The New Era: A Decade of Change and Contradiction

1. “The New Era” “The Jazz Age” “Era of Wonderful Nonsense” “Dollar Decade”

2. “Era of the Pumpkin Coach” “Roaring ____” “Age of Disillusion” “Lost Generation”

3. All of the following are other names for the 20s EXCEPT • Era of the Pumpkin Coach • Jazz Age • Time of Doom and Despair • Roaring 20s

4. Historians and contemporaries called the 1920s the “New Era” because A) Culture reshaped itself to reflect an urban, consumer-oriented society B) America emerged from its isolationist stance in foreign affairs C) social and economic changes were virtually nonexistent D) the national government finally embraced civil rights

5. All of the following relate to literature during the 20s EXCEPT • Algonquin Roundtable • Lost Generation • F. Scott Fitzgerald • George Orwell

6. The artists and intellectuals of the 1920s who became known as the “Lost Generation” were critical of the • A) lack of direction evident in the government of the United States • B) cold, impersonal, materialistic nature of modern life, which led to disillusionment and alienation • C) fact that the United States had lost the ability to influence world affairs even though it won the war • D) dominance of capitalism in determining world affairs

7. In their writings, the “disenchanted” intellectuals of the 1920s emphasized the theme of • A) achieving a socialist revolution • B) ridicule of material success • C) optimism for the future • D) the importance of traditional values

9. A. Mitchell Palmer

13. First Red Scare • http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1zywzzl9AiU&feature=related 2:10 • Sacco and Vanzetti • http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=C3SuTTcj2u8&feature=related 2:00

17. The Red Scare began in 1919 as a response to A) all of the answers below B) Communists’ desire to spread revolution from the Soviet Union to the West C) acts of violence against American businessmen and politicians D) the success of the Russian Revolution

18. “Red Scare” referred to A) fear of communists taking over America B) White Sox taking bribes to purposely lose to the Cincinnati Reds in 1919 World Series C) development of bloody horror movies D) increased immigration from Central America

19. All of the following are associated with the Red Scare EXCEPT • Sacco and Vanzetti • Albert B. Fall • J. Edgar Hoover • A. Mitchell Palmer

20. The Red Scare resulted in all of the following actions except A) the government arrested thousands for possession of explosives and weapons B) the government summarily deported many radicals who were not citizens C) state governments arrested and jailed hundreds on sedition charges D) the government prosecuted anarchists such as Sacco and Vanzetti

21. “The blaze of change was sweeping over every American institution of law and order .... Its sharp tongues of revolutionary heat burning up the foundations of American society.” This quote applies to: • Prohibition • the Red Scare • the Harlem Renaissance • the Scopes trial

22. “100 percent Americanism,” “white male persons,” and “native-born citizens” apply to A) the Red Scare B) industry-wide strikes C) KKK D) Ohio gang

23. “I never stole, never killed, never spilled blood. I have suffered because I am an Italian. If you could execute me two more times, and if I could be reborn two other times, I would live again to do what I have already done.” This quote is attributed to A) A. Mitchell Palmer B) Hiram Evans C) Nicola Sacco D) Charles Dawes

24. If a newspaper headline said “Justice Denied in Massachusetts,” the topic of the news story would most likely be • Scopes Trial • Sacco and Vanzetti • Steel Strike of 1919 • Southern lynching

25. The National Origins Act of 1924 banned immigration entirely from A) east Asia B) northern and western Europe • Africa • Soviet Union

26. Using “ships of stone with sails of lead” and “firing squads to save money on ships” represented extremely harsh positions on how the U.S. should deport these people • Anarchists and communists • Jazz performers and poets • German-American brewers • Members of the NAACP

31. “America’s present need is not heroics, but healing; not nostrums, but normalcy; not surgery, but serenity” sums up the focus of this presidential candidate • Herbert Hoover • Warren Harding • Calvin Coolidge • Franklin Delano Roosevelt

32. The Teapot Dome scandal was related to A) Violations of the prohibition amendment B) The lease of government oil reserves to private speculators C) The sale of alien properties D) The misuse of funds for the Veterans Bureau

33. “I have no trouble with my enemies; it’s my damned friends that ruin everything!” reflected __________ belief that __________ was the source of his administration embarrassments. • Coolidge’s; Western Europe • Wilson’s; the Senate • Harding’s; his Ohio associates • Hoover; his personal stock brokers

34. As president, Harding had all of the following weaknesses except A) his personal fondness for gambling, alcohol, and women B) his personal involvement in fraud and corruption within the government C) his loyalty to party hacks who had helped him to become president D) his lack of self-confidence at handling presidential responsibilities

36. His speaking habits led an observer to say: “He could be silent in five languages.” A) Herbert Hoover B)Warren Harding C) Calvin Coolidge D) James Cox