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1
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Nicola Sacco and Bartolomeo Vanzetti were charged with and convicted of…

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robbery and murder

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To expand its membership in the 1920s, the ku klux klan engaged in all of the following except…

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encouraging white women to join the organization

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the immigration policies of the 1920s limited immigration from all of the countries except…

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Mexico

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Attorney General A. Mitchell Palmer believed that he needed to protect the american people from..

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political radicals

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during the 1920s, union membership…

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dropped considerably

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the 1st practical peacetime use of airplanes was for…

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carrying mail

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the main factor causing urban sprawl in the 1920s was…

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the automobile

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the teapot dome scandal centered around….

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oil-rich lands

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he Fordney-McCumber tariff was meant to

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raise taxes on goods leaving the United States

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to protect their own interests, employers often accused striking workers of being….

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communists

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11
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the first civil air route connected New York with…

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Washington

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12
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according to the map, the first international air route as available…

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by 1921

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a plane traveling from Chicago’s airport to the airport in Minneapolis would have to travel….

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northwest

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New Orleans was first served by an air route

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by 1921

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according to the map, in 1930 it was possible to fly a scheduled route from the United States to…

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Cuba

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16
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who are the men in the cartoon

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radicals

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17
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in this cartoon, what bigger idea does he light represent?

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the truth about america

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according to the cartoon, which of the following is an example of the kind of ideas that shut out the light ?

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soviet doctrines

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what is the main difference between the 2 men in the cartoon?

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one is a leader

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20
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which statement best expresses the main idea of this cartoon?

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radicals use foreign and communist propaganda to block the good, honest details of america

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this established the maximum number of immigrants who were allowed into the United States from each foreign country.

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quota system

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although its membership sharply increased as a result of the red scare and nativism, its power declined once its criminal activity and radical violence became exposed

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ku klux klan

23
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this is a policy of abstaining from involvement in world affairs

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isolationism

24
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this is an economic and political system based on a single party government ruled by dictatorship

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communism

25
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their radical opposition to any and all forms of government led many with similar beliefs to be harassed, arrested, and deported during the red scare

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anarchists

26
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as attorney general, he sent government agents out on a series of illegal raids to hunt down suspected radicals

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a mitchell palmer

27
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as the governor of Massachusetts during the Boston police strike, he opposed the strike, he opposed the strikers and called out the national guard to restore order

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Calvin Coolidge

28
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as president of the United mine workers, he led the miners on a strike that eventually resulted in a significant wage increase

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John L. Lewis

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True/False. the Kellogg-Briand pact rejected WAR as an instrument of national policy.

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true

30
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True/False. As a result of the WASHINGTON NAVAL CONFERENCE, Britain and France were not able to sell enough goods to pay off their war debts.

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false. Fordney McCumber Tariff

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True/False. THE DAWES PLAN arranged for loans to be made to Germany so that it could pay war reparations.

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true

32
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True/False. The Ohio gang consisted of various ENEMIES of President Warren G. Harding who took advantage of their political positions to gain wealth and influence

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false. friends/ associates/ appointees

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True/False. The teapot dome scandal involved the secret leasing of oil-rich lands owned by ALBERT B. FALL to private oil companies .

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false. the public/the government/ the United States

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True/False. President Harding’s Secretary of State was CHARLES EVANS HUGHES, who later went on to become Chief Justice of the Supreme Court.

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true

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True/False. People who oppose all forms of government are called ANARCHIST.

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true

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True/False. Massachusetts governor Calvin Coolidge called out the national guard to break the Boston FIREFIGHTERS strike.

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false. police

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True/False. The panic surrounding the threat of communism in the early 1920s was called the “BIG SCARE”

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False. red scare

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True/False. The Fordney-McCumber tariff was adopted in 1922 to LOWER the taxes on imported goods.

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false. raise

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True/False. A dollar down and a dollar forever represents a form of credit called the INSTALLMENT PLAN

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true

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True/False. The main goal of the Washington naval conference was to reduce the threat of COMMUNISM.

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false. war

41
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True/False. The personal friends that president Harding put into his cabinet were known as the the FALL GUYS.

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false. Ohio gang

42
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True/False. Great changes in america’s landscape were tied mostly closely to a large increase in the use of AUTOMOBILES in the 1920s.

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true

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True/False. the quota system of the 1920s was created to reduce TARIFFS.

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false. immigration

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True/False. The teapot dome scandal involved the secret leasing of government-owned OIL RESERVES for profitable use by private companies.

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true

45
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According to Attorney General A. Mitchell Palmer, What was “eating its way into the homes of the American workman, is sharp tongues…licking the altars of the churches”?

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communism

46
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which of the following rose dramatically in the early 1920s ?

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tariffs

47
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which of the following is not considered a sign that the prosperity of the 1920s was superficial?

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the success of the advertising industry

48
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why was the kellogg-briand pact considered useless?

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it provided no means of enforcing the “no war” agreement

49
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Nativists who found fault with the emergency quota acts of 1921 would have been moved likely to say which of the following?

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it did not restrict immigration enough

50
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which of the following was most closely tied to the public’s negative reactions to organized labor in the 1920s?

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fears of communism

51
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which of the following called for the abolition of private property in order to equally distribute wealth and power?

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Communism

52
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John L. Lewis is most closely associated with which of the following ?

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the coal miners’ strike

53
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what might an anarchist have said about the scandals that plagued president harding’s administration?

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the scandals are more proof that all forms of government should be abolished

54
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which of the following is not considered a direct result of the growing popularity and availability of the automobile?

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changes in the advertising industry

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