The Sacco and Vanzetti Case

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During the 1920s and 1930s, Irving Fajans tried to persuade fellow workers to join the Department Store Employees Union by

  • Organizing strikes across the country
  • Distributing union literature at work (correct)
  • Promoting the benefits of joining a union
  • Advocating for fair pay and better working conditions

The public's attitude towards striking workers during the postwar period can best be described as

  • Supportive and understanding
  • Curious and intrigued
  • Neutral and indifferent
  • Resentful and unsympathetic (correct)

What effect did the Progressive Era have on American life during the postwar period?

  • It led to a rash of labor strikes
  • It brought about numerous wrenching changes (correct)
  • It resulted in fair pay and better working conditions
  • It caused a wave of nativism

Which industry saw a decrease in union membership during the 1920s?

<p>Steel industry (C)</p> Signup and view all the answers

Who led the United Mine Workers of America during the coal miners' strike in 1919?

<p>John L. Lewis (A)</p> Signup and view all the answers

What was the outcome of the coal miners' strike in terms of working hours?

<p>Shorter workday and five-day workweek (B)</p> Signup and view all the answers

Why did union membership decline during the 1920s?

<p>Reliance on self-sufficiency by farmers (B)</p> Signup and view all the answers

Which country did revolutionaries overthrow the czarist regime in?

<p>Russia (C)</p> Signup and view all the answers

Who was appointed as the special assistant by A. Mitchell Palmer in August 1919?

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

What was the main motive behind the Palmer Raids?

<p>To gain support for Palmer's presidential aspirations (A)</p> Signup and view all the answers

What were the economic and political beliefs of the Communists?

<p>Private ownership of factories and government ownership of railroads and other businesses (B)</p> Signup and view all the answers

Which group of people did the immigration law of 1924 discriminate against?

<p>Eastern Europeans (D)</p> Signup and view all the answers

What was the main goal of the Ku Klux Klan during the 1920s?

<p>Promote white supremacy (B)</p> Signup and view all the answers

Which geographical areas experienced a decline in immigration to the U.S. between 1921 and 1929?

<p>North America and Europe (A)</p> Signup and view all the answers

Which event led to the rise of labor unrest in the postwar period?

<p>Government restrictions on strikes (C)</p> Signup and view all the answers

Why did Vincent Millay donate proceeds from her poem 'Justice Denied in Massachusetts' to their defense?

<p>She believed they were innocent (C)</p> Signup and view all the answers

Who did Vincent Millay personally appeal to for the lives of Sacco and Vanzetti?

<p>Governor Fuller of Massachusetts (A)</p> Signup and view all the answers

When did Sacco and Vanzetti die?

<p>August 23, 1927 (D)</p> Signup and view all the answers

What did new ballistics tests in 1961 reveal about the pistol found on Sacco?

<p>It was the one used to murder the guard (B)</p> Signup and view all the answers

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

<p>True (A)</p> Signup and view all the answers

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

<p>True (A)</p> Signup and view all the answers

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

<p>True (A)</p> Signup and view all the answers

True or false: A. Mitchell Palmer appointed J. Edgar Hoover as his special assistant.

<p>True (A)</p> Signup and view all the answers

True or false: Sacco and Vanzetti were charged with the robbery and murder of a factory paymaster and his guard.

<p>True (A)</p> Signup and view all the answers

True or false: The jury found Sacco and Vanzetti guilty and sentenced them to death.

<p>True (A)</p> Signup and view all the answers

True or false: New ballistics tests in 1961 showed that the pistol found on Sacco was not the one used to murder the guard.

<p>False (B)</p> Signup and view all the answers

True or false: Anti-immigrant attitudes in the United States began in the 1880s when new immigrants arrived from southern and eastern Europe?

<p>True (A)</p> Signup and view all the answers

True or false: The need for unskilled labor in the United States decreased after World War I?

<p>True (A)</p> Signup and view all the answers

True or false: The Ku Klux Klan believed in keeping blacks 'in their place' and driving out Roman Catholics, Jews, and foreign-born people?

<p>True (A)</p> Signup and view all the answers

True or false: The Emergency Quota Act of 1921 established a quota system to limit immigration from certain countries?

<p>True (A)</p> Signup and view all the answers

True or false: The steelworkers remained without a union after the steel strike?

<p>True (A)</p> Signup and view all the answers

True or false: Union membership declined during the 1920s?

<p>True (A)</p> Signup and view all the answers

True or false: African Americans held a higher percentage of union memberships compared to whites in 1929?

<p>False (B)</p> Signup and view all the answers

True or false: John L. Lewis called for a strike of the United Mine Workers of America in 1919?

<p>True (A)</p> Signup and view all the answers

True or false: The main goals of the Ku Klux Klan during the 1920s were to promote racial equality and social justice.

<p>False (B)</p> Signup and view all the answers

True or false: The Emergency Quota Act resulted in a decrease in immigration from Italy to the United States between 1921 and 1929.

<p>True (A)</p> Signup and view all the answers

True or false: The national origins quota system did not apply to immigrants from the Western Hemisphere during the 1920s.

<p>True (A)</p> Signup and view all the answers

True or false: The Boston police strike in 1919 was resolved peacefully and resulted in the policemen being allowed to return to work.

<p>False (B)</p> Signup and view all the answers

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