Unit 7 Test Review

Which of the following believed that teaching evolution in schools should be illegal?

• Muckrakers

• Fundamentalists

• Progressives

• Christians

All of the following took advantage of fears about people who were considered un-American except

• Ku Klux Klan

• The Red Scare

• Temperance Movement

• Immigration Act of 1924

The Red Scare was responsible for all of the following except

• bootlegging

• the Palmer Raids

• some immigrants deported

• explosion of anarchist bombs

Which of the following explains why the Monkey Trial (Scopes Trial) took place?

• argument that humans evolved from fish instead of apes

• argument over the role of science and religion in public schools

• argument over the literal truth of the Holy Bible

• argument over the number of foreign immigrants coming to the US

Which of the following was a result of the passage of the 18th Amendment that banned alcoholic beverages in the United States?

• the direct election of Senators

• the growth of organized crime

• a federal income tax for all Americans

• suffrage being extended to woman

Why did Americans use the installment plan?

• It was the only way for Americans to pay their taxes.

• The credit card was invented and everyone wanted one.

• A great depression had hit the United States economy.

• They couldn't afford all of the new goods being produced.

Which of the following was responsible for their support of black writers, artists, and musicians known as the Harlem Renaissance?

• The Progressive Movement

• poor African Americans

• black middle class

• famous musicians

During the 1920s, how were United States industries able to produce goods quickly, in large numbers, and at affordable prices?

• business owners and labor unions worked together

• mass production techniques

• fair labor standards act

• the installment plan

This was the result of advertising for jobs in the North and to escape from Jim Crow laws in the South.

• Great Migration

• Assembly Lines

• Speakeasies

• National Origins Act

This New Deal program put young men to work on conservation projects as well as building state and national parks across the United States.

• WPA

• CCC

• AAA

• NRA