The Impact of World War I and the Progressive Era
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The Impact of World War I and the Progressive Era

Postwar Trends Quiz: Test your knowledge on the impact of World War I and the Progressive Era on American society. Explore the challenges faced by returning soldiers, the divisive League of Nations debate, and the economic adjustments of the postwar period. Discover how these factors shaped the American public and influenced postwar trends.

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Questions and Answers

Which policy did many Americans believe in after World War I?

Isolationism

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

Communism

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

The Bolshevik Revolution

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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