The 1920's are sometimes called the "Roaring Twenties" because
a. foreign trade prospered after World War I
b. the United States assumed a leadership role in world affairs
c. political reforms made government more democratic
d. widespread social and economic change occurred
Answer: d. widespread social and economic change occurred
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The author of How the Other Half Lives, that documented the hard living conditions of the working class, was __________
A) Jacob Riis B) Edward Bellamy C) Henry Ward Beecher D) L. Frank Baum
Which of these is not a reflection of the changes brought by the 1920s' "sexual revolution"?
A) New dances and greater erotic freedom. B) A shift from formal courting to the new custom of casual dating. C) Young people experimenting sexually without contemplating marriage. D) A surge in pornographic lyrics in popular music. E) Female sexuality becoming more openly acknowledged.
Eduard Bernstein, in his book Evolutionary Socialism, claimed that
A) the only hope for the workers was a violent revolution. B) socialism could best be achieved through the democratic process. C) unions should bargain with employers and avoid politics. D) the poor were too ignorant to be allowed to vote. E) true communism would take hundreds of years to evolve.
Initially, trade unions in the first half of the nineteenth century functioned primarily as
A) political parties. B) militant anarchist societies. C) supporters of middle-class liberalism. D) vehicles for leisure activities. E) mutual aid societies.