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Post War Culture Quiz

Total questions: 18

Worksheet time: 11mins

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.

The United States adopted a policy of _____ directly after WW1

a)

Immigration

b)

Appeasement

c)

Isolationism

d)

Adaptation

3.

The Russian Bolsheviks were a group focused on establishing which type of Government

a)

Democratic

b)

Utilitarian

c)

Communism

d)

Constitutional Monarchy

4.
A leader in trying to capture & deport as many communists as possible during 1919 & 1920 was
a)
Warren G. Harding
b)
John D. Rockefeller
c)
Vladimir Lenin
d)
A. Mitchell Palmer
5.
The move to arrest & deport supposed communists in 1919 & 1920 was called the
a)
Red Scare
b)
Palmer Raids
c)
Red Menace
d)
Emergency Quota Act
6.
One of the reasons the KKK revitalized during the 1920's was
a)
the start of the civil rights movement in the South
b)
the increasing role of black figures in society
c)
the large numbers of immigrants coming into the US
d)
the increasing role of women in society
7.
Nativism is
a)
the idea that Native Americans should have more land
b)
the distrust of immigrants by Americans
c)
a fear of radical ideas
d)
hatred of all people by Native Americans
8.
Nativists in the 1920's had a particular dislike for
a)
mobsters & gangsters from Italy
b)
Irish & German immigrants
c)
Catholics, Jews, & immigrants from southern & eastern Europe
d)
poor immigrants
9.
The two Italian immigrants who were executed for killing 2 men at a factory were named
a)
Galleani & Luigi
b)
Harding & Capone
c)
Sacco & Vanzetti
d)
Malone & Galleani
10.

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.

11.

Believes there should be no government

a)

Bolsheviks

b)

Capitalists

c)

Anarchists

d)

Communists

12.
The goal of the National Origins Act of 1924 was to
a)
reduce immigration from the United States to European Countries
b)
revive the Ku Klux Klan
c)
reduce immigration to the United States from the European countries
d)
create more jobs
13.

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

14.

During the Red Scare, Americans often linked __________ with communism.

a)

workers

b)

criminals

c)

immigrants

d)

Progressives

15.
Who were the Palmer Raids meant to find and root out?
a)
Anarchists
b)
Communists
c)
Socialists
d)
All of the above
16.
One reason for US fears of communism in the 1920's was that
a)
millions of Bolsheviks were migrating to the US
b)
the Bolsheviks had taken over Russia during World War I
c)
a Bolshevik army was sailing to the US
d)
Bolshevik spies were found in the US government
17.

Under Communist control, Russia became

a)

The Soviet Union (USSR)

b)

The Association of Russian Nations (ARN)

c)

The Communist Manifesto

d)

The Eastern Bloc

18.

Communism is also referred to as a "dictatorship of the proletariat." What is the "proletariat?"

a)

The Upper Class

b)

The Upper-Middle Class

c)

The Working Class

d)

The Minority Race