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1
What is considered a key factor that contributed to the prosperity of businesses in the Roaring 20s?
Corporate tax cuts and chain stores
Lower taxes and no enforcement of anti-trust laws
Increased productivity and government policy
Increased racial tensions and competition
2
Which two of Harding's Cabinet members worked hard to achieve advancements for businesses
Andrew Mellon & Herbert Hoover
Charles Forbes & Harry Dougherty
Andrew Mellon & Albert Fall
Herbert Hoover & Charles Forbes
3
Why did President Coolidge NOT use federal legislation to achieve social change?
As a northerner, he was unaware of segregation & lynchings
Believed the govt was not intended to create an ideal nation
social problems were minimized by the economic progress
he did not think the American people believed in idealism
4
Which was an American hybrid style that mixed African American & European forms?
Victorian Ideas
Blues
Jazz
Modern Art
5
Under President Coolidge, the concerns of Mexican Americans & African Americans were
largely ignored
answered with hostility
addressed in a series of fiery radio speeches
a high priority
6
The Great Migration that took place between 1910 - 1920 can best be characterized as
Farmers who wanted to escape drought conditions on the Great Plains
Southern & Eastern Europeans who came to the U.S. for a better life
African-Americans who left the South to settle in northern cities
Disillusioned artists who left the U.S. to settle in European cities
7
Under President Coolidge, the national economy
boomed
declined slightly
stagnated
leveled off
8
What was the largest cultural split in the 1920s?
young Americans -v- elderly Americans
urban Americans -v- rural Americans
northern States -v- southern states
eastern states -v- western states
9
How did Prohibition contribute to the rise of organized crime?
by forcing police to enforce anti-liquor laws
by forcing farmers to grow grain for the production of alcohol
by making it easier for bootleggers to continue illegal acts
by strengthening respect for the law
10
What was a major result of Henry Ford's manufacturing techniques?
the sale price of the average car increased
Fewer Americans had jobs
more Americans bought cars from overseas
The sale price of cars went down
11
Which literary movement of the 1920s criticized religion, war, and materialism?
The Lost Generation
Industrial design
The Jazz Age
The Harlem Renaissance
12
The sense of group identity created by the Harlem Renaissance
was lost by the end of the 1920s
ended discrimination against Black citizens in America
formed a basis for later progress for African Americans
enabled African Americans to form their own nation
13
Which of the following was a major post-war problem in the Roaring 20s?
Installment buying
Labor conflicts
Republican control
Suffrage rights for women
14
What happened to farmers' incomes as the 1920s progressed?
increased faster than urban areas
stayed about the same
declined
increased
15
In 1920, America's first radio station
was an immediate success
put early movie houses out of business
closed because few Americans bought radios
broadcast Al Jolson in The Jazz Singer
16
At its heart, the Scopes Trial was a clash between
evolution & science
religion & science
biology & science
education & science
17
Which presidential candidate is associated with the slogan 'Return to Normalcy'?
Warren G. Harding
Franklin D. Roosevelt
James M. Cox
Calvin Coolidge
18
Those who opposed the KKK believed
that the races should remain separate
that America was a "melting pot" of cultures
that immigrants should be deported
immigration quotas should be institututed
19
Which group had more free time on their hands during the 1920s
Urban Americans
African Americans in the North
Nativists
Rural Americans
20
The literature of the Harlem Renaissance
argued for the separation of races
explored the origins of Jazz
is largely forgotten today
explored the pains and joys of being black in America
21
Which group was discriminated against by the Quota Laws in the 1920s?
Catholics
Immigrants from Southern and Eastern Europe
Jews
Immigrants from Mexico and Canada
22
What was the condition of America's economy following WWI?
A long recession
a long gradual decline in America's economy
brief recession, followed by growth
immediate nationwide prosperity
23
The Teapot Dome scandal involved the head of which federal agency?
The Interior Department
The State Department
The Treasury Department
The Department of Homeland Security
24
Which cultural movement arose in the Roaring 20s, emphasizing youth rebellion and modern expression?
The Jazz Age
Flappers
The Lost Generation
Industrial Design
25
Which group opposed immigration believing they would take American jobs & hurt traditions
Catholics
Nativists
Native Americans
Protestants
26
Who is associated with the Black Separatism movement during the 1920s?
Clarence Darrow
Booker T. Washington
Marcus Garvey
WEB DuBois
27
Abstract art was an expression of
Victorianism
Traditionalism
Prohibition
Modernism
28
Which president's administration was remembered for various scandals?
Calvin Coolidge
Herbert Hoover
Woodrow Wolson
Warren G. Harding
