4. Which killed the greatest number of American soldiers during the Spanish-American War?
(Points: 3)
Battle of Manila Bay
yellow fever
Battle of San Juan Hill
invasion of Puerto Rico
21. What was the civilian population's reaction to increased government powers during World War I?
(Points: 3)
disapproval of federal hiring process
resentment over government controls
relief over government assistance
widespread approval of increased federal powers
22. How did the military recruit the majority of the four million Americans who served during World War I?
(Points: 3)
through volunteers that enlisted in the service
by paying bonuses based on needs for specific skills
through the draft authorized by the Selective Service Act
by offering special tax benefits to recruits willing to serve more than one year
23. What brought increased income and growth in the GNP for the United States during the twenties?
(Points: 3)
longer hours
foreign credit
low unemployment
industrialization and technology
24. Which had the greatest impact on American life and work during the twenties?
(Points: 3)
the telegraph
the television
the automobile
the airplane
25. Which technological change does not belong with American life in the 1920s?
(Points: 3)
electricity in most urban homes and businesses
televisions for most of the middle class
radios in homes across the nation
telephones for a majority of families
26. What 1920s trend focused on individual experiences, emotions, and the expression of personal freedom?
(Points: 3)
Impressionism
Optimism
Modernism
Abstract expressionism
27. Dating, high school activities, and longer school enrollments in the 1920s were all signs of what phenomenon?
(Points: 3)
emphasis on education
stricter parental roles
a new youth culture
rebellion versus responsibility
28. What was the name for the 1920s African American cultural movement that included literature, drama, music, art, and dance?
(Points: 3)
Harlem Renaissance
Jazz Age
Coolidge Era
Lincoln-Douglas Revival
29. Which groups objected to immigrants, feared the Red Scare, and believed white Protestants were better than others?
(Points: 3)
African Americans and Catholics
Nativists and the Ku Klux Klan
Communists and socialists
Labor unions and Jews
30. What resulted in a ban on the sale of alcohol and an increase in organized crime in the United States during the 1920s?
(Points: 3)
the 18th Amendment
the Red Scare
Capone v. United States
the Women's Christian Temperance Union
31. What brought the conflict between the teaching of the theory of evolution and religious fundamentalism to the public's attention?
(Points: 3)
the Scopes Trial
the death of Warren Harding
the defeat of Al Smith
the high school reform movement
32. Which term does not characterize the changing role of women in the 1920s?
(Points: 3)
Flapper
soldier
Voter
worker
33. How did the Harding, Coolidge, and Hoover administrations view big business?
(Points: 3)
as the most important strength of America
as something to be regulated
as the basis for tax revenue
as something that had a responsibility to all the people
What was the civilian population's reaction to increased governement powers during ww1?
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