Take Test: Quiz #6: The Roaring Twenties

The backbone of economic growth during the 1920s was the increased consumption of HTMLCONTROL Forms.HTMLOption.1 A.televisions. HTMLCONTROL Forms.HTMLOption.1 B.automobiles. HTMLCONTROL Forms.HTMLOption.1 C.railroad cars. HTMLCONTROL Forms.HTMLOption.1 D.steel.4 points QUESTION 2 Banned in Boston referred to HTMLCONTROL Forms.HTMLOption.1 A.Prohibition in the city of Boston. HTMLCONTROL Forms.HTMLOption.1 B.A ban on certain books deemed obscene, including the works of Ernest Hemingway. HTMLCONTROL Forms.HTMLOption.1 C.a crackdown on prostitution and gambling, which city fathers blamed on the Irish. HTMLCONTROL Forms.HTMLOption.1 D.a law prohibiting Asian immigrants from moving into the city.4 points QUESTION 3 Schneck v. United States HTMLCONTROL Forms.HTMLOption.1 A.overturned the ban on child labor. HTMLCONTROL Forms.HTMLOption.1 B.ruled that the maximum hours women could work could not be legislated. HTMLCONTROL Forms.HTMLOption.1 C.upheld the Espionage Act as constitutional. HTMLCONTROL Forms.HTMLOption.1 D.overturned a law that stated the public schools must instruct students only in English.4 points QUESTION 4 The Cable Act of 1922 stated that HTMLCONTROL Forms.HTMLOption.1 A.American women who married foreigners could retain their American citizenship, unless they married Asians. HTMLCONTROL Forms.HTMLOption.1 B.lunatics, illiterates, and prostitutes were barred from entering the United States. HTMLCONTROL Forms.HTMLOption.1 C.interstate commerce regulated by the ICC could not be further regulated by state or local agencies. HTMLCONTROL Forms.HTMLOption.1 D.the United States Senate