American History: A Survey (Brinkley), 13th Edition

Chapter 22: THE NEW ERA

Multiple Choice Quiz

1
The "welfare capitalism" of the 1920s did NOT provide American workers any
A)tangible economic gains.
B)real control over their own fates.
C)psychological comfort.
D)opportunity for organization.
E)low labor costs.
2
The essence of welfare capitalism was
A)company-provided benefits for workers.
B)company-provided bonuses for management.
C)government-provided employment benefits for workers.
D)government-provided financial aid for troubled industries.
E)government-provided bonuses for management.
3
Which of the following did NOT contribute to the weakness of the organized labor movement in America in the 1920s?
A)hostility of the courts and the Justice Department to union activities
B)the propaganda promoted by corporate leaders that unionism was un-American
C)the large numbers of unskilled workers who found no place in the craft orientation of the AFL
D)the strength of corporations
E)the radical leadership of the AFL
4
The "American Plan" was a(n)
A)effort to revive patriotism that had flagged after the war.
B)effort to convince Americans not to buy products manufactured in other nations.
C)crusade for the open shop in American corporations.
D)plan to Americanize European immigrants.
E)effort to combat communism in America.
5
In the 1920s and after, the term "parity" was used to refer to
A)a fair exchange price for farm crops.
B)equal pay for union and nonunion workers.
C)equal pay for equal work for males and females.
D)equal employment opportunities for black and whites.
E)equal pay for blacks and whites.
6
Which of the following industries was most closely associated with the rise of consumerism in America in the 1920s?
A)banking
B)insurance
C)automobiles
D)fast-food chains
E)advertising
7
Margaret Sanger was significant to American social and cultural life in the 1920s as a promoter of
A)temperance.
B)the "debunkers."
C)progressive education.
D)movies.
E)the birth-control movement.
8
A principal theme of Sinclair Lewis's novels was
A)utopian optimism for the future.
B)romantic idealization of the past.
C)acceptance of modern American society as the best of all possible worlds.
D)contempt for modern American society.
E)rejection of the "success ethic."
9
The Harlem Renaissance referred to
A)a movement in black literature, art, and music.
B)the spread of jazz to the cities of the North.
C)a movement in New York to improve the conditions of recent immigrants to the United States.
D)a back-to-Africa movement among black intellectuals who had repudiated American values.
E)a time of revitalization of New York politics.
10
Four of the following statements accurately describe the "noble experiment" of prohibition. Which is the exception?
A)Its enforcement was ludicrously ineffective in some areas.
B)It stimulated the growth of organized crime.
C)Begun as a middle-class progressive reform, prohibition was later supported largely by rural Protestant Americans.
D)Drinking was associated with the "modern" city.
E)The Great Depression hindered efforts to repeal prohibition.
11
Which of the following was NOT a provision of the immigration laws passed in 1921 and 1924?
A)The number of immigrants allowed into the country was reduced.
B)Restrictions on Japanese, Chinese, and Korean immigration was eased.
C)The number of immigrants allowed to enter the United States was expressed as quotas based on a percentage of the number of each national group already in the country at a base year.
D)The provisions favored immigration from northwestern Europe.
E)The provisions did not favor eastern Europeans.
12
Which of the following does NOT describe the new Ku Klux Klan (1915)?
A)It extended its membership outside the old Confederate states.
B)It confined its activities to protests and symbolism rather than violence.
C)It extended its attacks to include immigrants, Catholics, and Jews.
D)It assumed the role of self-appointed guardian of traditional values.
E)It expanded its membership into industrial cities.
13
A Christian fundamentalist is one who
A)believes in the fundamental inerrancy of the New Testament.
B)wishes to base morality on secular rather than religious fundamentals.
C)accepts the basic or fundamental truths of all the world's religions in the spirit of ecumenicism.
D)believes in the basic or fundamental general ideas of the Bible but not in the literal truth of every statement.
E)adapts religion to modern science.
14
John T. Scopes was accused of the "crime" of teaching
A)the advantages of labor union membership.
B)that Christianity should dominate America.
C)that communism had advantages in some societies.
D)that Darwinian evolution best explains the origins of humans.
E)effective birth control methods.
15
The most important problem faced by the Democratic Party in the 1920s was
A)a serious split between urban and rural wings of the party.
B)the party was losing its traditional strength in the South.
C)the fact that recent immigrants no longer tended to support the party.
D)the restriction of immigration reduced the number of recruits to the party.
E)Ku Klux Klan members were becoming associated with the party.
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