HIST 1302 Week 4 Quiz

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Question 1

In the early twentieth century, the Ku Klux Klan reemerged in the South, targeting only blacks.

·        True

·        False

Question 2

How did World War I’s Committee on Public Information (CPI) inspire business in the 1920s?

·        The wartime experience proved that the best way to prevent overspeculation on the stock market was to inform the public of its dangers.

·        Business leaders hired private data collectors to measure the effects of propaganda on consumers.

·        The CPI’s success suggested government intervention could have a positive impact on business growth.

·        Public relations departments were established in many firms to counteract bad publicity.

·        The CPI discouraged consumers from buying commodities on credit.

Question 3

 “Slumming” meant:                                               

·        whites going to Harlem’s dancehalls, jazz clubs, and speakeasies.

·        blacks migrating from the South to the North during the Great Migration.

·        speculating on the stock market.

·        living in the Hoovervilles.

·        flappers not working and living off their parents’ wealth.

Question 4

The Hays Code:                                                       

·        prohibited movies from depicting nudity, long kisses, and adultery.

·        prohibited the mailing of material with sexual content.

·        banned Socialists from speaking at public universities.

·        prohibited movies from showing business in a negative way.

·        banned certain works of literature in Boston.

Question 5

Which statement about politics in the 1920s is FALSE ?                                 

·        Congress continued the trend toward restricting certain groups of people from entering the United States.

·        Voter turnout had fallen dramatically since the turn of the century.

·        Republicans controlled the White House and supported pro-business policies.

·        Women took an active role in national politics, mostly with the Republican Party.

·        The South was dominated by the Democratic Party.

Question 6

Once married, the flapper often continued her liberation and freedom.                                

·        True

·        False

Question 7

The prevailing jurisprudence of the United States Supreme Court in the 1920s can best be described as:                                                                                   

·        laissez-faire.

·        authoritarian.

·        paternalistic.

·        deferential.

·        progressive.

Question 8

The stock market crash caused the Great Depression.                          

·        True                                             

·        False

Question 9

Meyer v. Nebraska:                                                

·        overturned the ban on child labor.

·        overturned a law that stated public schools would instruct classes in English.

·        ruled that the maximum number of hours a woman could work could not be legislated.

·        ruled that evolution could not be taught in public schools.

·        upheld the Espionage Act as constitutional.

Question 10

In their 1929 study, Middletown, Robert and Helen Lynd:                              

·        argued that leisure and consumption had replaced political involvement.

·        based their findings on a study of Chicago.

·        noted the increase in voter participation with the enfranchisement of women.

·        based their findings on a study of Los Angeles and New York City.

·        found that Americans were increasingly involved in local politics.

Question 11

The administrators that Roosevelt chose for his cabinet reflected the conservative traditions of Coolidge and Hoover.                                                             

·        True                                             

·        False

Question 12

The Fair Labor Standards Act instituted all of the following changes EXCEPT it:                          

·        set the minimum wage.

·        established the fifty-hour workweek.

·        banned goods produced by child labor from interstate commerce.

·        required overtime pay.

·        regulated working conditions.

Question 13

How did the government try to prevent the rise of women in the workforce during the Depression?                                                                              

·        State and local governments prohibited the hiring of women whose husbands earned a “living wage.”

·        New Deal programs such as Social Security established quotas for the distribution of benefits to working women.

·        Legislation banned both members of a married couple from holding federal jobs.

·        B and C

·        A and C

Question 14

What prompted as many as 200,000 American citizens to leave the country during the Great Depression?                                                                                   

·        They returned to their home countries in Europe, frustrated with the lack of economic opportunity in the United States.

·        Some children had little choice as they went with their Mexican-born parents to Mexico.

·        They sought exile in the Soviet Union, where they hoped economic planning would bring about prosperity more quickly.

·        These Americans often traveled to Latin America, trying to promote the policies of the New Deal.

·        They deeply resented the election of Franklin D. Roosevelt.

Question 15

By 1935, the New Deal:                                         

·        faced mounting pressures and criticism.

·        had the full support of the Supreme Court.

·        was declared unconstitutional.

·        had ended the Depression.

·        was validated in the United States v. Butler decision.

Question 16

The first thing that Roosevelt attended to as president was the ________ crisis.                            

·        tariff

·        unemployment

·        housing

·        banking

·        farming

Question 17

Which of the following statements best assesses the fate of feminism during the New Deal?                                                                                     

·        The sense of failure men experienced in the workplace prompted many of them to turn to women and feminists for leadership.

·        Eleanor Roosevelt’s leadership helped bring about a revival of organized feminism.

·        The women-friendly policies of the WPA, CCC, and CWA gave women’s claim for equal pay a boost.

·        Given the broad consensus that the job claims of male providers superseded women’s, organized feminism essentially disappeared.

·        Since women in domestic service were less often fired than blue-collar male workers, feminists earned much public sympathy.

Question 18

Which of the following statements best describes the CIO’s philosophy about the role of government in relation to labor?                                                     

·        Unions could work in cooperation with government to raise wages and create consumer demand.

·        Government could help shield Americans from economic and social insecurity through universal health care and public housing.

·        Government could not be trusted, as was made clear in 1934 when elected officials across America called on local police to break up strikes and arrest labor leaders.

·        A and B

·        It continued the AFL’s tradition of organizing workers by craft to carry out multiple dialogues with the government.

Question 19

The Smith Act made it a federal crime to teach, advocate, or encourage the overthrow of the government.                                                                                   

·        True

·        False

Question 20

Social Security allowed African-Americans pensions and compensations equivalent to whites.                                                                               

·        True                                             

·        False