U.S. History Fall Semester Exam 2018

Speakeasies in the 1920s were an unintended consequence of which federal government action?

• tax on imported luxury goods

• deportation of suspected communist sympathizers

• the prohibition of the sale of alcoholic beverages

• The implementation of immigration restrictions

Nativism is most closely associated with which of the following concepts?

• immigration

• democracy

• innovation

• imperialism

During the 1920s, Clarence Darrow and William Jennings Bryan were most closely identified with the-

• increased use of credit by U.S. consumers

• development of new forms of popular entertainment

• decline of public support for Progressive reform

• conflict between modernism and traditionalism

Which pull factor contributed to the Great Migration

• The availability of land grants for homesteaders

• Economic opportunities in industrialized cities

• Better soil conditions in previously uncultivated areas

• The lower cost of living in urban areas

Why did the "Return to Normalcy" agenda of U.S. presidential candidate Warren G. Harding appeal to many voters in the 1920 election?

• The public wanted to help rebuild war-torn countries

• There were significant shortages of military supplies

• There was a decrease in demand for consumer goods.

• The public wanted to concentrate on domestic economic issues.

This 1924 cartoon satirizes a scandal that led to-

• public disappointment over revelations of government corruption

• widespread dissatisfaction with a lack of economic development

• public frustration with government neglect of the working class

• widespread anger over excessive partisan politics

There was music from my neighbor's house through the summer nights...The halls and...verandas are gaudy with primary colors and hair shorn in strange new ways and shawls beyond the dreams of Castile...There was dancing now on the canvas in the garden...By midnight the hilarity had increased.

-F. Scott Fitzgerald, The Great Gatsby

How does this excerpt reflect a significant turning point in American history?

• It depicts the reaction to victory in the Spanish-American War.

• It portrays the changing social norms of the Jazz Age

• It describes the experiences of immigrant workers during the Gilded Age

• It details the industrial progress of the post-World War I era.

Which of the following was a major contribution of the Harlem Renaissance to U.S. culture?

• It led to the increased popularity of vaudeville stage performers

• It brought the most significant beat poets together

• It established jazz as a prominent musical form

• It focused attention on the antiwar literary genre

Which of the following did the Federal Reserve Act of 1913 establish?

• a gold standard

• a public park service

• a national income tax

• a central banking system

What was the most damaging effect of bank failures?

• People who worked in banks lost their jobs

• People who had deposited money did not get it back

• People who needed to cash checks were unable to do so

• People who owed money to banks did not have to pay it.