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Which policy did many Americans believe in after World War I?
Which policy did many Americans believe in after World War I?
What was one perceived threat to American life during the postwar period?
What was one perceived threat to American life during the postwar period?
What event in Russia led to the beginning of the Red Scare in the United States?
What event in Russia led to the beginning of the Red Scare in the United States?
Why did U.S. Attorney General A. Mitchell Palmer launch a series of raids against suspected Communists?
Why did U.S. Attorney General A. Mitchell Palmer launch a series of raids against suspected Communists?
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Who did A. Mitchell Palmer appoint as his special assistant during the Palmer Raids?
Who did A. Mitchell Palmer appoint as his special assistant during the Palmer Raids?
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Why were Nicola Sacco and Bartolomeo Vanzetti arrested and charged with robbery and murder?
Why were Nicola Sacco and Bartolomeo Vanzetti arrested and charged with robbery and murder?
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What happened to Nicola Sacco and Bartolomeo Vanzetti?
What happened to Nicola Sacco and Bartolomeo Vanzetti?
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Why did nativist feelings grow in the United States after the 1880s?
Why did nativist feelings grow in the United States after the 1880s?
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What was the goal of the Emergency Quota Act of 1921?
What was the goal of the Emergency Quota Act of 1921?
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Who did the Ku Klux Klan target during the 1920s?
Who did the Ku Klux Klan target during the 1920s?
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Why did the law discriminated against people from eastern and southern Europe?
Why did the law discriminated against people from eastern and southern Europe?
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True or false: The Progressive Era caused numerous changes in American life during the postwar period?
True or false: The Progressive Era caused numerous changes in American life during the postwar period?
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True or false: Returning soldiers faced unemployment or took their old jobs away from women and minorities?
True or false: Returning soldiers faced unemployment or took their old jobs away from women and minorities?
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True or false: Nativism and isolationism were prevalent beliefs in America during the postwar period?
True or false: Nativism and isolationism were prevalent beliefs in America during the postwar period?
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True or false: U.S. Attorney General A. Mitchell Palmer took action to combat the Red Scare.
True or false: U.S. Attorney General A. Mitchell Palmer took action to combat the Red Scare.
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True or false: Palmer's raids turned up evidence of a revolutionary conspiracy and explosives.
True or false: Palmer's raids turned up evidence of a revolutionary conspiracy and explosives.
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True or false: Nicola Sacco and Bartolomeo Vanzetti were Italian immigrants and anarchists.
True or false: Nicola Sacco and Bartolomeo Vanzetti were Italian immigrants and anarchists.
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True or false: Sacco and Vanzetti were found guilty and sentenced to death.
True or false: Sacco and Vanzetti were found guilty and sentenced to death.
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True or false: Sacco had proof that he pulled the trigger.
True or false: Sacco had proof that he pulled the trigger.
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True or false: Anti-immigrant attitudes in the United States began in the 1880s.
True or false: Anti-immigrant attitudes in the United States began in the 1880s.
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True or false: The Ku Klux Klan believed in keeping blacks 'in their place'.
True or false: The Ku Klux Klan believed in keeping blacks 'in their place'.
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True or false: The Emergency Quota Act of 1921 aimed to limit European immigration to the United States.
True or false: The Emergency Quota Act of 1921 aimed to limit European immigration to the United States.
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