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Unit 5-1 Quiz (Red Scare and Nativism)

Total questions: 12

Worksheet time: 12mins

Name
Class
Date
1.
What was the Red Scare?
a)
fear of the spread of wealth
b)
fear of the spread of Communism
c)
fear of the spread of Capitalism 
d)
fear of job competition
2.
What did the Immigration Acts of 1921, 1924 and 1929 do?
a)
Increased the amount of immigrants allowed in the US
b)
Decreased the amount of immigrants allowed in the US
c)
Outlawed all immigration
d)
Only allowed immigrants from Russia
3.
Immigration restrictions enacted in the 1920s primarily targeted people from which regions?
a)
Southern & Eastern Europe and Asia
b)
Northern & Western Europe
c)
Latin and South America
d)
Northern Africa and Australia
4.
An Anti-immigration sentiment (feeling or fear) is called
a)
Fundamentalism
b)
Nativism
c)
Communism
d)
Modernism
5.
During the Red Scare, Americans often linked __________ with radicalism.
a)
workers
b)
criminals
c)
immigrants
d)
Progressives
6.
Who were the Palmer Raids meant to find and root out?
a)
Anarchists
b)
Communists
c)
Socialists
d)
All of the above
7.
The Red Scare led to which of the following?
a)
The ratification of the 19th amendment
b)
a demand for limits on immigration
c)
the start of the Great Depression
d)
the repeal of the 18th amendment 
8.
What action violated the 6th Amendment, which guarantees the right to a speedy trial and the right to confront one's accusers?
a)
Palmer Raids
b)
Unrestricted Submarine Warfare
c)
Consumer culture
d)
Invasion of Normandy
9.

According to the cartoon, a conflict exists between

a)

the U.S. government and labor unions.

b)

radical ideas and honest American ideas.

c)

American radicals and foreign radicals.

d)

the U.S. government and the American people.

10.

Which group targeted African Americans, immigrants, Catholics and Jews?

a)

Ku Klux Klan

b)

Flappers

c)

Gangsters

d)

Fundamentalists

11.

Sacco and Vanzetti were on trial for robbery and murder, but also for their

a)

membership in the Ku Klux Klan

b)

refusal to board the Buford

c)

political beliefs and ethnicity

d)

resistance to the leadership of John L. Lewis

12.

Which of the following statements is supported by the political cartoon above?

a)

Decrease of immigrants due to the passage of immigration quotas

b)

Increase of tax rates for immigrants

c)

Increase in the difficulty of the United States naturalization exam

d)

Decrease of jobs available for immigrants