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WorksheetsThe Twenties: Postwar Issues
Total questions: 12
Worksheet time: 6mins
What is the definition of Communism?
Also known as socialism; abolishes private ownership and government makes all the decisions.
All citizens are obligated and required to attend communal prayer sessions for church services.
The global practice of democracy in world governments.
_______ is the fear or hatred of foreigners or strangers.
Anti-acquaintance Disease
Arachnophobia
Xenophobia
Define the term Nativism.
A widespread religion practiced by Native Americans in the 18th century.
Favoring the interests of native-born people over foreign-born people.
All the above answers are correct.
What is the Quota System?
A system that sets limits on how many immigrants from various countries a nation will admit each year.
A system that sets a specific number for materials that need to be produced each month for the war efforts.
The form of servitude in which slaves worked for their owners during the Antebellum era of America.
Presumably innocent Italian radicals who became symbols of the Red Scare of the 1920s; Eventually arrested, tried and executed for a robbery/murder.
Salem Witch Trials
The OJ Simpson Trial
Sacco and Vanzetti Trials
The Murder Trials of Dr. Sam Sheppard
Those who oppose all forms of organized government are referred to as _______.
Warhawks
Regulators
Vigilantes
Anarchists
A miner who organized the United Mine Workers of America; led a strike consisting of fellow miners.
Meriwether Lewis
John L. Lewis
"Big Bad John"
Clark Gable
What was the "Red Scare"?
The fear of the spreading of the Spanish Flu.
A group of criminals who broke free from prison and murdered over 30 people before being caught.
The fear that communists were working to destroy the American way of life.
This Act established minimum wage, overtime pay, recordkeeping, and youth employment standards in the job sectors of America.
The Unfair Pay Act
Workers Compensation Act
Fair Labor Standards Act
Define the term radicalism
The political orientation of those who favor revolutionary change in government and society
an Anti-War Policy
Types of problems that you learn about in College Algebra
Describes someone who outrageously mad
What were the Palmer Raids?
A crew of pirates who raided the coasts of Europe under the command of Captain Palmer.
Mitchell Palmer and Edgar Hoover's agents hunted down suspected Communists, socialists, and anarchists.
Carson Palmer's extravagant arrival to Cincinnati.
A gang of men who raided the major urban cities of America hunting down foreigners in the 1920's.
Which infamous court case in the 20's proved the fear of immigrants in America at the time?
Hall and Oates
Bonnie and Clyde
Santo and Johnny
Sacco and Vanzetti
