Author Question: The new movement of Fundamentalism was characterized by all of the following EXCEPT A) pessimism ... (Read 38 times)

EY67 · **on:** Sep 21, 2019

Question 1

In 1917, Congress passed a literacy test for new immigrants over President Wilson's veto.

Indicate whether this statement is true or false.

Question 2

Harding escaped personal condemnation for the scandals in his administration because he:

A) took aggressive action to prosecute wrongdoers.
B) died before most of the details became public.
C) resigned rather than face impeachment.
D) successfully pinned the blame on Vice President Coolidge.

Question 3

The outcomes of the Scopes Trail include all of the following EXCEPT

A) public opinion that Clarence Darrow had gotten the better of William Jennings Bryan in the arguments.
B) Scopes was found guilty and fined 100.
C) the case was appealed to the U.S. Supreme Court.
D) textbook publishers changed their books.

Question 4

Josh Gibson and Satchell Paige would most likely have been household names among 1920s:

A) African Americans.
B) football fans.
C) jazz lovers.
D) readers of modern fiction.

Question 5

The new movement of Fundamentalism was characterized by all of the following EXCEPT

A) pessimism about a sinful world.
B) an insistence on the literal reading of the Bible.
C) suspicion of the scientific thinking in the high school curriculum.
D) a union with Catholics and Jews in an attempt to stop evolution from being taught in the school.