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The Roaring 1920s through Hoover - Quiz 3

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The Republicans returned to power with the election of Warren G. Harding in 1920. The new president's call for a "return to normalcy" turned out to mean?

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low tariffs and high taxes.

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a huge increase in government expenditures.

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active participation in international affairs.

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isolationism and protectionism.

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One result of the "Dust Bowl" was that?

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California became the most populous state in the Union.

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Mexican-Americans and African-Americans took advantage of the opportunity to settle abandoned land.

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big, industrial agricultural cooperatives broke up into smaller units.

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several million people on the Plains abandoned their farms and moved West.

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One effect of the Great Depression on women was to?

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open up new opportunities for women in the professions.

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drive most women out of the labor force by the time the economic crisis was over.

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strengthen the belief that a woman's place was in the home.

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gain increased public support for such feminist organizations as the National Woman's Party.

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In the 1920s, the United States government did all of the following EXCEPT?

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guarantee Franco-German and Belgian-German boundaries.

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co-author an international pact that outlawed war as an instrument of national policy.

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sponsor international plans to solve the reparations problem.

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authorize loans to Germany.

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participate in some agencies of the League of Nations.

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The Coolidge administration?

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recognized the laborer's right to bargain collectively and to unionize.

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formed a coalition with farmers to raise agricultural prices.

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worked to help wealthy Americans through tax cuts and other pro-business activities.

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passed federal regulations to protect child labor.

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The Kellog-Briand Pact of 1928 pledged the signatory nations to?

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join the League of Nations.

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respect the Open Door Policy in China.

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renounce war as an instrument of national policy.

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create a binding regional security military alliance with one another.

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The Harlem Renaissance refers to?

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the movement of African-American artists, poets, and writers who expressed their pride in being black.

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the "Lost Generation" of writers who moved to Europe during the 1920s.

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the most famous jazz ensemble during the 1920s.

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the name of the shipping company owned by the United Negro Improvement Association, promoting a "Back-To-Africa" movement.,

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The Reconstruction Finance Corporation?

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was passed over Hoover's veto.

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offered emergency loans to banks, farm mortgage associations, building and loan societies, and other such businesses to prevent bankruptcies.

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was criticized for its alleged favoritism to farmers and workers.

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all of these choices are correct.

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All of the following were part of American economic policy during the 1920s EXCEPT?

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lower taxes on the wealthy.

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support of public works projects.

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high tariffs.

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limits on regulation of business.

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opposition to parity prices for farmers.

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One of the most important economic transformations in the years after World War I was?

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the move from the Northeast and Midwest to the West Coast as the country's industrial heartland.

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the shift in production from heavy industry to consumer goods and services.

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a change from a more cooperative to a more adversarial relationship between government and business.

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the shift from industry's reliance on railroads to reliance on the automobile.

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