1920s UIL practice

Which of the following was NOT a reason for the relative economic prosperity in the 1920s?

• increased consumer buying aided by easy credit

• increased savings by most Americans

• availability of oil for fuel and innovations for its use

• the development of the assembly line

• pent up demand from the war which had to be satisfied by material goods

The most important change that the census of 1920 showed in America was that:

• the frontier was closed

• urban dwellers now outnumbered rural ones

• most people had electricity

• population had doubled in a decade

• a majority of the people owned automobiles

All of the following were forces that helped to bring about Prohibition EXCEPT

• Dry states wanted a national law because their citizens could go to wet states to subvert their laws

• businesses felt that productivity could be increased if "blue Monday's" could be eliminated

• the temperance movement had a close alliance with the women's movement and the success of one helped the success of the other

• The Evangelical Protestant churches were strong supporters of it

• in order to prove their patriotism most ethnic groups wanted it

After the Scopes "Monkey Trial" in Dayton, Tennessee:

• Fundamentalist religion remained the undisputed dominant force in American spiritual life

• John Scopes was sentenced to serve time in jail

• Christians found it increasingly difficult to reconcile the revelations of religion with modern science

• The gap between theology and biology began to close

• The conflict between evolution and creationism was finally settled in America

Which of the following became a symbol for corruption of the Harding administration?

• Muscle Shoals

• Sacco-Vanzetti

• Teapot Dome

• McNary-Haugen

• Greenwich Village

What did the Kellogg-Briand Pact that was signed by 35 nations including the US do?

• provided for arms limitation

• put the signatures on the gold standard

• made it illegal to travel on a ship going into a war zone

• kept countries from the further colonization of Africa

• outlawed offensive war

Langston Hughes was a leading figure in which of the following?

• bootlegging

• "Ash Can" painting

• immigration restriction movement

• Harlem Renaissance

• efforts to promote efficiency by eliminating wasted motion

This politician, Attorney General under Wilson, took advantage of the Red Scare of 1919-20 to arrest thousands of radicals and either jail them or ship them to Russia. Who was he?

• William Jennings Bryan

• A. Mitchell Palmer

• Frederick Taylor

• John T. Scopes

• Al Capone

Symbolic of the popular fears of immigrants, communism, change, and diversity, this group became very powerful during the 20s with a reputed 5 million members and hatred for anyone who was foreign, Catholic or Jewish, liberal or different. What was the group?

• American Legion

• NAACP

• Ku Klux Klan

• Mafia

• American First Committee

The Immigration Act of 1924 was written to specifically favor the arrival of which of the following groups to US shores?

• Asians

• Africans

• Southern Europeans

• Northern Europeans

• South Americans