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Chapter 21 Summative Quiz

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1. What was the reason for widespread labor unrest after World War I?

The influence of Communists on the labor movement

Salaries being outpaced by inflation

Opposition to U.S. intervention in the Russian Revolution

Workers’ frustration with growing income inequality

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2. What was the movement of thousands of African Americans from the South to the North and West in search of better jobs and better treatment during World War I called?

The Mass Exodus

The Great Migration

Black Tuesday

The Harlem Renaissance

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3. The incident that sparked the Chicago race riots of 1919 demonstrated that

racial segregation was practiced in the North as well as the South.

World War I veterans were not being reintegrated into American society.

the Great Migration had little impact on life in northern cities.

many African Americans were radicals and anti-capitalists.

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4. What was the impact of the assembly line to American manufacturing?

It lowered the cost of producing consumer goods.

It made workers’ jobs easier.

It increased workers’ camaraderie.

It made it possible to uphold quality standards.

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5. Which of the following characterized the U.S. relationship with Western Europe in the wake of World War I?

The U.S. economy was strengthened because the European states had become indebted to it.

The destructions caused by the war made the European nations an ideal market for American manufacturers.

The U.S. economy was weakened by the European nations’ inability to repay their war debts or purchase American goods.

The growth of the American consumer market meant that the U.S. economy could function independently of Europe’s.

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6. What made it possible for income inequality to grow during the 1920s, a period of apparent prosperity?

Government corruption scandals like Teapot Dome benefited the wealthy and hurt the poor.

Increased mechanization of factory work led to massive unemployment among unskilled laborers.

Corporate and governmental efforts to destroy labor unions resulted in lower wages among the working class.

Corporate profits grew much faster than wages did, so more wealth was accumulated by the already rich.

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7. The new social, moral, and economic trends of the 1920s were characterized by

a distaste for flaunting unconventional behavior.

a rejection of delayed gratification.

the veneration of thrift and modesty.

the celebration of local tastes and traditions.

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8. African American culture in the 1920s, from poetry to the blues, was notable for

its expression of middle-class black values.

pandering to white audiences.

authentically reflecting the black experience.

reinforcing racist stereotypes.

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9. During the 1920s, women who wore short skirts and makeup and enjoyed smoking, drinking, and dancing were called

New Negroes.

matinee idols.

suffragettes.

flappers.

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10. The National Origins Act was designed to

limit the number of Northern European immigrants.

increase the number of immigrants from Asia.

increase the number of immigrants from Mexico.

limit the number of Southern and Eastern European immigrants.

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11. The growth of the Ku Klux Klan outside the South during the 1920s can be attributed to the

spread of white supremacist ideology.

passage of the National Origins Act.

organization’s adoption of nativist and traditionalist views.

popularity of Garveyism among African Americans.

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12. Ohio high school teacher John Scopes was put on trial for giving a lecture on the theories of

Charles Darwin.

Henry Ford.

Gertrude Stein.

Franz Boas.