Author Question: Nicola Sacco and Bartolomeo Vanzetti were: A) well-known 1920s radio personalities. B) victims ... (Read 156 times)

kellyjaisingh · **on:** Sep 21, 2019

Question 1

In the spring of 1929, who reported that the economy was absolutely sound?

A) outgoing President Calvin Coolidge
B) incoming President Herbert Hoover
C) future President Franklin D. Roosevelt
D) Secretary of the Treasury Andrew Mellon

Question 2

The social status and treatment of Mexican Americans in the 1920s most resembled those of:

A) African Americans.
B) other new immigrant groups.
C) urban industrial workers.
D) poor rural whites.

Question 3

A great deal of 1920s American literature focused on themes of:

A) optimism and confidence in human progress.
B) alienation and disillusionment with modern culture.
C) rejecting old American values.
D) the European roots of American culture.

Question 4

The phrase buying on margin means

A) buying stocks without your spouse knowing.
B) having a secret ledger where stock purchases were recorded.
C) borrowing money to buy stocks.
D) borrowing from one stock's value to buy others.

Question 5

Nicola Sacco and Bartolomeo Vanzetti were:

A) well-known 1920s radio personalities.
B) victims of anti-radical bias and nativism.
C) members of the Paris Lost Generation.
D) key figures in the Harlem Renaissance.