Chapter 16 The Decade of Normalcy   1. The Allies had gained territories and reparations as a result of the war. What are reparations?     A) food and war materials     B) valuables stolen during the war     C) bank loans     D) payments for damages   2. What were the most important results of the Washington Conference?     A) the creation of higher tariffs to protect American agriculture and industry     B) the creation of the Bureau of the Budget     C) the creation of three treaties to settle problems that existed after the war     D) cuts in protective tariffs   3. Which of the following put Chinese "Open Door" policies into law?     A) The Nine-Power Treaty     B) The Five-Power Treaty     C) The League of Nations Covenant     D) The Four-Power Treaty   4. Which of the following statements about the Ku Klux Klan is NOT true?     A) The KKK meant to intimidate certain groups.     B) The KKK became a force in American politics in the 1920s.     C) The KKK was a secret society.     D) The KKK favored the United States entering the League of Nations.   5. Why did the Republican candidate win the presidential election of 1924?     A) It took the Democrats one hundred three ballots to select their candidate.     B) Governor Alfred E. Smith was supported by the Ku Klux Klan.     C) Calvin Coolidge was able to get out a record number of voters to vote Republican.     D) The Democrats were deeply divided over Prohibition and the Ku Klux Klan.   6. How did Henry Ford change life in America?     A) Ford changed the automobile from a toy of the wealthy to a necessity for all.     B) Ford employed nothing but skilled labor in his automobile factories.     C) Ford encouraged workers to organize unions.     D) Ford invented the idea of standardized parts.   7. In the 1920s, the domestic market diminished. What is meant by the term domestic market?     A) the market composed of buyers and sellers in foreign countries     B) the market composed of buyers and sellers within a country     C) a local market where fresh farm products were sold     D) the market where fabrics were sold   8. What agricultural problem was the Farm Bloc unsuccessful in eliminating?     A) freeing of farm cooperatives from antitrust laws     B) getting loans for farm cooperatives     C) getting representation of farmers' interests in Congress     D) eliminating surpluses farmers could not sell   9. What was the object of the Kellogg-Briand Pact?     A) to protect farmers and laborers     B) to preserve order in Caribbean countries     C) to outlaw war as an instrument of national policy     D) to buy crop surpluses and sell them in foreign markets   10. Why was Charles Lindbergh honored as a hero in America?     A) Lindbergh was the first to fly a nonstop solo flight from Paris to New York.     B) Lindbergh was the first to fly a solo flight from New York to Paris and back again.     C) Lindbergh was the first to fly a solo flight using only instruments to navigate.     D) Lindbergh was the first to fly a nonstop solo flight from New York to Paris.   11. What contributed to the rise of gangsters in the United States in the 1920s?     A) Prohibition     B) low farm income     C) flappers     D) World War I   12. Which of the following is NOT a true statement about Prohibition in the 1920s?     A) Liquor consumption dropped substantially during Prohibition.     B) Illegitimate drinking was a billion-dollar industry.     C) Prohibition was never effectively enforced.     D) The Prohibition Bureau fought an effective war against illegal distillers and sellers of liquor sales.   13. What characterized the flappers of the 1920s?     A) flying solo across the Atlantic     B) innovative interpretation in jazz and blues     C) sometimes smoked cigarettes, drank liquor, and dressed in a nontraditional manner     D) leadership in education and journalism   14. In what way were working women discriminated against in the 1920s?     A) Jobs as secretaries and telephone operators were almost exclusively held by women.     B) Women were sold the results of electric technology to use in their homes.     C) Child-rearing experts promoted regularly scheduled feedings for children.     D) Women were generally paid 50 to 60 percent of what men were paid for the same jobs.   15. Who was America's finest playwright during the 1920s?     A) Robert Frost     B) Eugene O'Neill     C) Ernest Hemingway     D) Sinclair Lewis