History chapter 22 test
After WWI the new KKK
Became primarily concerned about Catholics Jews, and foreigners
The scopes trial of 1925 was algal battle concerning the conflict between
Creationism and evolution
During the 1920s Thomas hunt Morgan was one of the American pioneers in
Genetic research
In the 1920s the wets and drys referred to the conflict over
The prohibition of alcohol
In the 1920s the idea of agricultural parity was
To ensure farmers would at least financially break even
In the 1920s, artists and intellectuals of the Harlem renaissance
drew heavily from their african heritage
As secretary of commerce, Herbert Hoover considered himself
A champion of business cooperation
During the 1920s, the agricultural economy of the United States saw
A sharp decline in farmers incomes
In the 1920s sec of the treasury Andrew Mellon succeeded in
All
During the 1920s all of the following immigrant groups were increasing their presence in the la or force in the west and south west except the
Chinese
In his 1925 novel, the great gatsby, f Scott Fitzgerald
Criticized the American obsession with material wealth
The National Origins Act of 1924
Entirely banned immigration fromeast asia to the us
Both warren Harding and Coolidge failed to serve out their presidential terms
False
Flappers would be best associated with the rural, religious fundamentalism of the 1920s
False
H.l. Mencken, Sinclair Lewis, and f Scott Fitzgerald are all examples of writers who promoted a return of the progressive reform spirit in American society
False
Hoover was secretary of the treasury under Harding and Coolidge
False
Modernism in art attempted to replicate objects with photographic precision
False
T/f prohibition did not allow for any exceptions in the sale or consumption of alcohol
False
The Harlem renaissance refers to a group of African American actors in the silent films of the 1920s
False
During the 1920s, wages for American workers
Generally rose at a rate far below increases in production and profits
In the 1920s the flapper lifestyle
Had a particular impact on urban lower middle class and working class
During the 1920s most American industrial workers experienced all of the following except
Many opportunities to join a union
In the workplace, the open shop meant
No worker was required to join a union
In 1920 the first commercial radio station to broadcast in the us was in
Pittsburgh
Throughout the 1920s, the performance of the us economy
Saw nearly uninterrupted prosperity coupled with severe inequalities
To Herbert Hoover, "associationalism" meant
The creation of national organizations of business men in particular industries
During the 1920s, union membership fell from over 5 mill to under 3 mill
True
High tariffs and low taxes were aspects of the republican formula to create an expanding economy in the 1920s
True
In the 1920s as agriculture brought millions of acres of new land under cultivation, three million people left the farm sector
True
T/f Champions of parity for farmers urged high tariffs against foreign agricultural competition
True
The majority of married women who worked outside the home in the 1920s were working class
True
The scopes trial in 1925 resulted in a guilty verdict, but it also put fundamentalists on the defensive
True
In the 1920s , welfare capitalism
Was a paternalistic approach used by corporate leaders on their workers
Calvin Coolidge...
Was less active a president than warren Harding
During the 1920s the brotherhood of sleeping car porters
Was one of the few unions led by African Americans
As President, Warren G. Harding
Was unable to abandon the party hacks who had brought him to success
In the election of 1924, making the political parties
The democratic party was serioulsy devided
Warren and Calvin Coolidge were similar in
Their passive approach to the presidency
During the Harding administration, the teapot dome scandal involved
Transfers of national oil reserves
Both warren and Coolidge took essentially passive approaches to the presidency
True