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The Red Scare following World War I was caused primarily by

• the influenza outbreak.

• fear of airborne diseases.

• the actions of Wisconsin Senator Joseph McCarthy.

• fear of communist infiltration of the United States.

Palmer Raids
· Red Scare
· Harlem Renaissance
· Sacco and Vanzetti Trial

All of these terms are associated with which era?

• 1910s

• 1920s

• 1930s

• 1940s

Following World War I, why did Congress limit immigration from countries in southern and eastern Europe?

• After World War I, the nation's population was at capacity.

• Americans were concerned about the spread of the flu epidemic.

• Congress was responding to the nativists' calls to "Keep America for Americans."

• Congress wanted to protect African Americans from competition for unskilled labor jobs.

• Palmer Raids

• Sacco and Vanzetti

• Boston Police Strike of 1919

• May Day Riot of 1919
  
  This list of research topics would be of MOST use to a student writing a paper titled

Responses

• "The First Red Scare."

• "Causes of the Great Depression."

• "The Rise of American Labor Unions."

• "The 18th Amendment and Prohibition."

The creation of Prohibition had the unintentional effect of

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  increasing the popularity of television and motion pictures.

• causing increased popularity of radical groups such as the Ku Klux Klan.

• causing people to turn to ‘harder’ drugs such as heroin and cocaine.

• creating a network of organized crime that illegally supplied people with alcohol.

Eighteenth Amendment to the United States Constitution
"After one year from the ratification of this article the manufacture, sale, or transportation of intoxicating liquors within, the importation thereof into, or the exportation thereof from the United States and all territory subject to the jurisdiction thereof for beverage purposes is hereby prohibited."

This passage began what era in the United States?

• Jim Crow

• Red Scare

• Prohibition Era

• Civil Rights Era

Gangsterism
· the Eighteenth Amendment
· bootleggers
· speakeasies

All of these terms are associated with what era in American history?

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  Prohibiton

• World War II

• Civil Rights

• Women's Suffrage

The men in the picture shown are gathering in their opposition to the ratification of what amendment?

Responses

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• 1st Amendment

• 10th Amendment

• 19th Amendment

• 26th Amendment

How did World War I affect support for the women’s voting movement?

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• The war had little impact on women since the war was fought only by men.

• The war hurt the movement because most women were too busy supporting the war effort to rally and protest.

• The war helped the movement because many women felt they deserved equal rights for having supported the war effort.

• The war helped the movement because Americans overseas learned that women had voting rights in many other countries.

In the era after World War I and before the Great Depression, American towns grew rapidly because of

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• greater availability of information.

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  mass production of automobiles.

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  invention of electric lights.

• increased use of airplanes.