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While commerce secretary,Herbert Hoover accomplished all of the following except


A) convincing steel executives to reject the twelve-hour day.
B) persuading farmers to join marketing cooperatives.
C) encouraging workers to join unions.
D) focusing on standardizing industrial products.
E) persuading some bankers in the South to organize regional associations.

F) A) and B)
G) A) and C)

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All of the following statements reflect the African-American experience in the North during the Harlem Renaissance except


A) African-American artists drew from their own cultural heritage.
B) The Harlem Renaissance attracted attention from whites.
C) African Americans developed increasing political power.
D) Many African Americans still depended on white patrons for support.
E) African-American writers and artists expressed racial pride.

F) B) and E)
G) D) and E)

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____________________ became the same kind of magnet for Mexican Americans that Harlem was for African Americans.

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Modern advertising techniques


A) exploited insecurities and secret desires of consumers.
B) were not effective due to poor-quality graphics.
C) were so vulgar that newspapers banned the ads.
D) demeaned and ridiculed working-class Americans.
E) were not essential to the growth of the consumer economy.

F) All of the above
G) D) and E)

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consumer durables

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During the 1920s,African Americans continued to migrate from the South to industrial cities where they enjoyed increasing success in finding high-paying jobs.

A) True
B) False

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The idea of the ____________________ promoted the independence of African Americans.

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Dawes Plan

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____________________ presided over the Ku Klux Klan's growth during the 1920s.

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Unions had virtually no presence in white-collar places of employment.

A) True
B) False

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It cannot be said of the 1920s that


A) the Democratic Party enjoyed a late resurgence.
B) it was a period of tremendous consumer growth.
C) it fostered bigotry.
D) it generated a lot of criticism among intellectuals and artists.
E) working-class and rural Americans benefited little from the prosperity.

F) A) and E)
G) A) and D)

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Which of the following is a true statement about American workers in the 1920s?


A) Farmers made more money than industrial workers.
B) Skilled workers received high wages,and some enjoyed paid vacations,sick leave,and other benefits.
C) Sixty percent of industrial workers lived below the poverty level.
D) Men and women were increasingly paid comparable wages.
E) Most workers belonged to unions.

F) B) and E)
G) None of the above

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Which of these people avidly countered the growing belief among intellectuals in the 1920s that ​democracy was obsolete?


A) ​Walter Lippman
B) ​Herbert Hoover
C) ​Alice Paul
D) ​John Dewey
E) ​H.L.Mencken

F) B) and D)
G) A) and C)

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By 1930,____________________ percent of all purchases were made on the installment plan.

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Mexican immigrants in California and African Americans in Harlem shared similar experiences.

A) True
B) False

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The Dawes Plan


A) called on the U.S.government to lend money to Germany.
B) ended the steel strike in 1924.
C) resulted in the reduction of Germany's war debt.
D) was heavily criticized by U.S.bankers.
E) was opposed by the Republican Party.

F) A) and E)
G) B) and D)

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Albert Fall was the only member of Warren Harding's "Ohio gang" to serve time in prison.

A) True
B) False

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Teapot Dome

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American foreign policy in the 1920s was a combination of traditional military intervention,economic influence,and Wilsonian-like international peace initiatives.Discuss specific policies that illustrate the conflict between the laissez-faire and associationalist theories of the era.

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By 1929,as many as 7 million Americans,most of them people of ordinary,middle-class means,owned stock.

A) True
B) False

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