Ch. 9 Sec. 1 Return to Normalcy - Review

Why did American leaders worry that the ideas of communism might spread to the United States following World War I?

• Communism was improving life in the Soviet Union.

• Communists were behind social unrest, racial tensions, and strikes.

• Many Russians had immigrated to the United States during and after World War I.

• Economic struggles led some Americans to view communism as fairer and more equitable than capitalism.

Which statement supports the idea that First Amendment rights were violated during the Red Scare?

• Police made scores of arrests without search warrants.

• Authorities deported 300 Russian immigrants to the Soviet Union.

• Police broke into homes and offices of suspected radicals without search warrants.

• Charles Schenck faced espionage charges for handing out flyers encouraging citizens to resist the military draft.

What was a goal of Warren G. Harding as president?

• to lower taxes

• to promote liberal values

• to increase the power of labor unions

• to increase the power of the federal government

What most contributed to the reemergence of the Ku Klux Klan during the 1920s?

• nativist sentiments

• challenges to segregation

• an influx of immigrants from Africa

• competition for jobs among African Americans and whites

Which factor did the most to increase consumer demand and economic growth during the 1920s?

• growth in advertising

• greater youth employment

• growing power of labor unions

• introduction of welfare capitalism

Which statement supports the idea that nativism and eugenics influenced the National Origins Quota Act?

• The Act restricted the number of Asian immigrants.

• The Act restricted the number of African immigrants.

• The act gave preference to people from western and northern European countries.

• The act gave preference to people from eastern and southern European countries.

Which of the following events at the end of World War I DID NOT eventually lead to the formation of organizations such as the American Civil Liberties Union (ACLU)?

• Production declined at a time when soldiers were returning and in need of jobs.

• The economic slow-down led to social unrest and the Red Scare.

• Increased car ownership created a need to build a network of roads.

• Violations of civil liberties during the Red Scare created a need for these organizations.

Explain how the automobile affected the economy. Cite at least three effects.

• Demand created production, profits, and jobs.

• Increased car ownership created a need to build a network of roads.

• Roadside businesses sprang up along the roads.

• Cars could not be bought on credit.

What was the Red Scare?

• the fear that the ACLU would help Russia invade America

• the fear that pollution would lead to toxic blooms of red algae

• the fear that communism would take over the United States

• the fear that the First Amendment would protect communists

Which of the following was a claim by Sigmund Freud that disturbed traditionalists?

• Racial prejudice is illogical and unscientific.

• Space, time, and mass are all relative, not absolute.

• Unchecked immigration dilutes a country’s national character.

• A person’s unconscious mind controls much of his or her behavior.