Unit 4 Quiz 1

All of the following were notable trends and movements of the 1920's EXCEPT:

• increase in union membership
• business prosperity
• urbanization
• consumerism

During the 1920's, the group who generally did NOT prosper were:

• small business owners
• farmers
• wall street bankers
• professionals

Which conclusion can be drawn from the occurrence of the Red Scare and the decision of the Supreme Court in Schenck V U.S.?

• immigrants to the US are consistently denied equal protection under the law
• a person's best protection from persecution rests with the Supreme Court
• civil rights are sometimes compromised by the public's fear of radical political groups
• violent protests in the US are usually met with a violent response from the gov't

Which factors were the major causes of the Red Scare and the Palmer Raids, which followed WW1?

• success of the Communist Party in congressional and Presidential elections
• race riots in Los Angeles and the revival of the KKK
• failure of the US to join the League of Nations and the unpaid German war debts
• the Bolshevik Revolution of 1917 in Russia and workers' strikes in the US

In the 1920's, the Immigration Act of 1924 and the Sacco-Vanzetti trial were typical of the...

• rejection of traditional customs and beliefs
• acceptance of cultural differences
• increase in nativism and intolerance
• support of humanitarian causes

After WW1, why did American farmers fail to share in the general economic growth of the U.S.?

• many immigrants were settling in the west and competing with the farmers
• the Federal Gov't reduced the number of acres on which farmers could grow subsidized crop
• farmers could not produce enough to keep up with demand
• overproduction and competition caused falling prices

Public disregard for Prohibition and for laws prohibiting gambling indicates that...

• the American film industry has great influence on public opinion
• the system of checks and balances does not work
• attempts to legislate public morality may be met with strong resistance
• American citizens have little, if any, respect for laws

What was a major result of Prohibition in the US during the 1920's?

• restriction of immigration 
• growth of communism
• destruction of family
• increase in organized crime

Which generalization most accurately describes the literary works of Langston Hughes, Sinclair Lewis, and John Steinbeck? 

• Politics and art seldom mix well
• the best literature concerns the lives of wealthy
• literature often reflects the times in which it is created
• traditional American themes are the most popular

Which events best support the image of the 1920's as a decade of nativist sentiment?

• the passage of the National Origins Act and the rise of the KKK
• the Scopes trial and the passage of women's suffrage
• the Washington Naval Conference and the Kellogg-Briand Pact
• the growth of the auto industry and the Teapot Dome affair