4.6 An Unsettled Society Quiz

Which events prompted the Red Scare?

• the Palmer Raids

• the trials of Sacco and Vanzetti

• communist revolutions in Europe

• attacks against the American Civil Liberties Union

What effect did the Twenty-first Amendment have on the sale of illegal alcohol in the United States?

• It encouraged bootleggers to continue sales of illegal alcohol.

• It made the production and distribution of alcohol legal in the U.S.

• It made alcohol legal only in the states that ratified the amendment.

• It strengthened regulations prohibiting the sale of alcohol.

How did William Jennings Bryan help the prosecution during the Scopes Trial?

• He praised the theory of evolution.

• He criticized all urban “book learning.”

• He nicknamed the event the “Monkey Trial.”

• He defended a literal interpretation of the Bible.

How did the quota system affect immigration to the United States?

• It favored Asian immigrants over English immigrants.

• It prohibited Mexicans from entering the United States.

• It encouraged more Italians to immigrate to the United States.

• It restricted the immigration of Eastern Europeans to the United States.

Which idea did eugenics support?

• that certain ethnic groups were inferior due to undesirable physical and social traits

• that communism could help to strengthen traditional religious values in urban areas

• that certain races of people would eventually become extinct due to Social Darwinism

• that immigration could help increase the political and economic power of the United States