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One of the heroes of the 1920s, this "self-made" man shortened work weeks, raised wages, and instituted paid vacations at all of his Detroit plants. His name isA) Charles Lindbergh. B) Bruce Barton. C) Henry Ford. D) Alfred Smith. 2 (105.0K)
Here, a man works diligently on the Ford Motor Company assembly line. The paternalistic reforms instituted by Henry Ford and other management figures to better the lives of their workers and stifle the rise of unions was calledA) Welfare Capitalism. B) Associationalism. C) the American Plan. D) McNary-Haugenism. 3 (95.0K)
Model Ts dot the edges of a Lafayette, Louisiana street. Along with automobiles, the other not-unrelated major-growth industry in the twenties wasA) Hollywood. B) shipbuilding. C) construction. D) agriculture. 4 (100.0K)
The twenties also witnessed a rebirth of the Ku Klux Klan, even in places well outside the South. Surprisingly, which of the following was not a primary target of the 1920s Klan?A) Catholics B) blacks C) Jews D) foreigners 5 (95.0K)
Two Klan leaders, Hiram Wesley Evans and J.M. Frazer, march by in their robes. The amazing growth of the Klan in the 1920s is thanks in part to which director of the Klan-glorifying film Birth of a Nation ?A) John T. Scopes B) John W. Davis C) Harry Daughtery D) D.W. Griffith 6 (39.0K)
Here, a woman displays the new "Electric Dish" sold by General Motors. Which 1920s advertising guru claimed in his book The Man Nobody Knows that Jesus Christ was the original "super salesman"?A) Alfred Smith B) Bruce Barton C) Andrew Mellon D) John B. Watson 7 (81.0K)
Another woman shows off the "bob," a popular new hair style of the twenties. This haircut soon became associated with the cultural type of the modern, liberated woman known asA) the "flapper." B) the "flipper." C) the "flopper." D) the "flepper." 8 (68.0K)
These children eager listen to their new radio. The first commercial radio station in America began broadcasting from Pittsburgh. It wasA) WDKA. B) KDKA. C) KKDA. D) WKDA. 9 (88.0K)
Federal agents break up an illegal still. Which of the following persons or groups would most agree with what's going on in this photo?A) Alfred Smith B) wets C) drys D) Sinclair Lewis 10 (54.0K)
This man was the head of the Brotherhood of Sleeping Car Porters, one of the few important unions dominated and led by African Americans. His name isA) Alain Locke. B) James Weldon Johnson. C) Langston Hughes. D) A. Philip Randolph. 11 (47.0K)
The man in this picture captured much of the spirit of the Harlem Renaissance in a single sentence: "I am a Negro-and beautiful." He isA) Alain Locke. B) James Weldon Johnson. C) Langston Hughes. D) Countee Cullen. 12 (90.0K)
Here, Mexican-American farm workers harvest a crop. Which of the following cities did not witness the growth of a large Mexican barrio in the 1920s?A) Los Angeles B) San Francisco C) Denver D) San Antonio 13 (27.0K)
The writer in this photograph attacked the New Era American obsession with material success in his famous novel The Great Gatsby . He isA) Sinclair Lewis. B) F. Scott Fitzgerald. C) William Faulkner. D) Eugene O'Neill. 14 (36.0K)
The Baltimore journalist and famous "debunker" in this photograph delighted in ridiculing New Era religion, politics, the arts, even democracy itself. He isA) H.L. Mencken. B) Sinclair Lewis. C) Alain Locke. D) John T. Scopes. 15 (98.0K)
The laconic fellow with the baseball won a comfortable victory in the election of 1924 against Democrat John W. Davis and quietly ran the country in pro-business fashion for the next four years. He isA) Alfred Smith. B) Herbert Hoover. C) Warren Harding. D) Calvin Coolidge.