Chapter 20 The 1920's and the Great Depression

Nicola Sacco and Bartolomeo Vanzetti were charged with, and convicted of,

• treason.

• anarchy.

• receiving bribes.

• robbery and murder

To expand its membership in the 1920s, the Ku Klux Klan engaged in all of the following EXCEPT

• blaming national problems on immigrants.

• encouraging white women to join the organization.

• playing on people's fears of political radicals.

• allowing members to profit from recruiting new members.

The immigration policies of the 1920s limited immigration from all of the following countries EXCEPT:

• Italy

• Japan

• Mexico

• England

Attorney General A. Mitchell Palmer believed that he needed to protect the American people from

• big business.

• political radicals.

• corruption and fraud.

• labor union members.

During the 1920s, union membership

• remained constant.

• increased slightly.

• increased considerably.

• dropped considerably.

The first practical peacetime use of airplanes was for

• crop-dusting.

• carrying mail.

• carrying passengers.

• weather forecasting.

The main factor causing urban sprawl in the 1920s was

• the automobile.

• the use of electricity.

• growth in industry.

• a change in the birthrate.

The Teapot Dome scandal centered around

• gold mines.

• union members.

• high tariffs.

• oil-rich lands.

The Fordney-McCumber Tariff was meant to

• help Britain and France pay off their war debts.

• raise taxes on goods entering the United States.

• help Germany pay off its war debts.

• raise taxes on goods leaving the United States.

To protect their own interests, employers often accused striking workers of being

• spies.

• Communists.

• bigots.

• nativists.