The Impact of World War I and the Progressive Era
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Which policy did many Americans believe in after World War I?

  • Interventionism
  • Isolationism (correct)
  • Internationalism
  • Imperialism

    • What was one perceived threat to American life during the postwar period?

  • Communism (correct)
  • Fascism
  • Capitalism
  • Socialism

    • What event in Russia led to the beginning of the Red Scare in the United States?

  • The Bolshevik Revolution (correct)
  • The Russian Civil War
  • The Czar's abdication
  • The rise of Vladimir Lenin

    • Why did U.S. Attorney General A. Mitchell Palmer launch a series of raids against suspected Communists?

    <p>To gain support for his presidential aspirations</p> Signup and view all the answers

    Who did A. Mitchell Palmer appoint as his special assistant during the Palmer Raids?

    <p>J. Edgar Hoover</p> Signup and view all the answers

    Why were Nicola Sacco and Bartolomeo Vanzetti arrested and charged with robbery and murder?

    <p>They appeared to be Italians according to witnesses</p> Signup and view all the answers

    What happened to Nicola Sacco and Bartolomeo Vanzetti?

    <p>They were executed</p> Signup and view all the answers

    Why did nativist feelings grow in the United States after the 1880s?

    <p>The need for unskilled labor decreased</p> Signup and view all the answers

    What was the goal of the Emergency Quota Act of 1921?

    <p>To limit immigration from certain countries</p> Signup and view all the answers

    Who did the Ku Klux Klan target during the 1920s?

    <p>Blacks, Roman Catholics, Jews, and foreign-born people</p> Signup and view all the answers

    Why did the law discriminated against people from eastern and southern Europe?

    <p>They had not started coming to the United States in large numbers until after 1890</p> Signup and view all the answers

    True or false: The Progressive Era caused numerous changes in American life during the postwar period?

    <p>True</p> Signup and view all the answers

    True or false: Returning soldiers faced unemployment or took their old jobs away from women and minorities?

    <p>True</p> Signup and view all the answers

    True or false: Nativism and isolationism were prevalent beliefs in America during the postwar period?

    <p>True</p> Signup and view all the answers

    True or false: U.S. Attorney General A. Mitchell Palmer took action to combat the Red Scare.

    <p>True</p> Signup and view all the answers

    True or false: Palmer's raids turned up evidence of a revolutionary conspiracy and explosives.

    <p>False</p> Signup and view all the answers

    True or false: Nicola Sacco and Bartolomeo Vanzetti were Italian immigrants and anarchists.

    <p>True</p> Signup and view all the answers

    True or false: Sacco and Vanzetti were found guilty and sentenced to death.

    <p>True</p> Signup and view all the answers

    True or false: Sacco had proof that he pulled the trigger.

    <p>False</p> Signup and view all the answers

    True or false: Anti-immigrant attitudes in the United States began in the 1880s.

    <p>True</p> Signup and view all the answers

    True or false: The Ku Klux Klan believed in keeping blacks 'in their place'.

    <p>True</p> Signup and view all the answers

    True or false: The Emergency Quota Act of 1921 aimed to limit European immigration to the United States.

    <p>True</p> Signup and view all the answers

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