Question

1. The Calvin Coolidge presidency:

a. Was noted for its opposition to Prohibition, which is why Coolidge chose Al Smith tun on the same Republican Party ticket in 1928.

b. Supported the Equal Rights Amendment, which is why Congress voted for it and it eventually became part of the U.S. Constitution.

c. Was known for its support of business interests including reductions on the tax rate of the wealthy.

d. Was racked with corruption scandals including the Teapot Dome scandal.

2. Which of the following was not an example of manufacturers developing innovating ways to encourage consumers to buy their products?

Select one:

a. Massive increases in the pay of the average worker.

b. Department Stores such as Chicago's Marshall Field & Co.

c. Mail-order catalogs

d. Automobile manufacturers' sale of their cars on credit.

3. Which of the following statements about the early days of the Hollywood movie industry is most accurate?

Select one:

a. The Hollywood movie industry initially began in Florida where communist producers used movies to attack American values.

b. Hollywood was created by Jewish immigrant producers who celebrated notions of democracy, freedom, and opportunity.

c. Hollywood was created by Christian religious leaders who saw it as a way to encourage traditional cultural values such as women wearing long skirts.

d. Hollywood struggled in its early days because movie theaters remained dirty and cramped, and the industry did not take off until after World War II in the 1940s.

4.which of the following individual's achievements encouraged postwar Americans to believe in an exciting future where international travel by plane would be possible?

Select one:

a. Babe Ruth

b. Jack Dempsey

c. Al Jolson

d. Charles Lindbergh

5. Which of the following statements about the term "The Flapper" is most accurate:

Select one:

a. Usually young, single, and white, she was often college-educated and in a position to get an office job that allowed to enjoy more social freedoms than previous generations of women.

b. "The Flapper" was a term that was strictly applied to members of the burgeoning gay-movement in New York City during the 1920s.

c. She was usually a middle-aged or older woman who rejected modern ideas about women's role in society.

d. "The Flapper" was a figure that was representative of the vast majority of women who, in the 1920s, were able to enjoy well-paid jobs and successful business careers.

6. The Harlem Renaissance:

Select one:

a. Was a Christian movement dominated by upper-middle-class whites who wanted New York City's Jazz clubs closed.

b. Emerged in Atlanta, Georgia, after rural blacks moved to this southern city and it focused mainly on ending segregation in southern public schools.

c. Emerged in the Harlem neighborhood of upper Manhattan, and it only involved famous Jazz musicians such as Duke Ellington.

d. Was the product of the migration to upper Manhattan of African Americans from the South and Black Jamaicans who produced great art (e.g. Aaron Douglas) and great literature (Zora Neale Hurston) that together proclaimed a new more self-confident black identity.

7.Marcus Garvey:

a. Was a Jamaican immigrant to Harlem, New York, who created the United Negro Improvement Association, which encouraged blacks to develop a strong black nationalist identity that promoted racial pride.

b. Was a Jazz musician who rejected black nationalism.

c. Was a Jamaican immigrant to Harlem whose organization, the NAACP, encouraged black Americans to embrace the American political system and reject notions of emigrating to Africa.

d. Was a Chicago-born African American who urged his fellow blacks to assimilate to middle-class white society if they wanted to succeed.

8. the National Origins Act of 1924 reflected the growing popularity among middle-class Protestant Americans of:

Select one:

a. Communists

b. Anti-immigrant nativism

c. Immigrants from Asia

d. The Roman Catholic Church

9. The prosecution of John T. Scopes:

Select one:

a. Was a victory for William Jennings Bryan because he was able to defend fundamentalist readings of the Bible against Clarence Darrow.

b. Reflected the success of modernist supporters in convincing states such as Tennessee to embrace the teaching of the theory of evolution in their public schools.

c. Reflected how determined fundamentalists in states like Tennessee were to challenge modernist ideas, such as the theory of evolution, that called into question literal interpretations of the Bible.

d. Was a huge victory for fundamentalists because it convinced the U.S. Congress to pass an act prohibiting the teaching of the theory of evolution in American schools.

10 The Ku Klux Klan in the 1920s:

Select one:

a. Was popular among Catholics and immigrants because it opposed nativism.

b. Exploited anti-immigrant and anti-Catholic sentiment to grow its support in states like Indian and Pennsylvania, but it was eventually brought down by scandals and investigations into violent practices

c. Failed to broaden its appeal by including women.

d. Was very weak and had little support outside of states in the Deep South such as Mississippi.

Answer 1

• 5.Usually young, single, and white, she was often college-educated and in a position to get an office job that allowed to enjoy more social freedoms than previous generations of women.
• 6.The Harlem Renaissance was the product of the migration to upper Manhattan of African Americans from the South and Black Jamaicans who produced great art (e.g. Aaron Douglas) and great literature (Zora Neale Hurston) that together proclaimed a new more self-confident black identity.
• 7.Marcus Garvey was a Jamaican immigrant to Harlem, New York, who created the United Negro Improvement Association, which encouraged blacks to develop a strong black nationalist identity that promoted racial pride.
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