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