Unit 4 review: US history

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Which economic phrase best describes the United States' economy during the 1920s? Options: To do oneself what one previously paid others to do., An economy divided against itself cannot stand., The Business of America is Business., Build Back a Better America.

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The Business of America is Business.

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The policy of avoiding involvement in the affairs of other countries is —

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isolationism

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What caused a false sense of economic prosperity during the 1920s? Options: Consumers paid for household goods with cash. Investments were made with borrowed money. Agricultural production was at an all-time high. Increased demand for consumer goods.

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Investments were made with borrowed money.

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Which phrase best explains why the Smoot-Hawley Tariff Act was passed?

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the recovery of foreign agricultural production

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What was the purpose of the Kellogg-Briand Pact?

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to renounce war as an instrument of national policy

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Which statement explains a concern people had about the Hollywood film industry during the 1920s? Options: Movies were believed to promote immoral behavior., Film writers were accused of spreading communist ideas., Film production declined due to international competition., Ticket prices for movies became unaffordable to the middle class.

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Movies were believed to promote immoral behavior.

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Look at the concept web. Which title would best fit the concept web? Options: Resolutions of Prohibition, Solutions of Prohibition, Causes of Prohibition, Effects of Prohibition

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Effects of Prohibition

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Which group was least successful in getting New Deal reformers to address its issues? Options: unemployed workers, farming families, racial minorities, women voters

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racial minorities

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What was one way the protest in 1917 affected civil rights for women?

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Women’s voting rights were ratified in a constitutional amendment.

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Which earlier U.S. Supreme Court decision set the precedent for the decision in Gong Lum v. Rice (1927)? Options: Gibbons v. Ogden, Plessy v. Ferguson, Dred Scott v. Sandford, Schenck v. United States

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Plessy v. Ferguson