The American economy in the 1920s saw explosive growth in
the consumer goods industries
The key to the new affluence of the 1920s lay in
technology
The following were crucial to the growth of the automobile industry in the 1920s EXCEPT
the long life of the new automobile
In the 1920s, the automobile
profoundly changed American life
In the 1920s, the dominant economic unit continued to be
the corporation
The revolution in consumer goods
disguised the decline of many traditional industries
The weakest area of the American economy in the 1920s was
agriculture
The American worker in the 1920s
did not share fully in the new affluence
Each of the following weakened organized labor in the 1920s EXCEPT
intensive government in labor affairs
Benefiting most from the economic gains of the 1920s were
the middle and upper classes
The most visible symbol of the new cities of the 1920s was
the skyscraper
The impact of the Nineteenth Amendment on women was
less than women had hoped
During the 1920s, the National Woman's Party campaigned for
an Equal Rights Amendment
In the 1920s, the American family
became smaller and somewhat less cohesive
The most noteworthy cultural development of the 1920s was
the outpouring of literature
Because of his style, the American writer who had the greatest impact on other American writers was
Ernest Hemingway
Which of the following individuals was not a prominent writer of the 1920s?
Alfred Kinsey
The leading social critic of the 1920s was
H. L. Mencken
This author, part of the cultural explosion of the 1920s, focused on the way the machine age undermined traditional American values.
Sherwood Anderson
James Weldon Johnson
was an important African-American poet
The __________ symbolized the flowering of African American culture in the 1920s.
Harlem Renaissance
In 1923, the __________ began publication of the magazine Opportunity.
Urban League
The African-American leader who promoted African-American business enterprises and pan-African unity was
Marcus Garvey
The Red Scare of 1919 was
was an outgrowth of the intense nationalism of World War I
During the Red Scare of 1919-1920, _________ led the attack on the alien threat.
A. Mitchell Palmer
A prominent political leader who spoke out against the Red Scare was
Senator Warren G. Harding
Passed in 1920, the __________ made it illegal for anyone to make, sell, or transport any drink that contained more than one-half of one-percent of alcohol by volume.
Volstead Act
Prohibition
bed a profound disrespect for the law
Which of the following statements best explains Clive Weed;s opinion of the reasons behind the failure of prohibition?
Law enforcement and public officials were corrupted by bootleggers.
Which one of the following was NOT a result of Prohibition?
an increase in drinking in America
Sacco and Vanzetti were convicted of murder primarily because they were
Italian immigrants and anarchists
Which of the following groups was a possible target of Ku Klux Klan violence in the 1920s?
blacks, Jews, Catholics, and women
The Ku Klux Klan
attacked anyone who seemed different to them
The immigration legislation of the 1920s
was the most enduring achievement of the rural counterattack
Which of the following groups was exempted from the provisions of the National Origins Act of 1921?
Mexicans
The famous female evangelist of the 1920s was
Aimee Semple McPherson
The famous evolution trial of 1925 involved biology teacher
John Scopes
The immigration restrictions of the 1920s
reflected the strength of nativism in America
The Democratic Party in the 1920s
was badly split between its urban and rural branches
Harding and his successors
wanted a return to traditional Republican policies
The ____________ marked a return to the old Republican policy of high protective tariffs.
Fordney-McCumber Tariff
The chief figure in the Teapot Dome scandal was
Albert Fall
The honesty and integrity of __________ reassured the nation after the Harding scandals and Harding's death in 1923.
Calvin Coolidge
Secretary of the Treasury Andrew Mellon pushed for
lower personal taxes for the rich
As secretary of commerce, Herbert Hoover
pushed for closer relations between government and business
The root of the farmers' problems in the 1920s was
overproduction
During the 1920s, the government's role in the economy
increased
An indicator of the future strength of the Democratic Party was
the shift of urban voters to the party
The Democratic candidate in the election of 1928 was
Al Smith
Beneath the surface, the two candidates in the election of 1928
were strikingly similar
In the election of 1928, the Democrats
showed great strength in the cities
