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During the 1920s,all of the following immigrant groups were increasing their presence in the labor force in the West and Southwest EXCEPT the

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A)   Issei.
B)   Chinese.
C)   Filipinos.
D)   Mexicans.
E)   Japanese.F) B) and E)
G) D) and E)

Question 2

Prohibition did substantially reduce drinking in some parts of the United States.

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A) True 
 B)False

Question 3

During the 1920s,most American industrial workers experienced all of the following EXCEPT

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A)   a rise in wages.
B)   income levels at the "minimum comfort level."
C)   employers trying to keep their labor costs low.
D)   little control over their economic fate.
E)   few opportunities to join a company union.F) B) and C)
G) B) and E)

Question 4

Why did the Democrats fall apart and concede control to a series of Republican presidents in the 1920s?

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What were the psychological effects on both individuals and society at large that resulted from increasing consumerism in the 1920s?

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Question 6

During the 1920s,union membership fell from over 5 million to under 3 million.

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A) True 
 B)False

Question 7

To Herbert Hoover,"associationalism" meant

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A)   businesses being run by a governing board of management and labor representatives.
B)   Congress and the president working together on economic legislation.
C)   the formation of federal boards to oversee various aspects of industry.
D)   states and the federal government working together to restrain business.
E)   the creation of national organizations of businessmen in particular industries.F) None of the above
G) C) and D)

Question 8

During the 1920s,when $1,800 was considered the minimum annual income for a decent standard of living,the average annual income of a worker was approximately

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A)   $2,400.
B)   $1,100.
C)   $1,900.
D)   $700.
E)   $1,500.F) C) and D)
G) A) and B)

Question 9

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

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A) True 
 B)False

Question 10

Both Warren Harding and Calvin Coolidge took essentially passive approaches to the presidency.

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A) True 
 B)False

Question 11

Compare the ideas and social commentary of artists and writers in the 1920s with the artists and writers of the 1820s-1850s.

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Question 12

During the 1920s,products that grew dramatically in use in the United States included

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A)   All these answers are correct.
B)   electronics.
C)   plastics.
D)   home appliances.
E)   synthetic fibers.F) C) and E)
G) A) and B)

Question 13

In the 1920s,"behavioral" psychologists argued

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A)   mothers should rely on trained experts for advice in raising children.
B)   women had an instinctive capacity for being mothers.
C)   mothers who sent their children to nursery school and kindergarten hurt their development.
D)   maternal affection was sufficient for successful child-rearing.
E)   midwives rather than doctors should aid in childbirth, for the emotional health of the child.F) C) and E)
G) C) and D)

Question 14

The National Origins Act of 1924

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A)   was designed to alter the sources but not the overall number of immigrants.
B)   included a quota system for the first time.
C)   set a rigid limit of 150,000 immigrants a year.
D)   discriminated against northwestern Europeans.
E)   entirely banned immigration from East Asia to the United States.F) C) and D)
G) B) and C)

Question 15

H.L.Mencken,Sinclair Lewis,and
F. Scott Fitzgerald are all examples of writers who promoted a return of the progressive reform spirit in American society.

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A) True 
 B)False

Question 16

Al Smith lost the 1928 presidential election,in part because

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A)   he both failed to carry the South and maintained close connections to the oil industry.
B)   of his close connections to the oil industry.
C)   he failed to carry the South.
D)   All these answers are correct.
E)   of a financial scandal within his campaign.F) A) and B)
G) None of the above

Question 17

Throughout the 1920s,the performance of the U.S.economy

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A)   saw ten straight years of continuous growth.
B)   saw per capita income flatten while manufacturing output soared.
C)   experienced a severe recession in 1923 that lasted two years.
D)   struggled with a persistently high rate of inflation.
E)   saw nearly uninterrupted prosperity coupled with severe inequalities.F) A) and B)
G) A) and C)

Question 18

During the 1920s,the Brotherhood of Sleeping Car Porters

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

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