Clash Between Traditionalism and Modernism

Which of these statements BEST summarizes the situation of American farmers in the 1920s?

• Government loans helped many farmers buy land.

• High crop yields increased most farmers' incomes.

• Falling crop prices drove many farmers into bankruptcy.

• Demand for crops was so high that most farmers could not meet it.

Which of these factors contributed LEAST to the divide between rural traditionalists and urban modernists in the 1920s?

• Traditionalists often viewed modernist trends as immoral.

• Many modernists envied the peace and quiet of small-town life.

• Modernists sometimes mocked traditionalist values as being old-fashioned.

• Many traditionalists feared losing their children to the glamour of city life.

Which of the following statements would MOST LIKELY have been made by a traditionalist in support of prohibition?

• "Alcoholism is a medical, not a legal problem."

• "Alcoholism causes crime, violence, and the breakup of families."

• "Legalized drinking attracts too many immigrants to the United States."

• "Outlawing drinking might encourage city dwellers to move back to rural areas."

Which of the following statements BEST explains why many people came to oppose prohibition?

• It was too difficult to find speakeasies in large cities.

• Too few federal agents were hired to enforce the ban on alcohol.

• The bootlegging industry gave rise to widespread lawlessness and crime.

• More women began to drink during prohibition than before alcohol was outlawed.

What issue was central to the Scopes trial?

• whether reciting prayers in public schools is constitutional

• whether a state can ban the teaching of evolution in public schools

• whether teaching creationism in public schools is unconstitutional

• whether a state can require the teaching of creative design in public schools

Why did many young people disregard the older generation’s concerns that they were engaging in reckless and immoral behavior?

• They believed that the older generation could no longer remember what it was like to be a free-spirited young person.

• They enjoyed the thrill of rebellion and wanted to distinguish themselves from their parents’ generation.

• They had witnessed the war’s waste of life, and they felt that adults who had sent young men to the battlefield did not deserve respect.

• They felt the older generation’s attitude toward life had become too serious since the war, and they wanted to have a light-hearted attitude.

How did the older generation try to restore morality in the younger generation?

• by expressing loud disapproval

• by censoring books and movies

• by enforcing dress codes that discouraged women from wearing skimpy clothing

• all of the above

The idea that religious texts and beliefs should be taken literally is

• fundamentalism.

• traditionalism.

• bootlegging.

• modernism.

Why was the Volstead Act of 1919 unsuccessful in enforcing the Eighteenth Amendment?

• The federal government did not provide the Prohibition Bureau sufficient resources to enforce the law.

• Al Capone’s gang operated a widespread bootlegging network and avidly bribed members of the Prohibition Bureau.

• Congress was divided on the legislation, and the act did not gain enough votes to pass and reach implementation.

• A mob of wets staged a protest and intimidated those who were tasked with enforcing prohibition.

Who feared that teaching evolution in schools would cause young people to accept social Darwinism?

• John Scopes

• Clarence Darrow

• William Jennings Bryan

• Aimee Semple McPherson