H American Unit 7 Test Quizlet Import

c

How did A. Mitchell Palmer respond to the threat of communism following World War 1?

a. He urged Congress to declare war on the newly-formed Soviet Union

b. He fought to deport suspected communists outside of the US

c. He ordered police to break into homes of suspected communists

d. He did not think it was a threat and urged others not to fear

d

Nicola Sacco and Bartolomeo Vanzetti were charged with, and convicted of, ...

a. Treason

b. Anarchy

c. Receiving bribes

d. Robbery and murder

b

To expand its membership in the 1920s, the Ku Klux Klan engages in all of the following EXCEPT...

a. Blaming national problems on immigrants

b. Encouraging white women to join the organization

c. Playing on people's fears of political radicals

d. Allowing members to profit from recruiting new members

a

Nativists who found fault with the Emergency Quota Act of 1921 would have been likely to say which of the following?

a. It did not restrict immigration enough

b. It threatened industry with a labor shortage

c. It discriminated against the wrong immigrants

d. It violated US principles by restricting immigration

d

The immigration policies of the 1920s limited immigration from all of the following countries EXCEPT...

a. Italy

b. Japan

c. Mexico

d. England

c

Fundamentalists believed that...

a. Evolution and creationism could coincide

b. Prohibition should be repealed

c. The Bible should be taken literally

d. Drinking alcohol was acceptable

c

The main significance of the trial of John T. Scope was that...

a. It ended the career of William Jennings Bryan, who was unable to defend fundamentalism

b. Its outdoor setting allowed many Americans to witness the justice system in action

c. It highlighted the struggle between science and religion in American schools

d. It led to the repeal of a law that made teaching evolution in schools illegal

b

F. Scott Fitzgerald described the 1920s as the...

a. Harlem Renaissance

b. Jazz Age

c. Prohibition Age

d. Roaring Twenties

a

Ernest Hemingway, author of "The Sun Also Rises," introduced...

a. A simplified style of writing

b. An elaborate style of writing

c. A patriotic movement in literature

d. Glorification of war in literature

d

The "Great Migration" of 1910-1920 refers to the movement of...

a. Immigrants from Europe to America

b. People from rural areas and towns to large cities

c. African Americans from the US to Africa

d. African American from the South to northern cities