HIS53 Ch22 LS

How many immigrants, roughly, moved from Mexico to the United States during the 1920s?

500,000

The Ku Klux Klan of the 1920s directed its efforts against several groups of people, including

African Americans.

The audiences for the various works of the Harlem Renaissance were mostly

African Americans.

Which of the following statements correctly describe the National Origins Act of 1924?

It banned all immigration from East Asia, and it strengthened the immigration law of 1921.

What was the ultimate effect of Prohibition?

It reduced drinking substantially, at least in some areas.

Which of the following statements correctly describe the Brotherhood of Sleeping Car Porters?

It was involved in the civil-rights struggle, and it was founded and led by an African American.

Which of the following correctly describe youth culture in the 1920s?

It was largely based on ideas new to the twentieth century, and it was rooted, in part, in a growing emphasis on training.

Of the following people, who was not a major figure of the Harlem Renaissance?

James Baldwin

How prevalent were radios in American households at the end of the 1920s?

Nearly every family had one.

Which of the following periodicals responded most directly to the realities of modern, urban life?

The Reader's Digest and Time

Under the influence of consumer culture, modernist theologians of the 1920s generally emphasized what?

a less literal interpretation of the Bible, and personal fulfillment.

The efforts of the Lost Generation of writers and intellectuals were marked by which of the following?

a sense of alienation and disillusionment, and a search for personal fulfillment.

By the end of the 1920s, researchers were close to building to the world's first working

analog computer.

Based on its growing popularity in the 1920s, the vehicle most closely associated with the rise of mass consumer culture was the

automobile.

Over the course of the 1920s, passenger trains

became faster and more efficient.

The growth of the American automobile industry during the 1920s

benefited business in many other fields.

Hoover's concept of associationalism called for increased cooperation between

businesspeople in particular industries.

The demand for agricultural goods in the 1920s

did not rise as fast as production.

The "monkey trial" of 1925 did which of the following?

dissuaded many fundamentals from continuing their political activism, and isolated fundamentalists from mainstream Protestant denominations

Supporters of Prohibition were known as

drys.

Protestant fundamentalism was this type of movement,

evangelical.

Over the course of the 1920s, attendance dramatically increased in

high schools, universities, and trade schools.

The attitude of the federal government and the courts toward unions in the 1920s could best be described as

hostile.

The efforts of trade associations to coordinate production and marketing worked reasonably well in

industries that had already seen some consolidation.

The Motion Picture Association was formed to

keep offensive content out of movies.

A major study in 1929 found that two-thirds of the American people

lived at no better than the "minimum comfort" level.

While serving as treasury secretary under Coolidge, Andrew Mellon

lowered taxes on corporate profits and personal incomes.

During the 1920s, unskilled workers often

made low wages while their employers made large profits.

Birth control pioneer Margaret Sanger focused her efforts on

middle-class women and working-class women

The leadership style of GM executive Alfred P. Sloan could best be described as

modern and efficient.

By the end of the 1920s, there were

more than 30 million cars in the US.

Compared to his predecessor Warren G. Harding, Calvin Coolidge was generally seen as more

quiet.

Warren G. Harding

served in the Senate before entering the White House.

For women, companionate marriages tended to involve an increased focus on which of the following?

sexuality and social life

The flapper lifestyle first originated among

single working-class women.

The Ku Klux Klan of the 1920s

strongly supported traditional, fundamentalist morality.

Which of the following groups was most responsible for the growth of mass consumer culture?

the advertising industry

What contributed to the weakness of organized labor in the 1920s?

the organization of workers by skill

Which of the following was not a major benefit for workers under welfare capitalism?

trade-union membership

In the 1920s, middle class women with jobs

usually quit their jobs when they married.

One of the most prominent Democrats of the 1920s, Alfred E. Smith,

was known as a progressive.

A party system covering several important crops

was vetoed by President Coolidge.

During the 1920s, people in pink collar positions

were generally uninteresting to labor organizations.

The radio industry was similar to the film industry in the 1920s since both

worked carefully to exclude controversial content.