Which statement about the performance of the American economy during the 1920s is the MOST accurate?   	2	This was a decade of almost uninterrupted prosperity.   	Manufacturing output rose significantly, but so did the level of inflation.  	The automobile industry was a key factor behind general economic growth.   	Inequalities between rich and poor grew more pronounced during this decade.  	Republican presidents oversaw this period of economic growth.   	
Trade associations of the 1920s    	2	were mandated by Congress.   	worked best in the mass-production industries.   	helped decentralize American industry.   	were designed to encourage consolidation and competition.   	both a and d   	
Industrialists of the 1920s had a number of fears, but the greatest was    	1	overproduction.   	a decline in the number of skilled workers.   	radical union organizations.   	presidential edicts.   	foreign competition.   	
During the 1920s the automobile and steel industries moved toward    	3	trade associations.   	genuine worker-management partnerships.   	the concentration of production in a few large firms.   	profit sharing.   	acceptance of the legitimacy of unions.   	
During the 1920s most American workers saw their standard of living    	1	rise.   	fall.   	stagnate.   	   	   	
"Welfare capitalism"    	3	did not survive the 1920s.   	was essentially paternalistic.   	both a and b   	neither a nor b   	   	
The "welfare capitalism" of the 1920s    	4	was essentially a creation of management.   	was practiced by Henry Ford.   	gave workers a measure of real control over their own economic lives.   	both a and b   	both b and c   	
Which statement about the lot of the American worker during the 1920s is the LEAST accurate?   	3	Wage increases generally ran below the growth of the economy as a whole.   	Unskilled workers did not see their wages increase much at all.   	Union membership fell as a percentage of the work force, but not in absolute numbers.  	The number of unskilled workers in the economy, many of them immigrants, rose rapidly.  	The benefits of "welfare capitalism" affected only a relatively few workers.  	
During the 1920s the American Federation of Labor    	1	remained wedded to the craft union idea.   	created an adjunct organization called the CIO (Congress of Industrial Organizations) which eventually became the AFL-CIO.  	encouraged strikes to gain wage increases.   	endorsed the "American Plan" to demonstrate their patriotism.   	took a new interest in organizing women, but not in organizing blacks.   	
A. Philip Randolph is to be associated with organizing which group of workers?   	2	women   	blacks   	Hispanics   	Asians   	eastern European immigrants   	
Which group of immigrant workers was the LEAST significant to the economy of the West and Southwest during the 1920s?   	2	the Filipinos   	the Chinese   	the Japanese   	the Hispanics   	   	
The American agricultural economy of the 1920s saw    	2	a worrisome decline in food prices.   	the number of people in the industry decline as a percentage of the total American labor force, but not in absolute terms as well.  	demand rise faster than production.   	it keep pace with the industrial economy of the country.   	all of the above   	
Advocates of the idea of "parity"    	5	urged a lowering of tariffs as well.   	achieved their goals during the 1920s.   	had the support of President Calvin Coolidge.   	wanted to keep government out of the farm economy.   	none of the above   	
The McNary-Haugen Bill dealt with    	4	banking.   	tariffs.   	trade associations.   	agriculture.   	taxes.   	
The "man nobody knows" was    	4	Henry Ford.   	Woodrow Wilson.   	the American common man.   	Jesus Christ.   	the new immigrant.   	
The book The Man Nobody Knows was written by    	1	an advertising executive.   	a politician.   	a novelist.   	an Englishman.   	none of the above   	
The growth of advertising was made possible in the 1920s by all of the following EXCEPT   	5	World War I-era propaganda.   	mass-circulation magazines.   	the movie industry.   	radio.   	all of the above   	
Which statement about women in the 1920s is NOT true?    	5	College-educated women were no longer pioneers in the 1920s.   	Most professional women remained confined to traditionally "feminine" fields.  	Most working women were nonprofessional, lower-class workers.   	Middle-class women remained largely in the home.   	Each statement is essentially accurate.   	
John B. Watson and the "behaviorists" argued that women    	3	had an instinctive capacity to be mothers.   	were uniquely susceptible to the power of advertising.   	ought to rely on the advice of experts.   	all of the above   	none of the above   	
Which phenomenon affected the lives of middle-class women during the 1920s?    	1	growing interest in birth control   	sex for the purpose of procreation   	women seeing themselves as independent of men   	the rise of Victorianism   	the declining influence of Margaret Sanger   	
During the 1920s    	5	middle-class women were beginning to see the benefits of birth control.   	birth-control devices remained illegal in many states.   	abortion remained illegal nearly everywhere.   	both b and c   	all of the first three   	
At its outset, the "flapper" lifestyle had a particular impact on    	1	lower-class women.   	middle-class women.   	upper-class women.   	women of all classes.   	   	
Alice Paul is to be associated primarily with    	3	creating a women's auxiliary of the Democratic Party.   	building the League of Women Voters.   	leading the National Woman's Party.   	pushing the Republican Party to stress women's issues.   	none of the above   	
Despite the changes of the 1920s, women remained dependent on men    	3	in the workplace.   	in the home.   	both a and b   	neither a nor b   	   	
During the 1920s a proposal for an Equal Rights Amendment met resistance from    	3	Congress.   	feminist groups.   	both a and b   	neither a nor b   	   	
The Sheppard-Towner Act    	2	was supported by Alice Paul and Margaret Sanger.   	provided federal funds for child health care.   	was not consistent with previous "protective" legislation for women.   	was a pet project of the American Medical Association.   	both b and d   	
The pose of the intellectual of the 1920s could best be described as one of    	3	patriotism.   	detachment.   	alienation.   	irony.   	boosterism.   	
Who among the following debunkedæor otherwise critiquedæmodern American society?   	4	H. L. Mencken   	Sinclair Lewis   	F. Scott Fitzgerald.   	All of the above did.   	None of the above did.   	
The poem "I, Too" was written    	4	by a product of the Harlem Renaissance.   	by Langston Hughes.   	to demonstrate one's separation from America.   	both a and b   	all of the first three   	
The Harlem Renaissance sought to provide    	3	a political challenge to racial injustice.   	a cultural challenge to racial injustice.   	both a and b   	neither a nor b   	   	
The "noble experiment" refers to    	5	women's rights.   	immigration restriction.   	isolationism.   	the Harlem Renaissance.   	none of the above   	
When the Eighteenth Amendment, prohibiting the manufacture and sale of alcohol, went into effect, it had the support of most   	3	middle-class Americans.   	progressives.   	both a and b   	neither a nor b   	   	
The Eighteenth Amendment    	3	substantially reduced drinking in the United States.   	led to considerable violation of the law.   	both a and b   	neither a nor b   	   	
The National Origins Act of 1924    	1	banned immigration from east Asia.   	discriminated against northwestern Europeans.   	was not designed to reduce the total number of immigrants, but to alter the source of those immigrants.  	included a quota system for the first time.   	none of the above   	
The Ku Klux Klan    	3	had not existed in the United States before the 1920s.   	killed Leo Frank.   	was aided by a major American film.   	both b and c   	none of the above   	
The Ku Klux Klan of the 1920s was all of the following EXCEPT    	4	antiblack.   	anti-Catholic.   	anti-Semitic.   	antinativist.   	   	
The Ku Klux Klan was fighting    	5	to preserve racial homogeneity.   	to preserve traditional culture.   	against behavior and ideas it disliked.   	both a and b   	all of the first three   	
The Scopes trial of 1925    	3	was a response to a pro-Darwin piece of legislation.   	involved the American Civil Liberties Union on the side of the state.   	put a former presidential candidate in the courtroom.   	led to a verdict of innocence.   	none of the above   	
In the Scopes trial of 1925, Clarence Darrow    	5	was denied a chance to put scholarly experts on the Bible on the stand.   	was able to put William Jennings Bryan on the stand.   	failed to get Bryan to admit the possibility of biblical interpretation.   	both b and c   	both a and b   	
The Scopes trial of 1925    	4	put fundamentalists on the defensive.   	discouraged fundamentalists from participating in politics.   	resolved the conflict between fundamentalists and modernists.   	both a and b   	all of the first three   	
Which statement about the political parties of the 1920s is the MOST accurate?   	1	The Democratic Party was seriously divided between its urban and rural factions.  	The Republican Party was seriously divided between its urban and rural factions.  	Both parties were seriously divided between these two factions.   	Neither party was divided between these two factions.   	   	
Which statement about Al Smith is NOT true?    	5	He was a Democrat.   	He was supported by Tammany Hall.   	He was opposed by the Ku Klux Klan.   	He was nominated by his party for president.   	He lost a presidential race to Calvin Coolidge.   	
The election of 1928 saw    	2	a Democrat win.   	the Democratic candidate not carry the entire South for the first time since the Civil War.  	both a and b   	neither a nor b   	   	
In the election of 1928    	2	the Democrats were a united party.   	the Republicans ran a candidate who personified the new middle-class society of the 1920s.  	a Catholic was elected to the presidency.   	the Democrats did poorly in the large cities.   	none of the above   	
The presidency of Warren Harding    	1	was ridden with scandals.   	was characterized by vigorous national leadership.   	led to the imprisonment of Eugene Debs.   	ended in his defeat for reelection.   	both a and c   	
Warren Harding and Calvin Coolidge were similar in their    	3	personalities.   	value systems.   	approaches to the office of president.   	both b and c   	all of the first three   	
Prior to becoming president,    	4	neither Harding nor Coolidge had ever held elective office.   	Harding, but not Coolidge, had held elective office.   	Coolidge, but not Harding, had held elective office.   	both Harding and Coolidge had held elective office.   	   	
As president, Coolidge    	1	faced a challenge from Robert La Follette.   	was elected twice.   	was defeated for reelection.   	both a and b   	none of the above   	
During the 1920s Andrew Mellon and Herbert Hoover were both    	2	critics of Republican government.   	cabinet members.   	touched by scandal.   	opponents of the "new culture."   	none of the above   	
As Treasury secretary, Andrew Mellon worked to cut    	3	income taxes.   	inheritance taxes.   	both a and b   	neither a nor b   	   	
The concept of "associationalism" is to be associated primarily with    	4	Calvin Coolidge.   	Andrew Mellon.   	Henry Ford.   	Herbert Hoover.   	Al Smith.   	
As Commerce secretary, Herbert Hoover saw himself as    	1	a progressive.   	a believer in a larger federal government.   	both a and b   	neither a nor b   	   	
The 1920s saw considerable prosperity, but not without a high rate of inflation.   	2	TRUE   	FALSE   	   	   	   	
To be most effective, the trade associations of the 1920s worked best in small industries.   	2	TRUE   	FALSE   	   	   	   	
Most American workers saw their standard of living rise during the 1920s.    	1	TRUE   	FALSE   	   	   	   	
The "welfare capitalism" of the 1920s affected only a small number of American workers.   	1	TRUE   	FALSE   	   	   	   	
Workers' wage increases during the 1920s were proportionately far below the growth of the economy as a whole.   	1	TRUE   	FALSE   	   	   	   	
Union membership did not grow during the 1920s, but it at least held its own.    	2	TRUE   	FALSE   	   	   	   	
Champions of parity for farmers urged high tariffs against foreign agricultural competition.   	1	TRUE   	FALSE   	   	   	   	
The new mass culture of the 1920s could not erase the increasing diversity of the United States during that same decade.   	1	TRUE   	FALSE   	   	   	   	
During the 1920s most employed women were nonprofessional, lower-class workers.   	1	TRUE   	FALSE   	   	   	   	
During the 1920s "behaviorists" grudgingly accepted the notion that women had an instinctive capacity for being mothers.   	2	TRUE   	FALSE   	   	   	   	
College-educated women were the real pioneers of the 1920s.    	2	TRUE   	FALSE   	   	   	   	
Despite the great advances made by the women's movement during the 1920s, most American women remained dependent on men at the close of the decade.   	1	TRUE   	FALSE   	   	   	   	
Feminists such as Alice Paul were enthusiastic supporters of the Sheppard Towner Act because it provided federal funds for child health care.   	2	TRUE   	FALSE   	   	   	   	
H. L. Mencken, Sinclair Lewis, and F. Scott Fitzgerald are all examples of writers who were determined to describe American society and reform it.   	2	TRUE   	FALSE   	   	   	   	
When prohibition went into effect in 1920, it is safe to say that it had the support of not only most middle-class Americans, but most progressives as well.  	1	TRUE   	FALSE   	   	   	   	
Prohibition did substantially reduce drinking in most parts of the United States.   	1	TRUE   	FALSE   	   	   	   	
Immigration restriction was a popular political issue during the 1920s.    	1	TRUE   	FALSE   	   	   	   	
The nativism of the 1920s was confined largely to the issue of immigration restriction.   	2	TRUE   	FALSE   	   	   	   	
During the 1920s the Ku Klux Klan grew increasingly focused on its antiblack agenda.   	2	TRUE   	FALSE   	   	   	   	
To the great alarm of modernists, fundamentalism was gaining political power during the middle of the 1920s.   	1	TRUE   	FALSE   	   	   	   	
The Scopes trial of 1925 resulted in a guilty verdict, but it also put fundamentalists on the defensive.   	1	TRUE   	FALSE   	   	   	   	
More so than the Republicans, the Democrats of the 1920s consisted of a diverse coalition of interest groups.   	1	TRUE   	FALSE   	   	   	   	
In 1928 Democratic candidate Al Smith did quite well in large cities, but he was the first Democrat since the Civil War not to carry the entire South.   	1	TRUE   	FALSE   	   	   	   	
During the 1920s the federal government enjoyed a supportive relationship with the American business community.   	1	TRUE   	FALSE   	   	   	   	
Both Warren Harding and Calvin Coolidge took essentially passive approaches to the presidency.   	1	TRUE   	FALSE   	   	   	   	
Unlike Harding, Coolidge rose to the presidency on the basis of few substantive accomplishments.   	2	TRUE   	FALSE   	   	   	   	
Herbert Hoover's idea of voluntarism required that the federal government remain essentially passive.   	2	TRUE   	FALSE