness, and divorce

H. L. Mencken, Sinclair Lewis, and F. Scott Fitzgerald were writers known as the "debunkers" who ridiculed American society for

• believing in democracy • placing faith in fundamentalist religion • making material success a primary goal • failing to encourage individual fulfillment