17.2-4

1. Unreasoned fear of things or people seen as foreign or strange is:

• Isolationism
• Xenophobia
• Fundamentalism
• Communism

2. What was the "Red Scare?"

• Violence committed by the Ku Klux Klan
• Infiltration of Japanese spies
• Fear that communism would overtake the country
• When the economy collapsed

3. What were the Palmer Raids?

• Attorney General Palmer attempted in infiltrate the Klan
• Fear of Communists/Socialists/Anarchists led to lawful raids on suspects
• Attorney General Palmer forced Native Americans into the military
• Fear of Communists/Socialists/Anarchists led to unconstitutional raids on suspects

4. These Italian immigrants were found guilty on little evidence and did not receive a fair trial.

• Mancuso and Sargento
• Pignetelli and Falcone
• Sacco and Vanzetti
• Lombardo and Perillo

5. Nativists feared unchecked _______________.

• isolationism
• immigration
• alliances
• militarism

6. Besides African-Americans, what other groups did the Ku Klux Klan target with words and violence?

• Veterans, Jews and Republicans
• Catholics, economists and Canadians
• Jews, Protestants and all foreign born
• Jews, Catholics and all foreign born

7. What was the goal of the 1921 Quota Act?

• To sharply cut European immigration to the U.S.
• To only let in to the country immigrants with a college degree
• To limit the number of Mexican immigrants
• To only build enough ships to keep up with European countries

8. What did the Indian Citizenship Act of 1924 do?

• Granted citizenship to 125,000 Native Americans
• Nothing
• Ensured voting rights for Native Americans
• Expelled 125,000 Native Americans from the country

9. Workers striking for better conditions were often labeled as what?

• Bad workers
• Revolutionary Communists
• Capitalists
• Nativists

10. 10. Leader of the United Mine Workers, who called on all miners to stop working:

• J. Edgar Hoover

• John L. Lewis

• Herbert Hoover

• A. Mitchell Palmer