Roaring 20s - Quiz #2
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- Q1In the 1920s, the passage of the Quota Acts and the trial of Sacco and Vanzetti illustrate that many Americans weredetermined to increase immigrationcommitted to racial integrationintolerant of ethnic minoritiesworried about foreign wars30s
- Q2Which events best support the image of the 1920's as a decade of nativist sentiment?the Scopes trial and the passage of women's suffragethe passage of the National Origins Act and the rise of the Ku Klux Klanthe Washington Naval Conference and the Kellogg-Briand Pactthe growth of the auto industry and the Teapot dome affair30s
- Q3The return to "normalcy" during the 1920's can best be described as an attempt toreduce the role of government in regulating the economyexpand social welfare programsincrease United States intervention in European political affairsshow greater tolerance toward immigrant groups30s
- Q4Which foreign policy did Warren G. Harding support when he used the phrase “return to normalcy” during his presidential campaign of 1920?appeasementcontainmentinternationalismisolationism30s
- Q5“Harding Rejects Wilson’s Foreign Policy—Wants a return to ‘normalcy’” “Coolidge Declares: ‘The Chief Business of the American People Is Business’” Which policy of Republican presidents in the 1920s is most consistent with the positions stated in these headlines?The federal government should support the poor and raise farm prices.The federal government should assist business and limit foreign commitments.The United States should assist unions and provide old-age insurance.The United States should acquire and protect an empire.30s
- Q6"The business of America is business." In this 1924 statement, President Calvin Coolidge was expressing the idea thatthe United States should end trade with other countries and become economically self-sufficientworkers should have a greater role in influencing business decisionsbasic industries should be owned by the Federal Governmentthe economy functions best if government allows business to operate freely30s
- Q7The Washington Naval Conferences and the Kellogg-Briand Pact were attempts by the United States tosecure a leadership position in European affairs in the 1920'sinsure military preparedness between World Wars I and IImaintain a traditional policy of defensive alliancesachieve peace and arms control in the decade after World War I30s