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18 Cards in this Set
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Americans strongly approved of the Kellogg-Briand pact, thus entrusting the world peace to: |
wishful thinking. |
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The Teapot Dome scandal: |
involved government officials illegally leasing land to oil companies. |
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Black nationalist leader of the Universal Negro Improvement Association who rejected integration in favor of migration to Africa. |
Marcus Garvey |
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All of the following statements about Margaret Sanger are true EXCEPT |
women failed to follow up on the cause she championed. |
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As the nation's productivity increased: |
wages were not proportionately raised. |
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Poet of the Harlem Renaissance whose use of African references reflected the idealism of the "New Negro." |
Langston Hughes |
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The Immigration Act of 1924 was aimed at limiting the immigration of: |
southern and eastern Europeans |
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Charles Lindbergh became a celebrity when he: |
became the first pilot to fly a plane across the Atlantic. |
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Proponents of welfare capitalism believed that: |
corporations could undercut unions by providing certain benefits. |
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Suburbanization in the 1920s: |
was made possible by the success of the automobile. |
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What would be the only group viewed favorably by the Ku Klux Klan? |
German Protestants |
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The Scopes Trial revealed fundamentalists' discomfort with: |
evolutionary science. |
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The Red Scare was caused by all of the following factors EXCEPT: |
Lenin's open threats of toppling the U.S. empire. |
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His popularity as a trumpet player was one of the hallmarks of the appeal that jazz had with Americans. |
Louis Armstrong |
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The Harlem Renaissance: |
featured some of the greatest literature, music, and visual art of the era. |
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In the Kellogg-Briand Pact, the U.S.: |
renounced aggression and condemned war. |
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Which statement about the development of the radio industry is NOT true? |
Radio failed to reach working class audiences |
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Which statement about the Harding administration is NOT true? |
Harding was viewed as an aristocrat and intellectual snob. |
