First Red Scare & 1920s Presidents

A person who rejects all forms of government

• rejectionist
• anarchist
• Red
• Communist

The fear of a communist takeover of the US during the 1920s became known as the...

• Great Depression

• Red Scare

• Bolshevik Doom

• Communist Wave

The government of what country was overthrown in 1917 and turned into a Communist country?

• Russia
• Austria-Hungary
• Germany
• England

What group of people in the United States were inspired by the Communist Revolution?

• The business elites in the country.
• The poor and working class in the country.
• The politicians in Washington D.C.
• None of the above.

Who were the Palmer Raids meant to find and root out?

• Anarchists
• Communists
• Socialists
• All of the above

What did A. Mitchell believe his raids were doing?

• Weeding out groups who were attempting to take down the United States.
• Taking down anybody who was a supporter of Woodrow Wilson.
• Protecting people's freedom of speech.
• Taking away people's freedom of speech during and directly after WWI.

What did the Palmer Raids lead to?

• The imprisonment and deportation of many American-born residents perceived as radicals
• The imprisonment and deportation of many Mexican-born residents perceived as radicals
• The imprisonment and deportation of many foreign-born residents perceived as radicals
• The imprisonment and deportation of many Chinese-born residents perceived as radicals

During the 1920s, the Red Scare, the trial of Sacco and Vanzetti and the rise of nativism were all signs of

• The benefits of new technologies
• The start of the Great Depression
• A rising fear of foreigners
• he return of normalcy

The Red Scare of 1919-1920 was caused in part by :

• a. the Communist takeover in Russia

• b. fundamentalism

• c. the Scopes trial

• d. Prohibition

Why were Sacco and Vanzetti viewed with suspicion?

• Sacco owned a gun similar to the murder weapon
• they were Italian immigrants and anarchists
• they were members of the Ku Klux Clan
• they looked funny