Hist 1302 Exam #2 Review

Warren G. Harding won office by campaigning on which theme

• A return to normalcy

• An era of innovation

• Growing civil society

• Extending American liberty

Which of the following describes the place of the labor movement during the 1920s?

• There was little change in membership

• Unions gained bargaining power through assistance from the courts and government regulation

• Membership declined

• Membership grew

What was the primary purpose of the failed Equal Rights Amendment?Require the enforcement of the Fifteenth Amendment

• Require the enforcement of the Fifteenth Amendment

• Give women the right to voteProsecute lynchings

• Prosecute lynching

• Eliminate all legal distinctions based on sex

The National Origins Act restricted the number of immigrants from any given country to ____ percent of the number of current Americans from that country

• 1

• 2

• 5

• 10

Which group accounted for 90% of household expenditures in 1920s homes?

• Women

• Men

• Teenagers

• None of these groups accounted for that high of a percentage

How did increased availability of consumer credit in the 1920s influence American expenditures?

• Expenditures decreased

• Expenditures increased

• There was no significant change in expenditures

• Consumer credit became less available in the 1920s

What theme dominated American popular entertainment in the 1920s?

• Distrust of the government

• Innovation and exploration

• Escape

• Religion and ethics

What percent of married women worked outside of the home in the 1920s?

• 10%

• 25%

• 50%

• 80%

How did attitudes toward sex change in the 1920s?

• Religious change encouraged the notion that sex was intended solely for procreation

• Sex became less of a cultural taboo, but only when confined to marriage. Premarital sex actually declined during the era

• Many college-educated white women rebelled against "Victorian" notions of sexuality, leading to an increase in premarital sex

• There were no significant cultural changes in how Americans thought about and experienced sex

A vibrant homosexual culture developed during the 1920s in which American city?

• New York

• Boston

• Los Angeles

• San Francisco