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History
10th
grade
The First Red Scare & Misc. Questions from the 1920s
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- 1. Multiple Choice
What was the Red Scare?
A time when people were afraid of anarchism, communism, and socialism
When people were afraid of the color red
Sacco and Vanzetti trial
Post-WWI fear of Germans
- 2. Multiple Choice
Nativism
Liked immigrants
Liked wealthy
Disliked immigrants favored native born
Favored Native American Indians
- 3. Multiple Choice
The fear of a communist takeover of the US during the 1920s became known as the...
Great Depression
Red Scare
Bolshevik Doom
Communist Wave
- 4. Multiple Choice
A Russian communist during the 1920s was known as a...
Menshevik
Bear
Bolshevik
Trotskyite
- 5. Multiple Choice
A leader in trying to capture & deport as many communists as possible during 1919 & 1920 was...
Warren G. Harding
John D. Rockefeller
Vladimir Lenin
A. Mitchell Palmer
- 6. Multiple ChoiceThe government of what country was overthrown in 1917 and turned into a Communist country?RussiaAustria-HungaryGermanyEngland
- 7. Multiple Choice
Who were the Palmer Raids meant to find and root out?
Democrats
Communists
African Americans
All of the above
- 8. Multiple ChoiceWhat type of intimidation continued in the South?lynchings of Mexican Americanslynchings of Chinese Americanslynchings of African Americanslynchings of Catholics and Jews
- 9. Multiple ChoiceWhat group saw a revival in the 1920s? Where did it spread?League of Suffragettes -- Northern and Western U.SWoman's Christian Temperance Union -- Southern and Eastern U.S.Knights of Labor -- Southern and Western U.S.Ku Klux Klan -- Northern and Western U.S.
- 10. Multiple ChoiceAfter WW 1, what factors contributed to racial tension in northern cities?Competition for jobs and housingCompetition for political officesCompetition for street and sewer maintenance contractsCompetition for the best farm land
- 11. Multiple ChoiceLabor leaders and nativists worked together to restrict immigrants from what area of Europe?Northern and Western EuropeEastern and Western EuropeSouthern and Western EuropeSouthern and Eastern Europe
- 12. Multiple ChoiceDefine nativismpolicy of protecting the interests of immigrants and against those native bornpolicy of protecting the interests of native-born or established inhabitants against those of immigrantspolicy of protecting the interests of Native Americans and against those who are not indigenous (original people) of Americapolicy of protecting the interests of Latino Americans and indigenous (original people) of America
- 13. Multiple ChoiceGive examples of nativismImmigration quotas and increase enrollment in the KKKPlacement of American Indians on reservations and the creation of the Indian AgencyThe creation of settlement houses and YWCA English classesOpen door policy for all immigrants coming in the U.S.
- 14. Multiple ChoiceWhat groups were targeted by the Ku Klux Klan?Germans, English and ScotsAfrican Americans, Native Americans, Mexican AmericansProtestant, Catholics and JewsAfrican Americans, Catholics and Jews
- 15. Multiple ChoiceAfter the WW I, who was America’s new enemy?Communist (reds and other radicals).Great BritainAmerica First led by Charles LindberghGermany
- 16. Multiple ChoiceWhat caused a high demand for jobs and the rise of unemployment post-WWI?Native Americans seeking jobsMexican Americans seeking jobsThe return from war of about 4.5 nursesThe return from war of about 4.5 million soldiers.
- 17. Multiple ChoiceWhat did the Palmer Raids lead to?The imprisonment and deportation of many American-born residents perceived as radicalsThe imprisonment and deportation of many Mexican-born residents perceived as radicalsThe imprisonment and deportation of many foreign-born residents perceived as radicalsThe imprisonment and deportation of many Chinese-born residents perceived as radicals
- 18. Multiple ChoiceDuring the 1920s, the Red Scare, the trial of Sacco and Vanzetti and the rise of nativism were all signs ofThe benefits of new technologiesThe start of the Great DepressionA rising fear of foreignershe return of normalcy
- 19. Multiple ChoiceThe Red Scare was a period ofSevere economic depressionWidespread support for group promoting international anarchyGreat growth in art, literature and musicPersecution of people suspected of holding anti-American political views.
- 20. Multiple ChoiceIn the 1920s the Immigration Act of 1924 and the Sacco-Vanzetti trial were typical of theIncrease in nativism and intoleranceSupport of humanitarian causesAcceptance of cultural differencesRejection of traditional customs and beliefs
- 21. Multiple ChoiceThe data in the chart supports the idea that the immigration laws of 1921 and 1924 were primarily designed toadmit skilled workersStop illegal entry into the countryReduce immigration from specific regionsEncourage immigration from southern Europe
- 22. Multiple ChoiceHow did Sacco and Vanzetti get killedThey drownedThey got executedGot hit by a carOld age
- 23. Multiple Choice
The Red Scare of 1919-1920 was caused in part by :
a. the Communist takeover in Russia
b. fundamentalism
c. the Scopes trial
d. Prohibition
- 24. Multiple ChoiceWhen African Americans began to move from the rural South to the urban North, this was called what?The Great AwakeningThe Great MigrationThe Great PumpkinThe Trail of Tears
- 25. Multiple ChoiceThe Red Scare of the 1920s was the fear that this would spread to the United States...CommunismSocialismRadicalismCapitalism
- 26. Multiple ChoiceWhat did prohibition make illegal?TobaccoAlcoholChewing gumDating after dark
- 27. Multiple Choicethe time when African American artists, writers, and musicians revealed the variety of their cultural contributions to the rest of societyWorld War IGreat DepressionMedieval TimesHarlem Renaissance
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