Name: _______________________________________________ Date: __________ Using the exhibit, choose the letter of the best answer. (1 points each)
____ 1. Which of the following statements is supported by the map?
A. The earliest purpose of civil air routes was connecting large northern cities with large southern cities.
B. Flights crossing any body of water were not scheduled until well after 1930.
C. Air routes connecting the East Coast to the West Coast were in place before routes that serviced the cities in the southern United States.
D. Civil air routes serviced all major U.S. cities before servicing any cities in other countries.
____ 2. When was Washington, D.C., first served by a civil air route?
A. in 1918
B. by 1921
C. by 1930
D. after 1930
____ 3. Which two cities did the first international air route connect?
A. New York and Montreal
B. New York and London
C. Seattle and Victoria
D. Miami and Paris
____ 4. What city was served by the greatest number of air routes by 1930?
A. Atlanta
B. New York
C. Los Angeles
D. Chicago
____ 5. According to the map, which of these statements most accurately describes civil air routes by 1930?
A. The purpose of civil air route development was to connect the United States and Canada.
B. Civil air routes were added only to cities that had previously lacked service.
C. The rate of civil air route development consistently slowed after 1921.
D. Civil air routes serviced most major U.S. cities and were expanding to foreign countries.
____ 6. The two men in this cartoon are
A. radicals.
B. union members.
C. nativists.
D. government officials.
____ 7. The title of the cartoon is "Shutting Out the Light." The metaphorical "light" that the men are shutting out represents
A. the principles of labor unions.
B. Communist propaganda.
C. radical foreign ideas.
D. fundamental American ideals.
____ 8. According to the cartoon, radical ideas come from
A. the American people.
B. the labor movement.
C. foreign and Communist countries.
D. the U.S. government.
____ 9. According to the cartoon, a conflict exists between
A. the U.S. government and labor unions.
B. radical ideas and honest American ideas.
C. American radicals and foreign radicals.
D. the U.S. government and the American people.
____ 10. The line "Sunlight is unhealthy anyhow!" might be described as
A. more radical propaganda.
B. an advertising slogan.
C. the voice of the American people.
D. the voice of the U.S. government.
____ 11. According to Attorney General A. Mitchell Palmer, what was "eating its way into the homes of the American workman, its sharp tongues . . . licking the altars of the churches"?
A. communism
B. the philosophy of nativism
C. the hopelessness of poverty
D. governmental abuse of civil rights
____ 12. Why was the Kellogg-Briand Pact considered useless?
A. It didn't prevent war; it only punished countries that started wars.
B. It made the process of repaying war debts too easy.
C. It provided no means of enforcing the "no war" agreement.
D. It failed to include several of the strongest military powers.
____ 13. Nativists who found fault with the Emergency Quota Acts of 1921 would have been most likely to say which of the following?
A. It did not restrict immigration enough.
B. It threatened industry with a labor shortage.
C. It discriminated against the wrong immigrants.
D. It violated U.S. principles by restricting immigration.
____ 14. Which of the following was most closely tied to the public's negative reactions to organized labor in the 1920s?
A. fears of rising prices
B. fears of communism
C. fears of a depression
D. resentment of labor's advances
____ 15. Which of the following called for the abolition of private property in order to equally distribute wealth and power?
A. quota system
B. isolationism
C. nativism
D. communism
____ 16. What might an anarchist have said about the scandals that plagued President Harding's administration?
A. In a successful government, all officials should be chosen by the public.
B. The scandals are more proof that all forms of government should be abolished.
C. Such scandals would not happen in a communist government.
D. Mistakes made by cabinet members should not damage the reputation of the president.
____ 17. Which of the following is not considered a direct result of the growing popularity and availability of the automobile?
A. changes in American landscape
B. changes in American architecture
C. urban sprawl
D. changes in the advertising industry
____ 18. Nicola Sacco and Bartolomeo Vanzetti were charged with, and convicted of which crime,
A. treason.
B. anarchy.
C. receiving bribes.
D. robbery and murder.
____ 19. To expand its membership in the 1920s, the Ku Klux Klan engaged in all of the following except
A. blaming national problems on immigrants.
B. encouraging white women to join the organization.
C. playing on people's fears of political radicals.
D. allowing members to profit from recruiting new members.
____ 20. During the 1920s, union membership
A. remained constant.
B. increased slightly.
C. increased considerably.
D. dropped considerably.
____ 21. The main factor causing urban sprawl in the 1920s was
A. the automobile.
B. the use of electricity.
C. growth in industry.
D. a change in the birthrate.
____ 22. The Teapot Dome scandal centered around
A. gold mines.
B. union members.
C. high tariffs.
D. oil-rich lands.
____ 23. The Fordney-McCumber Tariff was meant to
A. help Britain and France pay off their war debts.
B. raise taxes on goods entering the United States.
C. help Germany pay off its war debts.
D. raise taxes on goods leaving the United States.
____ 24. The immigration policies of the 1920s limited immigration from all of the following countries except
A. Italy.
B. Japan.
C. Mexico.
D. England.
____ 25. Attorney General A. Mitchell Palmer believed that he needed to protect the American people from
A. big business.
B. political radicals.
C. corruption and fraud.
D. labor union members.