Chapter 12 (The Americans) 2014 Flashcards
Nicola Sacco and Bartolomeo Vanzetti were charged with, and convicted of
a. treason
b. anarchy
c. receiving bribes
d. robbery and murder
d. robbery and murder
To expand its membership in the 1920’s, the Ku Klux Klan engaged 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 profit from recruiting new members
b. encouraging white women to join the organization
The immigration policies of the 1920’s limited from all of the following countries EXCEPT
a. Italy
b. Japan
c. Mexico
d. England
c. Mexico
Attorney General A. Mitchell Palmer believed that he needed to protect the American people from
a. big business
b. political radicals
c. corruption and fraud
d. labor union members
b. political radicals
During the 1920’s, union membership
a. remained constant
b. increased slightly
c. increased considerably
d. dropped considerably
d. dropped considerably
The first practical peacetime use of airplanes was for
a. crop-dusting
b. carrying mail
c. carrying passengers
d. weather forecasting
b. carrying mail
The main factor causing urban sprawl in the 1920’s was
a. the automobile
b. the use of electricity
c. growth in industry
d. a change in the birthrate
a. the automobile
The Teapot Dome scandal centered around
a. gold mines
b. union members
c. high tariffs
d. oil-rich lands
d. oil-rich lands
The Fordney-McCumber Tariff was meant to
a. help Britain and France pay off their war debts
b. raise taxes on foods entering the United States
c. help Germany pay off its war debts
d. raise taxes on goods leaving the United States
b. raise taxes on foods entering the United States
To protect their own interests, employers often accused striking workers of being
a. spies
b. Communists
c. bigots
d. nativists
b. Communists
People who oppose all forms of government are called_______
anarchists
Massachusetts governor Calvin Coolidge called out he National Guard to break the Boston_______ strike
police
The panic surrounding the threat of communism in the early 1920’s was called the_________
red scare
The Fordney-McCumber Tariff was adopted in 1922 to______ the taxes on imported goods
raise
“A dollar down and a dollar forever” represents a form of credit called the ___________
installment plan