U.S. History Ch. 8 Test

Question 1

Which of these applies to the presidency of Calvin Coolidge?

Accepted Answer

All of these are correct.

Question 2

A 1924 arrangement in which the U.S. helped several European countries with their WWI debts:

Accepted Answer

Dawes Plan

Question 3

A production system with machines in which workers perform an assigned task repetitively:

Accepted Answer

Assembly line

Question 4

Producing large quantities of goods using machinery and often an assembly line:

Accepted Answer

Mass production

Question 5

Car manufacturing, radio, and appliances can all be considered:

Accepted Answer

Major growth industries of the 1920s.

Question 6

There was growing "cultural acceptance of debt" in the 1920s, meaning:

Accepted Answer

Buying consumer items on credit wasn't viewed shamefully.

Question 7

Theory that lower taxes boosted business growth & created more tax revenue.

Accepted Answer

Supply-side economics

Question 8

All of these were ways in which women challenged their traditional roles EXCEPT:

Accepted Answer

increased purchases of appliances

Question 9

Which of these groups generally DID NOT share in the prosperity of the 1920s?

Accepted Answer

All of the above are correct.

Question 10

Prohibition was made possible by the ratification of the:

Accepted Answer

18th Amendment.

Question 11

The period in which alcohol was outlawed nationwide:

Accepted Answer

Prohibition

Question 12

The first car affordable for the common person:

Accepted Answer

Ford Model T

Question 13

President Harding called for a "return to normalcy," meaning a return to:

Accepted Answer

The simpler days before the Progressive Era.

Question 14

This was the largest scandal associated with the Harding administration:

Accepted Answer

Teapot Dome

Question 15

This event perhaps best symbolizes the cultural clash of the 1920s:

Accepted Answer

the Scopes Trial

Question 16

Money left over after a person pays for all essential living items:

Accepted Answer

Disposable income

Question 17

Which of these were goals of American leaders in the 1920s?

Accepted Answer

Promoting stability & prosperity

Question 18

Which of the following represents a revival of American nativism and racial discrimination?

Accepted Answer

Rise of KKK activity

Question 19

By far the most popular sports star of the period was:

Accepted Answer

Babe Ruth.

Question 20

A loan made to a person; often to buy a large consumer item like a car:

Accepted Answer

Credit

Question 21

The Harlem Renaissance celebrated the black experience in all these ways EXCEPT:

Accepted Answer

A desperate need to join white society

Question 22

Which of the following applies to many artists, writers, & musicians of the period?

Accepted Answer

All of these are correct.

Question 23

A national policy of avoiding involvement in world affairs:

Accepted Answer

isolationism.

Question 24

Unconventional or nontraditional; often applies to artists of the 1920s:

Accepted Answer

Bohemian

Question 25

What does it mean to say a "mass culture" emerged in the 1920s?

Accepted Answer

All of these are correct.

Question 26

The 29th President; he served only two years before dying of a heart attack:

Accepted Answer

Warren G. Harding

Question 27

The 30th President; he was known for his quiet nature.

Accepted Answer

Calvin Coolidge

Question 28

A 1928 agreement in which 15 countries agreed never to make war against each other:

Accepted Answer

Kellogg-Briand Pact

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