U.S. History 1920s Test Review

What is the Red Scare?

• Fear of Communism
• Fear of Democracy
• Fear of Imperialism
• Fear of Nazis

What led to the Red Scare?

• 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 

Why were Sacco and Vanzetti convicted?

• They were serial killers, who targeted communists
• They were immigrants and had radical political beliefs
• They started a labor strike, that led to a riot, killing 6 people
• They lynched a group of African Americans without cause

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

• Increased the amount of immigrants allowed in the US
• Decreased the amount of immigrants allowed in the US
• Outlawed all immigration

When did the Ku Klux Klan reach its height?

• During the Civil War
• In the decade after the Civil War
• 1900
• 1920

Who was the Ku Klux Klan not hostile toward?

• African Americans
• Jews
• Catholics
• White Protestants

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

• Policy of Imperialism
• Policy of Collective Society
• Policy of Internationalism
• Policy of Isolationism

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

• Laissez-Faire
• Isolationism
• Assembly Line

What were Flappers?

• carefree young women with short, "bobbed" hair, heavy makeup, and short skirts. The flapper symbolized the new "liberated" woman of the 1920s
• another name for a bird
• Charles Lingbergh's name for his plane that he flew across the Atlantic

What did Flappers reject?

• Men
• Money
• Morals