EXAM #3

Dawes Plan

resulted in the reduction of Germanys War Debt

Calvin Coolidge

lowered taxes and decreased government regulation of business

In the 1920s, the Ku Klux Klan did all of the following except

continue to thrive only in the south

The Johnson-Reed Act of 1924 made this group the chief source of immigrant labor. This group was:

Mexicans

As a result of the Scopes trial,

publishers eliminated references to Darwin's theories from science textbooks

The twentieth-century president who best represented the "self-made" man was

Herbert Hoover

In 1915, William Simmons, a white southerner was inspired by this film to resurrect the Ku Klux Klan. This film was

Birth of a nation

Which of the following is a true statement about American workers in the 1920s?

Skilled workers received high wages, and enjoyed paid vacations, paid vacations, sick leave, and other benefits

President Harding's father reputedly told him "Thank God you weren't born a gal," you can't

You cant say no

To control flooding throughout the south, the Roosevelt Administration created

TVA

During the 1920s,

Rural Americans showed distrust for urban ways

All of the following was part of the new consumer lifestyle of the 1920s except

poverty was eliminated from society

Sexual mores of the 1920s

Encouraged husbands and wives to enjoy recreational activities and physical intimacy together

The organizer of the "Share the Wealth" societies was

Huey Long

Under the New Deal, African Americans

continued to face discrimination and disfranchisement

in the election of 1916

Woodrow Wilson's campaign slogan was "He kept us out of war."

Probably the most formative experience in the life of Franklin Roosevelt was his

paralysis from polio

The Red Scare

exemplified post war american fear of foreign ideas

Eleanor Roosevelt was

An active political partner of her husband and a key proponent of New Deal liberalism

The founder of Tuskegee Institute who emphasized that educational and economic opportunities were more important than civil rights was

booker t Washington

All of the following are reasons why the Great Depression occurred except

there was too much gov spending for poor workers

The Roosevelt proposal of 1937 that aroused tremendous public resistance was the

plan to increase the size of the Supreme Court

The Indian Reorganization Act of 1934

Restored tribal ownership of lands, recognized tribal constitutions and government, and provided loans for economic development.

Women with ambition generally sought work as all of the following except

department store clerks

The popular political personality known as the "radio priest" was

Father Coughlin

In the Teapot Dome scandal,

Harding's Secretary of the Interior took bribes and awarded fraudulent leases to oil companies

The government program that employed some two million young men planting trees and improving the environment in 1933 was the

civillian conservation corps

In 1932, the so-called Bonus Army

petitioned Congress for early payment of their World War I veteran benefits.

The black opera singer who sang on the steps of the Lincoln Memorial in 1939 in a symbolic concert against racism was

Marian Anderson

Charles A. Lindbergh became a celebrity in the 1920s when he

completed the first solo flight across the Atlantic

Which of the following is true about the Palmer Raids and the Red Scare of 1919-1920?

it was an intense period of political intolerance

the flapper

epitomized the change in standards of sexual behavior

The Harlem Renaissance

describes the quest by writers like Langston hughes to write about the black experience

Woody Guthrie was

popular folk singer of the 1930s

Which of the following was associated with jazz music?

Duke Ellington

Jack Dempsey

dubbed the "manassas Mauler" he was a cultural icon of the 1920s

The initial U.S. policy regarding the European war was to

persue a policy of neutrality

The peace treaty negotiated by the Allies

forced Germany to accept total responsibility for the war

Most African American soldiers were

not allowed to fight

At the beginning of World War I, the U.S. identified most strongly with

Great Britain

The commanding military officer who ordered the attack the bonus marchers in Washington was

Douglas Mcarthur

Marcus Garvey was

the founder of a black separatist organization

Former President Theodore Roosevelt

Insisted that war with Germany was inevitable for the U.S.

Progressive reformer Jane Addams

founded the Women's Peace Party and strongly opposed war.

In the United States during World War I, a hamburger was renamed a

Salisbury steak

The benefits of the dams that were constructed via New Deal policies

helped spur the growth of the Tennessee Valley Authority

Americans were outraged by the "Zimmermann telegram" because it

Encouraged Mexico to side with Germany in case America entered the War

One of the major demands of women reformers during the New Deal years was for

Protective Legislation

Which of the following did not join the League of Nations?

United States

Passed in 1917 and 1918, the Espionage, Sabotage, and Sedition Acts

Allowed citizen to be prosecuted for profaning the flag, constitution or the government