Question 1

What was the purpose of the immigration laws of the 1920s, including the Johnson-Reed Act?

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A)   To open the nation's borders to an unprecedented influx of new immigrants
B)   To place strict limits on immigration
C)   To close off immigration to the United States from other areas of the Western Hemisphere
D)   To overturn the Chinese Exclusion Act of 1882E) B) and D)
F) None of the above

Question 2

What was the purpose of the President Hoover's Reconstruction Finance Corporation, created in 1932?

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A)   Assisting the millions of Americans who had lost their jobs
B)   Aiding rural black southerners who had been in an agricultural depression for years
C)   Lending money to endangered American banks, insurance companies, and railroads
D)   Shoring up faltering West Coast shippers plying the Pacific tradeE) C) and D)
F) None of the above

Question 3

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Select the word or phrase from the Terms section that best matches the definition or example provided in the Definitions section. Some terms may be used more than once; others may not be used at all.
-The ban on the manufacture and sale of alcohol that went into effect in January 1920 with the Eighteenth Amendment. The ban proved almost impossible to enforce. By the end of the 1920s, most Americans wished it to end, and it was finally repealed in 1933.

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A)  Bonus Marchers
B)  Five-Power Naval Treaty of 1922
C)  Johnson-Reed Act
D)  Ku Klux Klan
E)  New NegroF) new womanG) prohibitionH) Reconstruction Finance Corporation (RF
C)  I) Scopes trialJ) Scottsboro BoysK) Teapot DomeL) welfare capitalismM) E) and G)
N) C) and L)

Question 4

How did the Hoover administration respond to the World War I veterans who asked for the immediate payment of their pension or bonus?

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A)   It ordered the U.S. army to forcibly evict them from their camp on the edge of Washington, D.C.
B)   It welcomed them to Washington, thanked them for their service, and sent them home with government checks.
C)   It organized a ceremony to reiterate the government's gratitude for their service and award medals.
D)   It provided a hearty meal on the White House lawn but refused to pay the bonuses early.E) A) and C)
F) A) and D)

Question 5

What was Detroit's second largest industry during the 1920s?

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A)   Illegal alcohol sales
B)   Automobile manufacturing
C)   Steel production
D)   Railroad constructionE) A) and B)
F) None of the above

Question 6

How did the Great Depression affect the American family in the 1930s?

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A)   It caused an increase in the number of marriages among young adults whose parents could no longer support them.
B)   It sparked an increase in the birthrate among middle- and upper-class whites.
C)   It created resentment among men, who lost their jobs more often than women did.
D)   It led to the stabilization of the birthrate, which had been increasing since the turn of the century.E) A) and B)
F) A) and C)

Question 7

What was the Harlem Renaissance? Did it have any effect on the prejudice of white society?

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Question 8

Who was responsible for the creation of "welfare capitalism" in the 1920s, and why did they use it?

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A)   The government created welfare capitalism to address the needs of the less fortunate.
B)   Traditional labor unions established welfare capitalism to assist workers.
C)   Businesses created welfare capitalism to encourage workers' loyalty to the company.
D)   Socialists designed welfare capitalism to bring apolitical workers into the radical fold.E) A) and B)
F) A) and C)

Question 9

Describe how the Great Depression affected ordinary Americans.

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Question 10

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Select the word or phrase from the Terms section that best matches the definition or example provided in the Definitions section. Some terms may be used more than once; others may not be used at all.
-Industrial programs for workers that became popular in the 1920s. Some businesses improved safety and sanitation inside factories and instituted paid vacations and pension plans. It encouraged loyalty to companies rather than independent labor unions.

Accepted Answer

A)  Bonus Marchers
B)  Five-Power Naval Treaty of 1922
C)  Johnson-Reed Act
D)  Ku Klux Klan
E)  New NegroF) new womanG) prohibitionH) Reconstruction Finance Corporation (RF
C)  I) Scopes trialJ) Scottsboro BoysK) Teapot DomeL) welfare capitalismM) D) and I)
N) A) and B)

Question 11

Among the first signs of economic distress in the United States in the mid-1920s was

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A)   a reluctance to buy stocks on margin.
B)   the tremendous increase in the number of labor strikes.
C)   a decrease in the rate of unemployment.
D)   a slowdown in new construction and in automobile sales.E) A) and B)
F) None of the above

Question 12

In what ways did the New Woman and the New Negro reflect the dazzle and despair of the Roaring Twenties?

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The New Wo...

Question 13

Which relatively new industry in the 1920s linked the possession of material goods to the fulfillment of spiritual and emotional needs?

Accepted Answer

A)   The automobile industry
B)   Public relations
C)   Chemical manufacturing
D)   AdvertisingE) B) and C)
F) A) and D)

Question 14

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Select the word or phrase from the Terms section that best matches the definition or example provided in the Definitions section. Some terms may be used more than once; others may not be used at all.
-Nine African American youths who were arrested for the alleged rape of two white women in Scottsboro, Alabama, in 1931. After an all-white jury sentenced the young men to death, the Communist party took action that saved them from the electric chair.

Accepted Answer

A)  Bonus Marchers
B)  Five-Power Naval Treaty of 1922
C)  Johnson-Reed Act
D)  Ku Klux Klan
E)  New NegroF) new womanG) prohibitionH) Reconstruction Finance Corporation (RF
C)  I) Scopes trialJ) Scottsboro BoysK) Teapot DomeL) welfare capitalismM) E) and I)
N) A) and C)

Question 15

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Select the word or phrase from the Terms section that best matches the definition or example provided in the Definitions section. Some terms may be used more than once; others may not be used at all.
-Term referring to African Americans who challenged American racial hierarchy through the arts.

Accepted Answer

A)  Bonus Marchers
B)  Five-Power Naval Treaty of 1922
C)  Johnson-Reed Act
D)  Ku Klux Klan
E)  New NegroF) new womanG) prohibitionH) Reconstruction Finance Corporation (RF
C)  I) Scopes trialJ) Scottsboro BoysK) Teapot DomeL) welfare capitalismM) C) and F)
N) A) and G)

Question 16

Which group sponsored a team of lawyers to defend the nine young black men in Scottsboro, Alabama, who were arrested on trumped-up rape charges in 1931?

Accepted Answer

A)   The Republican party
B)   The Communist party
C)   The NAACP
D)   The League of Women VotersE) None of the above
F) A) and C)

Question 17

Who wrote the 1937 novel Their Eyes Were Watching God, an example of Harlem Renaissance literature?

Accepted Answer

A)   Langston Hughes
B)   Countee Cullen
C)   Claude McKay
D)   Zora Neale HurstonE) All of the above
F) A) and B)

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