E Learning Quiz for US History 11.15

After WWI, many Americans embraced isolationism and planned to avoid future wars by

• joining the League of Nations

• excluding Germany from the League of Nations

• avoiding involvement in European affairs

The "new morality" of the 1920's enthusiastically encouraged

• work

• higher education

• personal freedom

One unintended effect of the 18th amendment was

• an increase in federal taxes

• an increase in criminal activity

• an increase in federal police powers

The Ku Klux Klan began to decline in the late 1920's, largely as a result of

• the shift away from nativism

• the arrest of key Klan leaders

• their violent tactics

After the Emergency quota act was passed, admission to the US was based on immigrants

• literacy test scores

• job skills

• ethnic identity and national origin

The Emergency Quota Act theoretically restricted the number of immigrants from all countries, but in practice it discriminated heavily against people from

• southern and eastern Europe

• the Hawaiian islands

• Germany and Japan

The 1920's battle between the "new morality" and "traditional values" was the issue when John T Scopes was put on trial for

• violating Prohibition laws

• being a leader of the Ku Klux Klan

• teaching evolution

The purpose of the Volstead act was to

• limit immigration

• enforce prohibition

• prohibit lynching

Warren Harding won the presidency in 1920 by appealing to American's desire to

• reform society

• become a world power

• return to normal life after WWI

The notorious Ohio Gang was

• a powerful crime syndicate

• a group of President Harding's personal friends

• a group of presidential advisors, many of whom were involved in illegal activities to enrich themselves

• both 2 and 3