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Chapter 11 Getting on With Business
  1. Attorney General A. Mitchell Palmer's Red Scare raids attempted to rid America of __________.
   a) labor unions
   b) Russian immigrants
   c) radicals
   d) criminals
  2. The primary factor that motivated Southern African Americans to head North during the Great Migration was __________.
   a) the promise of work
   b) freedom from racism
   c) better-paying jobs
   d) Marcus Garvey
  3. National prohibition, a progressive reform, gained popularity during the war when advocates __________.
   a) linked prohibition with patriotism
   b) showed how alcohol abuse harms the body
   c) linked alcohol abuse to criminal activity
   d) presented alcohol as an expensive luxury
  4. Progressive reform lost popularity during the postwar years because __________.
   a) many progressives became too radical
   b) the Supreme Court ruled some progressive laws unconstitutional
   c) the states failed to ratify progressive constitutional amendments
   d) many people were opposed to women gaining full equality
  5. How did business regulatory boards change during the Harding and Coolidge administrations?
   a) The boards became indifferent to businesses' violations of antitrust laws.
   b) The boards encouraged big business to adopt a spirit of public service.
   c) The boards exercised extended control of big business.
   d) The boards accepted bribes and scandalized both administrations.
  6. The Dawes Plan was designed to help Germany meet its financial obligations and to __________.
   a) protect American business interests in Germany
   b) achieve disarmament
   c) reduce the potential for war
   d) outlaw war
  7. Which was NOT a reason for United States' military involvement in Nicaragua during the 1920s?
   a) to extend American influence
   b) to declare war on Nicaragua
   c) to maintain governments that favored American interests
   d) to protect business interests
  8. How did America's postwar economics compare with that of the Europeans?
   a) Since America had been debt-free before the war, it was able to repay its war debts to Europe.
   b) America's productive capacities, unlike the Europeans', had expanded during the war.
   c) Both American and European economies rebounded quickly from the war.
   d) Following the war, European production exceeded American production.
  9. What was the main reason that people admired big business after the war?
   a) it created the prosperity of postwar America
   b) it provided public service programs
   c) it produced technology that made people's lives easier
   d) it provided welfare capitalism for its workers
  10. During the 1920s small, family-owned general stores were commonly replaced by __________.
   a) new technology
   b) new industries
   c) corporate-owned oligopolies
   d) corporate-owned chain stores
  11. The American Plan undermined labor unions by using all the following EXCEPT __________.
   a) open-shop associations
   b) spies
   c) yellow-dog contracts
   d) industrial democracy
  12. Which one of the following identifies a drawback to using assembly lines in a factory?
   a) Work is mechanized and robotic.
   b) Jobs require little skill and training.
   c) Production time job is minimized.
   d) Jobs require little discipline.
  13. Which was the MOST important reason for the increase in white-collar work during the 1920s?
   a) more people were finishing high-school
   b) corporations grew larger and more complex
   c) the typewriter revolutionized offices
   d) sales and advertising grew in importance
  14. By the 1920s women dominated which occupation?
   a) advertising worker
   b) senior cashier
   c) typist
   d) floor supervisor
  15. Women expected all of the following in their white-collar careers EXCEPT __________.
   a) more opportunities for advancement than factory work
   b) wages that equaled or exceeded wages from factory work
   c) less manual labor than factory work
   d) cleaner environments than factory work


 

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