WorksheetsThe Red Scare
Total questions: 15
Worksheet time: 4hrs 45mins
What was the Red Scare?
A financial crisis in the US
A military operation
A celebration of communist ideologies
A period of anticommunist hysteria during 1919 and 1920
What event in Russia heightened fears of communism in the US?
The establishment of a monarchy
The signing of a peace treaty with Germany
Russia's participation in World War I
The 1917 revolution resulting in a communist government
Who established the Communist International in 1919?
Vladimir Lenin
Karl Marx
Joseph Stalin
Leon Trotsky
What was the main goal of the Communist International?
To encourage a worldwide communist revolution
To provide humanitarian aid
To establish trade agreements
To promote peace worldwide
Who formed the Socialist Party in the US in 1901?
Joseph Stalin
Karl Marx
Eugene Debs
Vladimir Lenin
How did Eugene Debs' Socialist Party propose to achieve socialism?
Through economic sanctions
By establishing a monarchy
By democratic means
Through violent revolution
What was a common misconception among many Americans regarding socialists and communists in 1919?
That they supported capitalism
That they were all pacifists
That all radicals and labor activists were Bolshevik agents
That they were primarily wealthy industrialists
What event in 1919 intensified the Red Scare hysteria?
The election of a socialist president
The discovery of 36 bombs in the mail
The signing of the Treaty of Versailles
The stock market crash
Who was placed in charge of gathering information on radical activities by Attorney General Palmer?
J. Edgar Hoover
Harry S. Truman
Albert Einstein
Franklin D. Roosevelt
What was the outcome of the Palmer raids?
The impeachment of the President
The establishment of the FBI
The end of the Red Scare
The arrest of thousands of suspected radicals
Who was among the deportees suspected of radical activities?
John D. Rockefeller
Oliver Wendell Holmes
Albert Einstein
Emma Goldman
What was the fate of Nicola Sacco and Bartolomeo Vanzetti?
They escaped to Russia
They were executed
They were deported
They were acquitted
What was Judge Webster Thayer's opinion on Vanzetti?
He was not involved in any crime
He was innocent but morally culpable
He was guilty of all charges
He was a victim of circumstance
What did the trial of Sacco and Vanzetti reflect about American society?
Technological advancement
Deep divisions
Economic prosperity
Unity and peace
What did John Dos Passos declare after the execution of Sacco and Vanzetti?
"We are two nations."
"We must unite now more than ever."
"Justice has been served."
"This is the beginning of a new era."
