History 140 Final Review Ch. 22-24
How did President Wilson respond to the Germans' sinking of the Lusitania? A) He threatened a break in diplomatic relations with Germany. B) He reiterated William Jennings Bryan's call for peace. C) He declared war on Germany. D) He warned Americans about sailing on foreign ships that might carry arms.
A
How did President Wilson respond to the initial outbreak of war in Europe in 1914? A) He issued a proclamation of America's absolute neutrality. B) He sided with the Allies. C) He banned trade with any nation involved in the war. D) He immediately deployed U.S. troops to Europe.
A
How did the Hoover administration respond to the World War I veterans who asked for the immediate payment of their pension or bonus? A) It ordered the U.S. army to forcibly evict them from their camp on the edge of Washington, D.C. B) It welcomed them to Washington, thanked them for their service, and sent them home with government checks. C) It organized a ceremony to reiterate the government's gratitude for their service and award medals. D) It provided a hearty meal on the White House lawn but refused to pay the bonuses early.
A
How were Wilson's Fourteen Points honored in the Versailles treaty? A) The treaty included the establishment of the League of Nations. B) The treaty guaranteed freedom of the seas for all nations. C) Germany's colonies in Asia were granted self-determination. D) Germany was required pay war reparations to its former rivals.
A
In its effort to create prosperity at home, the Harding administration supported A) high tariffs to protect American businesses. B) nationalization of American agriculture. C) tight government regulation of industry. D) a large public works program called Teapot Dome.
A
Once Congress declared war against Germany in April 1917, President Wilson stated the Americans' goal in the war was to A) vindicate the principles of peace and justice. B) destroy Germany and the other Axis powers. C) restructure Europe to exclude Germany. D) prevent Germany from conquering the United States.
A
The National Woman's party supported which of the following? A) An Equal Rights Amendment B) Special legal protection for women C) Laws against black voting D) Laws allowing child labor
A
The war provided a huge boost for the temperance movement and led to what outcome by late 1917? A) Congressional passage of the Eighteenth Amendment B) Prohibition victories in more than half the states C) Prohibitionists' determination to lead a new national Temperance Commission D) The establishment of a national drinking age of twenty-one to prevent the sale of liquor to minors
A
What accounted for the reemergence of the Ku Klux Klan in the United States in 1915? A) The widespread belief that blacks, immigrants, radicals, feminists, Catholics, and Jews threatened traditional American values B) The notion that African Americans were gaining equality in the new world of giant corporations and needed to be kept in their place C) The belief that the government was conspiring to subvert the fundamental rights of U.S. citizens D) The belief that some apocalyptic event was about to occur and the Klan would bring salvation
A
What did Mexican migrants to the American Southwest, immigrants from Europe, and black migrants from the South have in common? A) All dreamed of a better life but found a mix of opportunity and disappointment. B) All chose to relocate in urban centers with significant industrial development. C) All readily assimilated into a comfortable middle-class life. D) None faced significant discrimination in their new homes.
A
What did President Hoover do to offer a solution to the human problems of the depression in 1929? A) He instituted a voluntary recovery plan, protective tariffs, and some government intervention, including public works projects and small federal loans to states. B) He created a federal aid modeled after the dole in England that would provide basic food, clothing, and shelter to the unemployed. C) He provided federal loans to private citizens who could prove that they had not participated in speculation. D) He decided to let the depression run its course without significant government aid for either businesses or individuals.
A
What did the presidential election of 1924, in which Calvin Coolidge defeated John W. Davis and Robert La Follette, reveal about American voters? A) Their lack of support for labor unions, the regulation of business, and the protection of civil liberties B) Their strong support for government regulation of industry and for other progressive principles C) Low turnout showed that their interest in consumer goods far outweighed their interest in politics. D) Their strong support for the candidate who was more physically attractive, despite his lack of political experience
A
What earned Herbert Hoover the nickname "the Great Humanitarian"? A) His managing efforts to feed civilian victims of the fighting during World War I B) His service as secretary of commerce under the Coolidge administration C) His reform agenda as president and his response to the Great Depression D) His commitment to individual self-reliance, industrial self-management, and limited government
A
What factor diluted the influence of women in politics in the 1920s? A) A lack of unity around the issues B) A major crime wave, which kept women from venturing to the polls C) Required literacy tests for all new women voters D) Laws prohibiting women from joining the major political parties
A
What resulted from the patriotic fervor that grew in the United States during World War I? A) The German language disappeared from public school curricula. B) German speech was banned in public settings. C) All German citizens living in the United States were detained. D) German immigrants were refused naturalization.
A
What triggered the outbreak of World War I in 1914? A) The assassination of Archduke Franz Ferdinand of Austria by a Bosnian Serb terrorist B) German pillaging in Belgium that preceded its attack on and invasion of France C) The monarch's objection to the national election of a socialist prime minister in Poland in 1914 D) The accidental sinking of the British passenger ship Lusitania by German U-boats
A
What was Detroit's second largest industry during the 1920s? A) Illegal alcohol sales B) Automobile manufacturing C) Steel production D) Railroad construction
A
What was one result of the racial and demographic shifts that took place during World War I? A) Race riots in two dozen northern cities B) Better treatment of those blacks who remained in the South C) Greater acceptance of blacks by whites throughout the nation D) Legislative action in the South to stop blacks from leaving
A
What was the American Red scare of 1919 and 1920? A) A fear of internal subversion and Communist revolution that resulted in suppression of dissent B) A frightening series of strikes led by Communist radicals in the United States C) An epidemic of Spanish influenza that claimed the lives of some 700,000 Americans D) A protest by socialist reformers who circulated posters and pamphlets and marched on Washington
A
What was the impact of the labor shortage that resulted from the mobilization of U.S. troops in 1917? A) Expanded employment opportunities for women B) A decrease in the nation's agricultural output C) Weakened labor unions by depriving them of members D) Expanded U.S. immigration quotas to grow the workforce
A
What was the irony of the 369th Regiment of the 92nd Division winning more medals than any other American combat unit? A) This black regiment had to serve with the French in order to be deployed in active combat versus a labor unit detail. B) It spent barely a month in battle. C) It lost most of its battles during the war. D) It consisted primarily of German immigrants.
A
When Herbert Hoover took office in 1929, he brought to the presidency A) modern ideas about how businesses should operate. B) decades of experience in elected office. C) few credentials to lead a prosperous nation. D) strong opposition to progressive ideals.
A
When Warren G. Harding declared a need for "normalcy" in America, he called for which of the following? A) A regular steady order of things, without excess B) An America of yesteryear, when life was simpler C) Rugged individualism and self-help, without the government interference D) A repeal of the constitutional amendment allowing women to vote
A
Which of the following characterized the U.S. economy when Hoover moved into the White House in 1929? A) There was a huge disparity in wealth between rich and poor. B) The country had low tariffs and a strong balance of trade with foreign nations. C) The gap between rich and poor was narrowing. D) Consumers were reluctant to rely on credit to fund purchases
A
Which precedent guided President Wilson's policies toward Latin America? A) The Monroe Doctrine B) Expansionism C) Isolationism D) Dollar diplomacy
A
Why did the United States fail to ratify the Treaty of Versailles and join the League of Nations? A) President Wilson would not compromise on the terms of the treaty. B) Americans overwhelmingly opposed the League of Nations. C) The House of Representatives voted against the treaty's ratification. D) President Wilson's health limited his ability to lobby the members of Congress for their support.
A
According to President Wilson, American neutrality entailed A) the right to offer nonmilitary aid to the Allies. B) free trade with all nations at war and a guarantee of safety on the open seas. C) an embargo on all private passenger ships traveling between the British Isles, Europe, and the United States. D) a mediator role in the peace process.
B
During the 1920s, most American women who worked had A) manufacturing jobs in factories. B) office and sales jobs. C) jobs in domestic and food service. D) medical, legal, and financial jobs.
B
Federal authorities sent Al Capone to prison on what charge? A) Murder B) Income tax evasion C) Bootlegging alcohol D) Armed robbery
B
How did African Americans seek to escape the South's cotton fields and kitchens between 1915 and 1920? A) They moved in large numbers to California, Oregon, and Washington state. B) They left the South for northern industrial cities such as Detroit and Cleveland. C) They founded new communities in Kansas and Oklahoma. D) They participated in the war effort at home and abroad and won recognition for their diverse talents
B
How did William Jennings Bryan react to President Wilson's threat to break diplomatic relations with Germany? A) Bryan resigned, feeling the president was too cautious in a time of war. B) Bryan resigned because he felt the president had placed the U.S. on a collision course with Germany. C) Bryan offered public support for the president's decision to break diplomatic relations with Germany. D) Bryan switched his allegiance to the Republican party because more Republicans than Democrats opposed going to war.
B
How did rural Americans perceive cities during the 1920s? A) As the places where the truest American values of freedom and democracy were expressed B) As the sources of vice, religious threats, and other assaults on traditional values C) As potential suppliers of well-trained but cheap agricultural laborers D) As idyllic places where they might go to enjoy restaurants, theater, and museums
B
In 1927, Charles Lindbergh became the first person to A) swim the English Channel alone. B) fly nonstop across the Atlantic Ocean. C) drive an automobile across the United States in less than a week. D) fly around the world.
B
Marcus Garvey's Universal Negro Improvement Association urged black Americans in the 1920s to A) revolt against the U.S. government and their white oppressors. B) rediscover their African heritage and take pride in their culture and achievements. C) adopt the accommodationist stance advocated by Booker T. Washington to increase their status. D) lobby the federal government for reparations for the time they and their ancestors spent in slavery.
B
The Selective Service Act of 1917 authorized the armed forces to conscript A) more than five million men and women. B) all young men. C) African Americans and veterans of the Spanish-American War. D) only those who were already serving in the country's reserve units.
B
The immediate cause of President Wilson's decision to ask Congress for a declaration of war against Germany in 1917 was A) the discovery of the German's true hostility toward the U.S. through the Zimmermann telegram. B) German submarine attacks on five American vessels off the coast of Great Britain. C) pressure from Theodore Roosevelt and other powerful and influential interventionists. D) the discovery of German submarines poised to attack American cities on the Atlantic coast.
B
What characterized the period Secretary of Commerce Herbert Hoover described as a New Era in 1920? A) The dramatic growth of the Socialist party B) A freewheeling economy C) The implementation of progressive reforms in a peacetime economy D) A narrowing of the gap between rich and poor
B
What development resulted from the U.S. labor situation in 1919? A) Workers' hours were cut to accommodate cutbacks in production. B) Four million workers organized more than 3,600 strikes. C) The country's industrial centers experienced unprecedented growth of labor unions. D) The American middle-class population grew exponentially
B
What did President Calvin Coolidge's economic policy include? A) Advocacy for government regulation of corporate America B) Reductions in government regulation of business C) Support for higher taxes for American businesses D) Pressure on the courts to prosecute companies that violated antitrust laws
B
What did President Wilson call for in his Fourteen Points? A) A return to the prewar status quo B) The right of Europeans to self-determination C) Strict punishment of the German nation D) The United Nations to begin meeting immediately
B
What was the central issue addressed by the highly publicized Scopes trial of 1925? A) The Ku Klux Klan's right of the to be involved in politics at the state level B) The legality of the teaching of Darwin's theory of evolution in Tennessee C) The 1920s-era conflict between fundamentalist Protestants and Catholics in America D) The biblical evidence for human evolution from lesser primates
B
What was the fundamental cause of the Great Depression in the United States? A) The stock market crash in the fall of 1929 B) Problems in the American and international economies C) Herbert Hoover's election to the U.S. presidency D) Massive fraud in the New York and Chicago stock exchanges
B
What was the impact of Great Britain's blockade of Germany in 1914? A) The United States immediately cut off trade with Great Britain. B) Trade between the United States and Great Britain increased. C) Trade between the United States and Germany was not affected. D) President Wilson immediately declared war against Germany.
B
What was the impact of World War I on partisan politics in the 1918 elections in the United States? A) The national commitment created political unity and silenced partisan politics. B) Republicans used the war to achieve narrow majorities in the House and Senate. C) The American victory in the war widened the Democratic majority in the House and Senate. D) Widespread anti-German sentiment threatened the unity of the Republican party and its continued role in American politics.
B
What was the purpose of the Dawes Plan, instituted in 1924? A) It authorized the mobilization of U.S. military forces to ensure that Germany would pay reparations. B) It cut Germany's annual reparations payments in half and initiated fresh American loans to Germany. C) It called for the United States to join the League of Nations in order to enforce the Kellogg-Briand pact. D) It made provisions for the United States to assume Germany's war debts in exchange for their commitment to peace.
B
What was the purpose of the immigration laws of the 1920s, including the Johnson-Reed Act? A) To open the nation's borders to an unprecedented influx of new immigrants B) To place strict limits on immigration C) To close off immigration to the United States from other areas of the Western Hemisphere D) To overturn the Chinese Exclusion Act of 1882
B
Which group of American senators opposed the Treaty of Versailles? A) Democratic interventionists B) Republican isolationists C) Democratic party loyalists D) Roosevelt progressives
B
Which group sponsored a team of lawyers to defend the nine young black men in Scottsboro, Alabama, who were arrested on trumped-up rape charges in 1931? A) The Republican party B) The Communist party C) The NAACP D) The League of Women Voters
B
Which of the following describes Wilson's experience in the presidential election of 1916? A) He faced two opponents: Theodore Roosevelt and Charles Evans Hughes. B) He won the election but only by a very small margin. C) Divisions in the Democratic party compelled him to run on the Reform ticket. D) He promised that he would continue to keep the United States out of the war in Europe.
B
Why did Germany decide to resume unrestricted submarine warfare in January 1917? A) It did not believe the United States had any intention of entering the war. B) It felt it could win the war before the United States could bring its army to Europe. C) Its army in France was nearly defeated and it had nothing to lose. D) It had received intelligence reports that America was mobilizing for war.
B
Why did President Woodrow Wilson choose William Jennings Bryan to serve as his secretary of state in 1912? A) The Senate supported Bryan. B) Bryan was an avowed pacifist. C) Bryan had extensive military experience. D) Bryan had served successfully under William Howard Taft.
B
Why were the Germans outraged by the terms of the Treaty of Versailles? A) They did not believe they had lost the war. B) They had agreed to an armistice based on Wilson's Fourteen Points. C) They had expected that France would take sole blame for causing the war. D) Their Asian colonies were assigned to Japan.
B
By the early 1930s, unemployed workers were responding to the Great Depression by A) becoming increasingly passive and despondent, assuming that they were not worthy of jobs. B) seeking to improve their job qualifications by enrolling in vocational training programs. C) becoming increasingly outraged and turning toward militant forms of protest. D) turning on one another with violence as the competition for scarce jobs became even steeper.
C
For which group of Americans did authors Ernest Hemingway, F. Scott Fitzgerald, William Faulkner, and Sinclair Lewis speak? A) Corporate America and the nation's consumer society B) Their co-participants in the Harlem Renaissance C) Critics of American anti-intellectualism and materialism D) Republicans and supporters of prohibition
C
How did Americans respond to Alfred E. Smith's candidacy for president in 1928? A) Positively, which is why he came so close to defeating Hoover in the election B) As a symbol of the traditional values of the heartland—Americanism, family, the Bible, chastity, and temperance C) As a symbol of all they feared—Catholicism, immigration, cities, and liberal attitudes D) With concern that he did not have the experience for the White House
C
How did Germany react to the 1914 blockade? A) By sending submarines to America's East Coast B) By declaring war on the United States C) By beginning a submarine blockade of Great Britain D) By attacking American ships
C
How did President Wilson demonstrate his progressive credentials when the United States entered the war in 1917? A) He appointed Theodore Roosevelt commander of the American Expeditionary Force. B) He nationalized the country's railroads and heavy industries for the duration of the war. C) He created new federal agencies to deal with the specific needs of the troops and the home front. D) He made a concerted effort to keep the war effort from influencing his domestic policies.
C
How did the Great Depression affect the American family in the 1930s? A) It caused an increase in the number of marriages among young adults whose parents could no longer support them. B) It sparked an increase in the birthrate among middle- and upper-class whites. C) It created resentment among men, who lost their jobs more often than women did. D) It led to the stabilization of the birthrate, which had been increasing since the turn of the century.
C
How did the U.S. Supreme Court rule in the case of Schenck v. United States (1919)? A) It struck down federal restrictions on free speech that had been imposed during the war. B) It overturned Charles Schenck's conviction for urging resistance to the wartime draft. C) It ruled that Charles Schenck's actions posed a clear and present danger to the nation in a time of war. D) It upheld the conviction of Charles Schenck for threatening to assassinate the president and vice president.
C
In the 1920s, Harold "Red" Grange was associated with A) Madison Avenue advertising firms. B) Calvin Coolidge's administration. C) football. D) boxing.
C
On August 3, 1914, Germany declared war on Russia and A) Serbia. B) Austria-Hungary. C) France. D) Great Britain.
C
One result of the loosening of the traditional bonds of community, religion, and family in the United States in the 1920s was A) more crime and an increase in the number of school dropouts. B) a rapidly increasing divorce rate in urban areas. C) the emergence of youth as a distinct social class with their own culture. D) a significant increase in cohabitation among young, unmarried couples.
C
President Harding's administration was characterized by A) ongoing government control of industry. B) financial wrongdoing on the part of the president. C) scandals that touched many members of his administration. D) an aggressive foreign policy
C
President Wilson created the Committee on Public Information to A) silence the antiwar film industry. B) ban novels written by German authors. C) stir up patriotism with posters, pamphlets, cartoons, and press releases. D) protect war critics like Jane Addams and Emily Greene Balch.
C
President Wilson justified which decision by declaring that he would not support a "government of butchers"? A) Dispatching troops to Latin America after the outbreak of World War I B) Pulling American troops out of the Dominican Republic C) Intervening in Mexico's affairs after the Mexican Revolution D) Supporting the establishment of a dictatorship in Haiti
C
The U.S. government passed the Espionage Act, the Trading with the Enemy Act, and the Sedition Act during World War I to A) promote patriotism among groups who might be loyal to Germany. B) quiet conscientious objectors and other critics of the war. C) punish anything it considered disloyal, profane, scurrilous, or abusive. D) warn German citizens that dissent would be punished by deportation.
C
The image of the new woman in American society in the 1920s A) reinforced the traditional concept of separate spheres. B) created a double standard for the sexual conduct of men and women. C) was felt by all women, even those who believed in traditional gender roles. D) reduced acceptance of and access to birth control for most women.
C
To ensure the loyalty of an immigrant nation to the cause of war, President Wilson A) demanded that public schools add recent world events to their curricula. B) enforced meatless and wheatless weekends so that Americans would understand how Europeans were suffering. C) launched a government-sponsored propaganda campaign to foster patriotism among ethnic groups. D) made it illegal for Americans to identify publicly with their ethnic origins.
C
What did the authors of Middletown conclude from their study of life in a small midwestern town in the 1920s? A) Modern America was by and large producing remarkably well-adjusted citizens. B) America's basic moral and spiritual framework had been virtually untouched by rapid modernization. C) The United States had developed a culture in which everything hinged on money. D) The United States' technological revolution did not lead to significant social dislocation.
C
What event finally spurred the granting of suffrage to all American women in 1920? A) Southern states gave the vote to women. B) The Supreme Court ruled that it was unconstitutional to deny women the right to vote. C) Congress passed the Nineteenth Amendment, which was subsequently ratified by twothirds of the states. D) Woodrow Wilson granted woman suffrage by executive order.
C
What motivated the rebellion of Mexican farmers led by Pancho Villa in 1916-17? A) The rebels wanted to restore the government of General Victoriano Huerta. B) The rebels wanted government subsidies as compensation for crops lost in a major drought. C) The rebels believed that the new American-backed government had betrayed the revolution's promise to help the common people. D) The rebelling farmers sought American aid to help them restore their fields after they were damaged during the civil war under General Victoriano Huerta.
C
What reform or reforms did the National War Labor Policies Board enact successfully during World War I? A) Health insurance, increased wages, and a pension plan for government employees B) Death and disability insurance for workers in industries involved in war production C) The eight-hour workday, a living minimum wage, and collective bargaining rights in some industries D) Compensated sick days for all American workers no matter how long they had been in their jobs
C
What was the purpose of the President Hoover's Reconstruction Finance Corporation, created in 1932? A) Assisting the millions of Americans who had lost their jobs B) Aiding rural black southerners who had been in an agricultural depression for years C) Lending money to endangered American banks, insurance companies, and railroads D) Shoring up faltering West Coast shippers plying the Pacific trade
C
Which divisions did European countries establish before the outbreak of World War I? A) Western Europe and Eastern Europe B) The Axis powers and the Allied nations C) The Triple Entente and the Triple Alliance D) The British and the German empires
C
Which element of the American economy during the 1920s lay at the heart of its fundamental lack of stability? A) Production B) Increasing wages C) Consumption D) Employment
C
Which of the following describes the Zimmermann telegram that made headlines in 1917? A) It revealed German plans to destroy the Panama Canal. B) It encouraged Mexico to recruit men for service in the German army. C) It promised Mexico its lost provinces in the United States if it would declare war on its northern neighbor. D) It conveyed the Germans' belief that the United States would adhere to its neutral position.
C
Who was responsible for the creation of "welfare capitalism" in the 1920s, and why did they use it? A) The government created welfare capitalism to address the needs of the less fortunate. B) Traditional labor unions established welfare capitalism to assist workers. C) Businesses created welfare capitalism to encourage workers' loyalty to the company. D) Socialists designed welfare capitalism to bring apolitical workers into the radical fold.
C
Why did Senator Henry Cabot Lodge oppose the Treaty of Versailles? A) He believed that Great Britain should be allowed to retain its empire. B) He feared it would allow Wilson to win the presidency again in 1920. C) He feared the League of Nations would interfere with American autonomy in foreign policy matters. D) He thought Germany should be forced to pay higher reparations than those specified in the agreement.
C
Woodrow Wilson selected General John Pershing to command the American Expeditionary Force in Europe because A) Pershing's romantic patriotism reminded the president of Theodore Roosevelt. B) Pershing had a longstanding affiliation with West Point. C) Pershing was known for the kind of level-headed efficiency many progressives believed was needed in modern warfare. D) the president believed that Pershing's lack of battle experience would actually be an asset in the war.
C
America's return to a peacetime economy in 1920 and 1921 was marked by A) steady prices and economic well-being for most Americans. B) a narrowing of the gap between rich and poor. C) a 3.5 percent national unemployment rate, the lowest to date. D) a 20 percent unemployment rate, the highest to date.
D
Among the first signs of economic distress in the United States in the mid-1920s was A) a reluctance to buy stocks on margin. B) the tremendous increase in the number of labor strikes. C) a decrease in the rate of unemployment. D) a slowdown in new construction and in automobile sales.
D
In the United States, the flapper of the 1920s represented A) the determination of women to become writers and artists. B) the hopelessness that was pervasive among American youth. C) a youth culture that sought radical cultural and political reform. D) a challenge to women's traditional gender roles.
D
What did popular culture and consumer goods have in common in the 1920s? A) Both condemned by the Catholic Church as sinful. B) Both had become so inexpensive that most Americans could afford them. C) Neither had penetrated the rural areas of the United States. D) Both were mass-produced and mass-consumed.
D
What did the Allies hope to gain in negotiating the 1919 peace treaty in Paris? A) Leniency in dealing with the German people B) An end to secret treaties and alliances C) Free trade among all European nations D) Disarmament and punishment for Germany
D
What did the outcome of the Sacco and Vanzetti trial suggest about the United States in the 1920s? A) The American judicial system was a model of impartiality. B) Americans generally loathed thieves and murderers. C) The legal appeals process often brought a fairer verdict than the original trial. D) Antiforeign hysteria was rampant in many areas of American life.
D
What was the goal of the Washington Disarmament Conference? A) To negotiate peace treaties with Germany, Austria, and Hungary B) To convince Congress to authorize $25 million to compensate Mexico for the loss of its territory in the 1840s C) To persuade England and France to forgive the reparations they wanted Germany to pay after World War I D) To establish a balance of naval power among Britain, France, Japan, and Italy
D
What was the outcome of the return to free enterprise in the United States after World War I? A) Unprecedented levels of employment and workers' well-being B) Steady prices and continued gains for the workers class C) Greater cooperation between government, business, and labor unions D) A rise in unemployment and new conflicts between business and labor
D
What was the outcome of the shift toward repetitive assembly-line work and specialized management divisions in the 1920s? A) Lower enrollment in college and university managerial training programs B) A worsening of safety and sanitary conditions in American factories C) Massive layoffs of American workers in all heavy industries D) A tremendous increase in business productivity and overall efficiency
D
Which event led the German republic to seek an armistice in 1918? A) Battle of the Somme B) Battle at Château-Thierry C) Siege of Paris D) The offensive along the Meuse River
D
Which groups were hardest hit by the Great Depression? A) East and West coast bankers and other businesspeople B) Union members and other industrial workers in the Northeast C) Western miners and cattle ranchers D) The unemployed, tenant farmers, and sharecroppers
D
Which industry formed the keystone of the American economy in the 1920s? A) The housing industry B) The steel industry C) The banking industry D) The automobile industry
D
Which nation suffered the most casualties in World War I? A) The United States B) Great Britain C) France D) Germany
D
Which of the following describes the Ku Klux Klan of the mid-1920s? A) It dominated politics in California, New Jersey, New York, Connecticut, and Vermont. B) It had embraced the changes that came with modernity. C) It had stopped its attacks on foreigners and Jews and was concentrating on cleansing the nation of Negroes. D) It had a strong influence on politics in California, Illinois, Indiana, Kansas, Louisiana, Oklahoma, Oregon, and Texas.
D
Which of the following statements describes professional baseball in the 1920s? A) It was dominated by college rivalries. B) Games were played on weekdays, when workers could not attend. C) It was fully integrated, both on the field and in the seats. D) It attracted players and spectators from the working class.
D
Which of the following statements describes the Sheppard-Towner Act of 1921, which gave federal assistance to states seeking to reduce high infant mortality rates? A) It was the first of a long string of women's political successes in the 1920s. B) It demonstrated the political powerlessness of women. C) It was a minor achievement for women in politics. D) It was women's only significant national legislative success in the 1920s
D
Which relatively new industry in the 1920s linked the possession of material goods to the fulfillment of spiritual and emotional needs? A) The automobile industry B) Public relations C) Chemical manufacturing D) Advertising
D
Which statement describes African Americans' participation in the war? A) Most refused to fight on behalf of a discriminatory country. B) They received the same treatment as white soldiers. C) Most saw actual combat action, not just labor service. D) They accounted for 370,000 of American forces.
D
Who funded the rapid growth of radio in the United States between 1922 and 1929? A) Record companies B) The federal government C) Sports teams D) Advertisers
D
Who wrote the 1937 novel Their Eyes Were Watching God, an example of Harlem Renaissance literature? A) Langston Hughes B) Countee Cullen C) Claude McKay D) Zora Neale Hurston
D
Why did President Wilson allow billions of dollars in loans that kept American goods flowing to Britain and France in 1916? A) He had publicly abandoned the idea of neutrality. B) He hoped to bait the Germans into declaring war on the United States. C) He did not believe that the loans were inconsistent with the true spirit of neutrality. D) He did not want to jeopardize America's wartime prosperity
D
