A-Freaking-PUSH chapter 22
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
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In the 1920s, Treasury Secretary Andrew Mellon succeeded in
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In the 1920s, the development of practical radio communication was furthered by
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Which of the following is true of the passage and application of the Eighteenth Amendment?
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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 ho 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 election of 1924, among the political parties
The Democratic Party was seriously divided
Enrollment in colleges increated threefold between 1900 and 1930, with much of that increase occurring after
World War 1
As secretary of commerce, Herbert Hoover considered himself
a champion of business cooperation
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 1, 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
As a result of the Scopes trial of 1925
fundamentalists reduced their political activism
During the 1920s, wages for American workers
generally rose at a rate far below increases in production and profits
During the 1920s, Thomas Hunt Morgan was one of the American pioneers in
genetic research
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, "behaviors" psychologists argued
mothers should rely on trained experts for advice in raising children
As president, Warren Harding
never abandoned the party hacks who had brought him to success
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 federal govenment
saw leaders of business take prominent positions in the federal government
Throughout the 1920s, the performance of the U.S. economy
saw nearly uninterrupted prosperity coupled with severe inequalities
In the 1920s, a growing interest in birth control among middle-class women resulted from
the attitude that sexual activity should not be for procreation only
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 Calivin 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
Calvin Coolidge
was less active a president than Warren Harding
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 an African American
During the 1920s, airplanes
were largrly a source of entertainment