Question 1

During the 1920s, wages for American workers

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A)   generally enabled a working-class family to thrive on a single income.
B)   rose most quickly for unskilled workers.
C)   generally rose at a rate far below increases in production and profits.
D)   equaled or exceeded the rate of production growth.
E)   generally decreased as the labor market became tighter.F) A) and C)
G) C) and E)

Question 2

During the 1920s, a great worry for industrialists was the fear of

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A)   the overproduction of goods.
B)   a shortage in the number of skilled workers.
C)   the rising bargaining power of labor unions.
D)   a shortage of consumer credit.
E)   inflation.F) A) and B)
G) A) and D)

Question 3

Some employers in the 1920s, eager to avoid disruptive labor unrest and the growth of independent trade unions, adopted paternalistic techniques that came to be known as ________.

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Question 4

During the 1920s, airplanes

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A)   experienced a great increase in commercial travel.
B)   had no practical use.
C)   were used almost exclusively for military purposes.
D)   saw the development of the first experimental jet engines.
E)   were largely a source of entertainment.F) A) and C)
G) B) and D)

Question 5

The Democratic candidate for president in 1928 was ________.

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Question 6

________ immigrants increasingly took the place of the Chinese in low-paying jobs on the West Coast.

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Question 7

Warren Harding and Calvin Coolidge were similar in

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A)   their passive approach to the presidency.
B)   ethics.
C)   their personalities.
D)   both their personalities and their passive approach to the presidency.
E)   None of these answers is correct.F) D) and E)
G) All of the above

Question 8

Why was American economic production and growth so successful during the 1920s? What were its strengths and weaknesses?

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Question 9

As president, Warren Harding

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A)   never abandoned the party hacks who had brought him to success.
B)   sought a revival of progressive reform.
C)   proposed the United States join the League of Nations.
D)   saw his administration end with his defeat in a bid for reelection in 1924.
E)   had no sense of his own intellectual limits.F) A) and B)
G) B) and D)

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