Red Scare Quizizz

Multiple Choice

Many senators who opposed the United States membership in the League of Nations argued that joining the League would

• reduce the freedom of the seas

• endanger the nation's military preparedness

• involve the nation in future military conflicts

•  end the country's free-trade policies 

  
  

Multiple Choice

The Supreme Court decision in Schenck v. United States (1919) stated that

•  women should be granted suffrage

•  freedom of speech is not absolute

•  rights of the accused may not be limited

•  immigrants have limited rights

Multiple Choice

The Espionage Act (1917) and the Sedition Act (1918) were used by President Woodrow Wilson’s administration during World War I to

•  discourage congressional support for the war effort

• place German-Americans in internment camps

• remove communists from government positions

• silence critics of the war effort

Multiple Choice

Based on this passage, in 1920 the Attorney General of the United States advocated the deportation of

• citizens who criticized the government

• men who avoided the draft in World War I

• wartime workers from Latin America

• communists and anarchist immigrants

Multiple Choice

During the 1920s, Congress passed a series of immigration laws that were primarily designed to

• expand the workforce for the growing economy

•  increase immigration from Asia

•  limit immigration from southern and eastern Europe

• prohibit immigration from Latin America

Multiple Choice

Which characteristic of the 1920s is illustrated by the trial of Sacco and Vanzetti?

• intolerance toward immigrants

• opposition to separation of church and state

• support for segregation

• hostility toward women's suffrage