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Class
Date
THE TWENTIES
Section 2 Quiz
A.
Key Terms and People
Directions: From the list below, select the term or person that best completes the sentence.
You will not use all of the answers.
Andrew Mellon
Herbert Hoover
Teapot Dome scandal
Calvin Coolidge
Dawes Plan
Washington Naval Disarmament Conference
1. President Harding signaled his administration’s economic direction when he
appointed
as Secretary of the Treasury.
served as Secretary of Commerce under Harding.
2.
3. World leaders used the
construction of warships.
4. The
arranged for U.S. loans to Germany.
5. Under
B.
to limit international
, the national economy boomed.
Key Concepts
Directions: For each question below, circle the letter of the best answer or ending.
6. Presidents Harding and Coolidge favored policies that
a. aided the growth of business.
b. brought about social reform.
c. encouraged activism.
d. discouraged a laissez-faire approach to the economy.
7. As President, Warren G. Harding
a. strengthened the regulations on businesses put into place by the Progressives.
b. abolished all regulations on businesses.
c. reduced the regulations on businesses put into place by the Progressives.
d. took no action on economic matters.
8. President Coolidge believed that the creation of wealth
a. hurt the disadvantaged.
c. eroded personal freedoms.
b. benefited the nation as a whole.
d. helped America’s enemies.
9. In the 1920s, how did most national leaders hope to go about avoiding war?
a. by joining the World Court
c. by avoiding other nations
b. by winning the arms race
d. by forcing Europe to disarm
10. Under President Coolidge, the concerns of Mexican Americans and African
Americans were
a. a high priority.
c. answered with hostility
b. ridiculed.
d. largely ignored.
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