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1 .       The new quota system adopted in the 1920s made it more difficult for "new" immigrants to enter the United States. [Hint]

 
 


2 .       In keeping with the late nineteenth- and early-twentieth-century trend, in the 1920s couples tended to marry later and have fewer children. [Hint]

 
 


3 .       The first major talking motion picture was D. W. Griffith's "Birth of a Nation." [Hint]

 
 


4 .       In the 1920s, rural Americans tended to think of America's new urban culture as sinful and overly materialistic. [Hint]

 
 


5 .       In the 1920s, rural-urban tensions resulted in urban intolerance and agrarian radicalism. [Hint]

 
 


6 .       The prohibitionist movement received its strongest support from rural America in the 1920s. [Hint]

 
 


7 .       Though it was much trumpeted as a "noble experiment," the prohibition amendment had little effect on drinking habits in the 1920s. [Hint]

 
 


8 .       The decline of the Ku Klux Klan in the late 1920s was primarily due to the condemnation of its actions by both the federal government and Protestant church leaders. [Hint]

 
 


9 .       American literature in the 1920s continued to reflect the progressive movement's optimism and faith in human nature. [Hint]

 
 


10 .       Significant gains in civil rights and equal employment opportunities gave blacks a greater sense of optimism in the 1920s. [Hint]

 
 


11 .       The greater prosperity of the 1920s was largely the result of the increasing efficiency of production in American industry. [Hint]

 
 


12 .       Of all the industries, automobile production had the single most important impact on the booming economy of the 1920s. [Hint]

 
 


13 .       In addition to his innovative business talents, Henry Ford was well known for his campaign opposing ignorance and anti-Semitism. [Hint]

 
 


14 .       For the most part, the decade of the 1920s was peaceful and tranquil because most Americans fundamentally agreed on basic values. [Hint]

 
 






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