Transition to Modern America Vocab Quiz

What is isolationism?

• A policy of avoiding involvement in the affairs of other countries

• A belief in the superiority of one's own ethnic group

• A fear of communism and radicalism

• A theory that individuals, groups, and peoples are subject to the same Darwinian laws of natural selection as plants and animals

What was the Red Scare in the 1920's?

• A policy of avoiding involvement in the affairs of other countries

• A fear of communism and radicalism

• A belief in the superiority of one's own ethnic group

• A theory that individuals, groups, and peoples are subject to the same Darwinian laws of natural selection as plants and animals

What is social Darwinism?

• A theory that individuals, groups, and peoples are subject to the same Darwinian laws of natural selection as plants and animals

• A policy of avoiding involvement in the affairs of other countries

• A fear of communism and radicalism

• A belief in the superiority of one's own ethnic group

What is eugenics?

• A belief in the superiority of one's own ethnic group

• The belief that humanity can be improved through selective breeding (identifying genetically weaker/stronger to reproduce)

• A policy of avoiding involvement in the affairs of other countries

• A fear of communism and radicalism

What is nativism?

• A fear of communism and radicalism

• A policy of avoiding involvement in the affairs of other countries

• A belief in the superiority of one's own ethnic group

• A theory that individuals, groups, and peoples are subject to the same Darwinian laws of natural selection as plants and animals

What is consumerism?

• A theory that individuals, groups, and peoples are subject to the same Darwinian laws of natural selection as plants and animals

• A policy of avoiding involvement in the affairs of other countries

• A fear of communism and radicalism

• situation involving large amounts of goods being sold to individuals rather than businesses, especially when this is very important to an economy

What is speculation in stocks?

• A belief in the superiority of one's own ethnic group

• A policy of avoiding involvement in the affairs of other countries

• A fear of communism and radicalism

• Engaging in risky financial transactions in the hope of making quick profits

What is a bank run?

• A fear of communism and radicalism

• A policy of avoiding involvement in the affairs of other countries

• A belief in the superiority of one's own ethnic group

• A situation in which many depositors simultaneously withdraw their money from a bank

What is modernism?

• A policy of avoiding involvement in the affairs of other countries

• A fear of communism and radicalism

• A belief in the superiority of one's own ethnic group

• A cultural movement that rejected traditional values and embraced new forms of expression

Who is an artist associated with modernism?

• Pablo Picasso

• Leonardo da Vinci

• Vincent van Gogh

• Michelangelo