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

Chapter 22: THE NEW ERA

True or False Quiz

1
The Democratic Party of the 1920s consisted of a diverse coalition of interests that often faced internal conflicts.
A)True
B)False
2
The "American Plan" was a nickname given by corporate leaders to the "open shop" concept, which held that no worker could be required to join a union to get or keep a job.
A)True
B)False
3
The economic sector most responsible for the prosperity of the 1920s was agriculture.
A)True
B)False
4
Religious opposition to "tampering with God's creation" prevented any significant genetic research in America during the 1920s.
A)True
B)False
5
During the 1920s, membership in labor unions declined significantly compared to the World War I years.
A)True
B)False
6
The concept of "parity" for agricultural prices was designed to make sure that farmers earned at least the cost of producing the products.
A)True
B)False
7
During the 1920s, advertising expanded rapidly and advertisers were increasingly trying to identify their products with a modern lifestyle.
A)True
B)False
8
"Flapper" was the nickname given during the 1920s to middle-class women who "raised a flap" about the decline of traditional female roles and who criticized the "wild" ways of the youth of the decade.
A)True
B)False
9
H. L. Mencken and Sinclair Lewis were among the authors whose writings were harshly critical of the dominant middle-class values of the 1920s.
A)True
B)False
10
The New York City-based flourishing of African American culture in the 1920s was nicknamed the "Gotham Revival."
A)True
B)False
11
Although there were big city backers of prohibition, support for the prohibition of liquor was strongest in the provincial, largely rural, Protestant-dominated areas of the country.
A)True
B)False
12
The effect of the Immigration Act of 1921 and the National Origins Act of 1924 was to increase foreign immigration, especially Asian immigration, following the restrictive period around World War I.
A)True
B)False
13
In the 1920s, the Ku Klux Klan grew rapidly in some Midwestern states as well as in the South.
A)True
B)False
14
Within American Protestantism, the so-called Modernists tended to be urban, middle-class people who attempted to adapt religion to the teachings of science and secular society.
A)True
B)False
15
The Republican administrations of the 1920s achieved significant reductions in taxes on corporate profits, personal incomes, and inheritances.
A)True
B)False
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