AMSCO Chapter 23

The national politics of the 1920s is best summarized by which of the following political philosophies:

• conservative

• progressive

• liberal

• imperialist

For most people during the 1920s all of the following were true EXCEPT

• rural areas prospered 
• low unemployment
• rising standard of living
• real income increased

All of the following were presidents during the 1920's EXCEPT:

• Warren G Harding

• Calvin Coolidge

• Herbert Hoover

• William McKinley

Which of the following quotes are associated with the Coolidge Presidency:

• "The Business of America is Business"

• "He Kept Us Out Of War"

• "The Only Thing We Have To Fear, Is Fear Itself"

• "America, The Land Of Opportunity"

Two key groups of people who did not prosper during the 1920's included:

• farmers and labor unions

• dock workers and stock borkers

• professional baseball players and police officers

• owners of speakeasies and small business owners

The popularity of jazz music is best explained in the context of which of the following?

• technological advances of phonographs and radio

• growing acceptance of African American culture

• recognition of contributions of African Americans in WWI

• modernization of southern culture

The young rebellious women of the 1920's were called the following name:

• Flappers

• Revolutionaries

• The New Generation

• Valley Girls

The celebration of African American culture in art and literature was known as

• the Harlem Renaissance

• the Great Migration

• the NAACP

• the Tuskegee Movement

The literature of the 1920's can be described as a criticism of the "materialism" of the decade. One group of authors who wrote critically of the time became known by WHICH of the following names:

• the Lost Generation

• the Beatniks

• the Dead Poets Society

• the Realists

Newspapers remained the primary means for people to get their latest information for what was going on in society during the 1920's. What new medium suddenly appeared in the 1920's offering a new alternative for current news:

• television

• radio

• internet

• telegraphs and telegrams