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

    Why did union membership decline during the 1920s?

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

    Which country did revolutionaries overthrow the czarist regime in?

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

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

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

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

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

    When did Sacco and Vanzetti die?

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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