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Multiple Choice

This activity contains 15 questions.

	The 1920s' consumer-oriented economy emphasized   All of the answers are correct. marketing. chain stores. installment buying. purchasing.

	Which of the following was NOT an element of the economic changes of the 1920s?   high agriculture prices moving assembly line consumer-goods revolution All of the answers were elements of 1920s economic change. mass production

	Organized labor in the 1920s   grew alongside the developing automotive industry. had aggressive leadership. lost many members. had the strong support of the courts. All of the answers are correct.

	The American family in the 1920s experienced   increasing family size. declining birth rates. a declining number of working wives. declining divorce rates. All of the answers are correct.

	The end of the Red Scare came about as a result of   None of the answers are correct. its own extremism, as well as the actions of a few courageous public officials. the passage of the Nineteenth Amendment. the work of evangelist Billy Sunday. the acquittal of Sacco and Vanzetti.

	The National Origins Quota Act of 1924 was   a response by some to a general rise in rates of immigration. an effort to increase immigration from southeastern Europe. a reaction to increasing Nordic immigrants. an attempt by some to establish racial purity as an immigration policy. an attempt to ethnically balance who was let into America as immigrants.

	The Scopes trial indicated that   Americans had grown beyond the superstitions of religion. fundamentalism died with the victory of Clarence Darrow. Darwin's theory of evolution was proved wrong. traditional rural religious beliefs were stronger than ever. None of the answers are correct.

	During his presidency, Warren G. Harding   allowed some friends to abuse their power. was deeply involved in corruption and bribes. gave away the Panama Canal. was not well liked, but was an effective president. exposed and tried to clean up the Teapot Dome scandal.

	As president, Calvin Coolidge   ran for another term as president and barely won. presided over the American involvement in World War I. was as corrupt as Harding. worked long and hard at being a good president. was friendly to American business interests.

	The election of Warren G. Harding in 1920 meant that   the public wanted an increase in social and political reform. progressivism had a new champion in Washington. progressive reform was not as popular as it had been. business would have no power in Washington. personal morality would be paramount in the actions of the new president.

	The new professional class of corporate managers was   dedicated to preserving individual entrepreneurship. indifferent to social responsibility. dependent on investment bankers. accountable only to other managers. None of the answers are correct.

	The government passed immigration acts in the 1920s that resulted in   reduced northern and western European immigration. increased Mexican immigration. increased southern and eastern European immigration. All of the answers are correct. increased Asian immigration.

	The Democratic party in the 1920s   gained new voters in rural areas. won only one presidential election. gained converts in rural areas. gained many new voters among the cities' ethnic groups. was unified in its policies and campaigns.

	Republican policies of the 1920s favored   high tariffs, low taxes, and cuts in government spending. None of the answers are correct. low tariffs, high taxes, and increases in government spending. low tariffs, low taxes, and cuts in government spending. high tariffs, high taxes, and cuts in government spending.

	In the 1920s, American agricultural lobbies succeeded in   solving the problems of overproduction. All of the answers are correct. overcoming a serious wartime recession. passing higher tariffs for some crops. dumping surpluses overseas at a low price.

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