U.S. History 1920s Test Review

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What is the Red Scare?

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Fear of Communism

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What led to the Red Scare? Options: Sinking of the Lusitania, Fear that a Democratic revolution would erupt in the US, Sinking of the USS Maine, Fear that a Bolshevik revolution would erupt in the US

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Fear that a Bolshevik revolution would erupt in the US

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Why were Sacco and Vanzetti convicted?

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They were immigrants and had radical political beliefs.

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What did the Immigration Acts of 1921, 1924 and 1929 do?

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Decreased the amount of immigrants allowed in the US

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When did the Ku Klux Klan reach its height? Options: During the Civil War, In the decade after the Civil War, 1900, 1920

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1920

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Who was the Ku Klux Klan not hostile toward? Options: African Americans, Jews, Catholics, White Protestants

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White Protestants

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What did Warren G. Harding mean by a “return to normalcy”?

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Policy of Isolationism

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What did Henry Ford use to make cars faster and led to him selling them for less money?

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Assembly Line

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What were Flappers?

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carefree young women with short, "bobbed" hair, heavy makeup, and short skirts. The flapper symbolized the new "liberated" woman of the 1920s.

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What did Flappers reject? (Options: Men, Money, Morals)

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Morals