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There was a dramatic increase in three of the following economic indicators during the mid 1920s. Which is the exception? |
| | A) | output per worker |
| | B) | per capita income |
| | C) | rate of inflation |
| | D) | gross national product |
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America's economic boom in the 1920s resulted from: |
| | A) | the debilitation of Europe after World War I. |
| | B) | the rapid pace of technological innovations. |
| | C) | the expansion of the automobile industry. |
| | D) | all of the above. |
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Which of the following industries seemed least affected by the trend toward consolidation in the 1920s? |
| | A) | steel |
| | B) | automobiles |
| | C) | cotton textiles |
| | D) | public utilities |
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The "welfare capitalism" of the 1920s did NOT provide American workers any: |
| | A) | tangible economic gains. |
| | B) | real control over their own fates. |
| | C) | psychological comfort. |
| | D) | opportunities for organization. |
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The essence of welfare capitalism was: |
| | A) | company-provided benefits for workers. |
| | B) | company-provided bonuses for management. |
| | C) | government-provided unemployment benefits for workers. |
| | D) | government-provided financial aid for troubled industries. |
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Which of the following did NOT contribute to the weakness of the organized labor movement in America in the 1920s? |
| | A) | The radical leadership of the AFL. |
| | B) | Hostility of the courts and the Justice Department to union activities. |
| | C) | The propaganda promoted by corporate leaders that unionism was un-American. |
| | D) | The large numbers of unskilled workers who found no place in the craft orientation of the AFL. |
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The "American Plan": |
| | A) | was an effort to revive patriotism that had flagged after the war. |
| | B) | was an effort to convince Americans not to buy products manufactured in other nations. |
| | C) | was a crusade for the open shop in American corporations. |
| | D) | was a plan to Americanize European immigrants. |
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In the 1920s and after, the term "parity" was used to refer to: |
| | A) | a fair exchange price for farm crops. |
| | B) | equal pay for union and non-union workers. |
| | C) | equal pay for equal work for males and females. |
| | D) | equal employment opportunities for blacks and whites. |
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Which of the following industries was most closely associated with the rise of consumerism in America in the 1920s? |
| | A) | banking |
| | B) | insurance |
| | C) | advertising |
| | D) | fast-food chains |
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The automobile affected American lives in all of the following ways EXCEPT: |
| | A) | It expanded the geographic horizons of millions of people. |
| | B) | It contributed to the emergence of a distinct youth culture. |
| | C) | It transformed the idea of vacations. |
| | D) | It increased the population of the nation's cities. |
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11 | |
Radio programming: |
| | A) | was not new to the 1920s. |
| | B) | was not concerned about government regulation. |
| | C) | was more centralized than the film industry. |
| | D) | was more diverse and, at times, more subversive, than movies. |
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12 | |
Modernist religion: |
| | A) | placed more emphasis on a literal interpretation of the Bible. |
| | B) | allowed religion to maintain its traditionally dominant role in American society. |
| | C) | emphasized a fully developed personality rather than unexamined faith. |
| | D) | ensured that Sunday would remain a national day of rest. |
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The image of the "flapper" promoted each of the following EXCEPT: |
| | A) | physical and emotional fulfillment. |
| | B) | liberated public behavior. |
| | C) | greater freedom in women's dress codes. |
| | D) | economic independence for women. |
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Margaret Sanger was significant to American social and cultural life in the 1920s as a promoter of: |
| | A) | temperance. |
| | B) | the "debunkers." |
| | C) | progressive education. |
| | D) | the birth-control movement. |
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Three of the following were manifestations of changing cultural values among Americans in the 1920s. Which is the exception? |
| | A) | There was an increase in secularism. |
| | B) | Many women enjoyed a less inhibited lifestyle. |
| | C) | The national divorce rate climbed dramatically. |
| | D) | Birth-control devices were legalized in all states, and abortion was legalized in some states. |
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According to the text, which of the following had the greatest influence in producing the sense of disillusionment characteristic of the Lost Generation? |
| | A) | The decline of organized religion. |
| | B) | The moral relativism of pragmatism. |
| | C) | The widespread acceptance of evolution. |
| | D) | The traumatic experience of World War I. |
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H. L. Mencken was significant to American social and cultural life in the 1920s as: |
| | A) | a leading advocate of temperance. |
| | B) | a sarcastic debunker of traditional culture. |
| | C) | an influential proponent of progressive education. |
| | D) | a prominent opponent of the birth-control movement. |
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A principal theme of Sinclair Lewis' novels in the 1920s was: |
| | A) | utopian optimism for the future. |
| | B) | romantic idealization of the past. |
| | C) | contempt for modern American society. |
| | D) | acceptance of modern American society as the best of all possible worlds. |
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The Harlem Renaissance referred to: |
| | A) | a movement in black literature, art, and music. |
| | B) | the spread of jazz to the cites of the North. |
| | C) | a movement in New York to improve the conditions of recent immigrants to the United States. |
| | D) | a back-to-Africa movement among black intellectuals who had repudiated American values. |
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20 | |
Three of the following statements accurately describe the "noble experiment" of prohibition. Which is the exception? |
| | A) | Enforcement was ludicrously ineffective in some areas. |
| | B) | It stimulated the growth of organized crime. |
| | C) | The Great Depression hindered efforts to repeal prohibition. |
| | D) | Begun as a middle-class progressive reform, prohibition was later supported largely by rural Protestant Americans. |
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Which of the following was NOT a provision of the immigration laws passed in 1921 and 1924? |
| | A) | The number of immigrants allowed into the country was reduced. |
| | B) | Restrictions on Japanese, Chinese, and Korean immigration were eased. |
| | C) | The number of immigrants allowed to enter the United States was expressed as quotas based on a percentage of the number of each national group already in the country at a base year. |
| | D) | The provisions favored immigration from northwestern Europe. |
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22 | |
Which of the following does not describe the new Ku Klux Klan (1915)? |
| | A) | Extended its membership outside the old Confederate states. |
| | B) | Confined its activities to protests and symbolism rather than violence. |
| | C) | Extended its attack to include immigrants, Catholics, and Jews. |
| | D) | Assumed the role of self-appointed guardian of traditional values. |
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A Christian fundamentalist is one who: |
| | A) | believes in the fundamental inerrancy of the New Testament. |
| | B) | wishes to base morality on secular rather than religious fundamentals. |
| | C) | accepts the basic or fundamental truths of all the world's religions in the spirit of ecumenicism. |
| | D) | believes in the basic or fundamental general ideas of the Bible but not in the literal truth of every statement. |
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24 | |
John T. Scopes was accused of the "crime" of teaching: |
| | A) | the advantages of labor union membership. |
| | B) | that Christianity should dominate America. |
| | C) | that communism had advantages in some societies. |
| | D) | that Darwinian evolution best explains the origins of humans. |
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The most important problem faced by the Democratic Party in the 1920s was: |
| | A) | a serious split between urban and rural wings of the party. |
| | B) | the party was losing its traditional strength in the South. |
| | C) | the fact that recent immigrants no longer tended to support the party. |
| | D) | the restriction of immigration reduced the number of recruits to the party. |
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