American History

1) Which was not part of the immediate post World War I Disillusionment
       a)       The Red Scare
       b)       The Scopes Trial       (Correct)
       c)       The Black Sox Scandal
       d)       An Influenza outbreak.

2) Consumer consumption in the 1920s was mainly fueled by
       a)       Credit and installment
       b)       Well-crafted hand made items
       c)       Rapid Deflation       (Correct)
       d)       Decreasing wages that caused lower prices          

3) Marcus Garvey believed
       a)       That the NAACP needed to pursue integration
       b)       African-Americans should follow Booker Washington
       c)       Lynching was an acceptable form of racial control
       d)       That black people should separate from white society       (Correct)

4) Evolutionists claimed victory in the Scope s Trial because
       a)       Bryan proved creationism was illogical
       b)       Darrow s cross examination of Bryan made Bryan look foolish       (Correct)
       c)       Tennessee repealed the law prohibiting evolution    
       d)       Scopes avoided any penalty

5) Prohibition was destined to fail because
       a)       The loss of money generated by alcohol sales caused a depression
       b)       Even law-abiding citizens disobeyed laws aimed at enforcing morality  (Correct)
       c)       Americans blamed the law for increased crime    
       d)       Wrong, Prohibition was a great success

6) Which is true of the Sacco-Vanzetti case
       a)      They were acquitted because the government overreacted to the Red Scare
       b)       It proved that African-Americans couldn t get justice in the South
       c)       The Ku Klux Klan proved it had a right to free speech
       d)       They were convicted because of their ethnicity and political beliefs       (Correct)

7) True or False Ponzi was able to make most of his investors rich.       (False)

8) True or False  The seriousness of the early part of the Great Depression was eased when the Federal Reserve eased the money supply.       (False)

9) One of the most best activities in relieving the Depression s effects was
       a)       Hoover s significant action in passing immediate relief legislation
       b)       Collective Action by people who helped their neighbors       (Correct)
       c)       Giving the Bonus Army it s early bonus
       d)       Allowing the communists to run some local governments

10) True or False  Though the 1920s were a decade of increased wealth, not all Americans benefited from the economic growth.       (True)