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In the 1920s, the idea of agricultural "parity" was


A) to match crop production with demand.
B) to ensure farmers would at least financially break even.
C) strongly opposed by Congress.
D) to equalize the average farmer income with the average industrial worker income.
E) invalidated by the passage of the McNary-Haugen Bill.

F) C) and D)
G) A) and B)

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During the 1920s, Alice Paul of the National Woman's Party pressed a campaign for the ________.

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What was Hoover's "associationalism" and why did he champion it?

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During the 1920s, the agricultural economy of the United States saw


A) a large decrease in the area of cultivated land.
B) demand for farm goods rise faster than production.
C) a sharp decline in farmers' incomes.
D) farmers oppose using hybrid plants and chemical fertilizers.
E) the need for a larger labor supply.

F) A) and C)
G) A) and B)

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Champions of parity for farmers urged high tariffs against foreign agricultural competition.

A) True
B) False

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What were the major achievements in technology and science during the 1920s, and how were they applied to society?

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The Scopes trial of 1925 resulted in a guilty verdict, but it also put fundamentalists on the defensive.

A) True
B) False

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Why did nativism reemerge with new strength after World War I? What cultural and legal effects did it have?

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In the 1920s, a growing interest in birth control among middle-class women resulted from


A) the desire to delay childbirth to pursue a career outside of the home.
B) the attitude that sexual activity should not be for procreation only.
C) the desire to maintain a rigid, Victorian female "respectability."
D) both the desire to delay childbirth to pursue a career outside of the home, and the attitude that sexual activity should not be for procreation only.
E) All these answers are correct.

F) B) and C)
G) A) and D)

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Nativist sentiment had not been sufficient in the first years of the century to win passage of curbs on immigration, but after World War I it increased substantially.

A) True
B) False

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In his 1925 novel, The Great Gatsby, F. Scott Fitzgerald


A) glorified wealthy Americans as examples of the "success ethic."
B) ridiculed the hypocritical behavior of some in evangelical religion.
C) satirized the inequalities in American politics.
D) criticized the American obsession with material wealth.
E) dramatized the plight of midwestern farmers.

F) A) and B)
G) A) and C)

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As secretary of commerce, Herbert Hoover considered himself


A) a champion of business cooperation.
B) a believer in passive government.
C) a paragon of conservative America.
D) an internationalist in the tradition of Woodrow Wilson.
E) an enemy of wealth and privilege.

F) B) and E)
G) A) and B)

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F. Scott Fitzgerald attacked the American obsession with material success in his 1925 novel, ________.

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Al Smith lost the 1928 presidential election, in part, because


A) he failed to carry the South.
B) of a financial scandal within his campaign.
C) of his close connections to the oil industry.
D) he both failed to carry the South and maintained close connections to the oil industry.
E) All these answers are correct.

F) C) and D)
G) A) and E)

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Throughout the 1920s, the federal government


A) isolated itself from the business community.
B) supported the right of workers to organize as unions.
C) experienced a budget decrease, yet an increase in debt.
D) saw leaders of business take prominent positions in the federal government.
E) saw an increase in the budget and the national debt.

F) B) and E)
G) A) and B)

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During the 1920s, the Brotherhood of Sleeping Car Porters


A) was formed by the American Federation of Labor.
B) was one of the few unions led by an African American.
C) organized against sleeping car manufacturerA. Philip Randolph.
D) was one of the few unions led by African Americans, and it was formed by the American Federation of Labor.
E) None of these answers is correct.

F) None of the above
G) C) and D)

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The pioneer of the American birth-control movement was ________.

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The majority of the 25 percent of married women who worked outside the home in the 1920s were working class.

A) True
B) False

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During the 1920s, the Ku Klux Klan grew increasingly focused on southern segregation.

A) True
B) False

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American-born children of Japanese immigrants were called ________.

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