Question 1

In the 1920s, movies, radios, and phonographs:

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helped create and spread a new celebrity culture.

Question 2

During the 1920s:

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an estimated 40 percent of the population remained in poverty.

Question 3

The Smoot-Hawley Tariff:

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raised taxes on imported goods.

Question 4

Agriculture in the 1920s:

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experienced declining incomes and increased bank foreclosures.

Question 5

The Scopes trial illustrated a divide between:

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modernism and fundamentalism.

Question 6

During the 1920s, consumer goods:

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were frequently purchased on credit.

Question 7

The flapper:

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epitomized the change in standards of sexual behavior.

Question 8

Which would NOT be considered a characteristic of a flapper?

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Advocated temperance.

Question 9

President Hoover responded to the onset of the Depression by:

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reassuring Americans that the tide had turned.

Question 10

Hoover's response to the Depression included all of the following measures EXCEPT:

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a reduction in the size of the army.

Question 11

During the 1920s, American multinational corporations:

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extended their reach throughout the world.

Question 12

The Scopes trial of 1925:

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pitted creationists against evolutionists.

Question 13

American foreign policy during the 1920s:

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reflected the close relationship between government and business.

Question 14

The Great Depression was caused by all of the following factors EXCEPT:

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increased government regulation of banking and the stock market.

Question 15

Cultural pluralism:

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described a society that gloried in ethnic diversity.

Question 16

The Great Depression shaped the lives of Americans in all of the following ways EXCEPT:

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the American suicide rate declined.

Question 17

Labor unions lost members in the 1920s for all of the following reasons EXCEPT:

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through collective bargaining, labor unions had secured a national eight-hour day.

Question 18

All of the following statements about the 1924 Immigration Act are true EXCEPT:

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the 1924 Immigration Act sought to ensure that more immigrants came from southern Europe than from northern Europe.

Question 19

According to Andre Siegfried, what did Americans consider to be a sacred acquisition?

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A standard of living.

Question 20

The Reconstruction Finance Corporation:

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made loans to failing businesses.

Question 21

Cultural pluralism:

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challenged the idea that southeastern Europeans were unfit for citizenship.

Question 22

All of the statements about Prohibition during the1920s are true EXCEPT:

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Religious fundamentalists opposed Prohibition on the grounds that it violated freedom.

Question 23

A main cause of the Great Depression was:

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declining American purchasing power.

Question 24

The Ku Klux Klan

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flourished in the early 1920s, especially in the North and West.

Question 25

Many forces predisposed Ku Klux Klan members to accept the group's exclusionary message without much analysis. These forces included all of the following EXCEPT:

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Coolidge's economic policies.

Question 26

Besides work and school, the most active agents of Americanization during the 1920s were:

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dance halls, department stores, and movie theaters.

Question 27

In the 1920s, employers embraced the American Plan, which:

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advocated the open shop.

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