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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?
a.
The wartime experience proved that the best way to prevent overspeculation on the stock market was to inform the public of its dangers.
b.
Business leaders hired private data collectors to measure the effects of propaganda on consumers.
c.
The CPI’s success suggested government intervention could have a positive impact on business growth.
d.
Public relations departments were established in many firms to counteract bad publicity.
e.
The CPI discouraged consumers from buying commodities on credit.
• Question 3
“Slumming” meant:
a.
whites going to Harlem’s dancehalls, jazz clubs, and speakeasies.
b.
blacks migrating from the South to the North during the Great Migration.
c.
speculating on the stock market.
d.
living in the Hoovervilles.
e.
flappers not working and living off their parents’ wealth.
• Question 4
The Hays Code:
a.
prohibited movies from depicting nudity, long kisses, and adultery.
b.
prohibited the mailing of material with sexual content.
c.
banned Socialists from speaking at public universities.
d.
prohibited movies from showing business in a negative way.
e.
banned certain works of literature in Boston.
• Question 5
Which statement about politics in the 1920s is FALSE ?
a.
Congress continued the trend toward restricting certain groups of people from entering the United States.
b.
Voter turnout had fallen dramatically since the turn of the century.
c.
Republicans controlled the White House and supported pro-business policies.
d.
Women took an active role in national politics, mostly with the Republican Party.
e.
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:
a.
laissez-faire.
b.
authoritarian.
c.
paternalistic.
d.
deferential.
e.
progressive.
• Question 8
The stock market crash caused the Great Depression.
True
False
• Question 9
Meyer v. Nebraska:
a.
overturned the ban on child labor.
b.
overturned a law that stated public schools would instruct classes in English.
c.
ruled that the maximum number of hours a woman could work could not be legislated.
d.
ruled that evolution could not be taught in public schools.
e.
upheld the Espionage Act as constitutional.
• Question 10
In their 1929 study, Middletown, Robert and Helen Lynd:
a.
argued that leisure and consumption had replaced political involvement.
b.
based their findings on a study of Chicago.
c.
noted the increase in voter participation with the enfranchisement of women.
d.
based their findings on a study of Los Angeles and New York City.
e.
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:
a.
set the minimum wage.
b.
established the fifty-hour workweek.
c.
banned goods produced by child labor from interstate commerce.
d.
required overtime pay.
e.
regulated working conditions.
• Question 13
How did the government try to prevent the rise of women in the workforce during the Depression?
a.
State and local governments prohibited the hiring of women whose husbands earned a “living wage.”
b.
New Deal programs such as Social Security established quotas for the distribution of benefits to working women.
c.
Legislation banned both members of a married couple from holding federal jobs.
d.
B and C
e.
A and C
• Question 14
What prompted as many as 200,000 American citizens to leave the country during the Great Depression?
a.
They returned to their home countries in Europe, frustrated with the lack of economic opportunity in the United States.
b.
Some children had little choice as they went with their Mexican-born parents to Mexico.
c.
They sought exile in the Soviet Union, where they hoped economic planning would bring about prosperity more quickly.
d.
These Americans often traveled to Latin America, trying to promote the policies of the New Deal.
e.
They deeply resented the election of Franklin D. Roosevelt.
• Question 15
By 1935, the New Deal:
a.
faced mounting pressures and criticism.
b.
had the full support of the Supreme Court.
c.
was declared unconstitutional.
d.
had ended the Depression.
e.
was validated in the United States v. Butler decision.
• Question 16
The first thing that Roosevelt attended to as president was the ________ crisis.
a.
tariff
b.
unemployment
c.
housing
d.
banking
e.
farming
• Question 17
Which of the following statements best assesses the fate of feminism during the New Deal?
a.
The sense of failure men experienced in the workplace prompted many of them to turn to women and feminists for leadership.
b.
Eleanor Roosevelt’s leadership helped bring about a revival of organized feminism.
c.
The women-friendly policies of the WPA, CCC, and CWA gave women’s claim for equal pay a boost.
d.
Given the broad consensus that the job claims of male providers superseded women’s, organized feminism essentially disappeared.
e.
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?
a.
Unions could work in cooperation with government to raise wages and create consumer demand.
b.
Government could help shield Americans from economic and social insecurity through universal health care and public housing.
c.
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.
d.
A and B
e.
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
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