Author Question: The tensions and hostilities evident in the United States during the 1920s can be partially ... (Read 39 times)

penguins · **on:** Sep 21, 2019

Question 1

During the 1920s, the Ku Klux Klan

A) stressed religious as well as racial nativism.
B) supported Catholics but not Jews.
C) operated exclusively in the southern states.
D) became less influential.

Question 2

During the Red Scare of 1919, the attorney general of the United States

A) staunchly defended the civil rights of those who had been accused of being communists.
B) used military force against Indians who attempted to seize land they claimed belonged to them.
C) defended the actions of Ku Klux Klan members because of their commitment to traditional American principles.
D) violated the rights of many radicals.

Question 3

Public reaction to the series of strikes that occurred in the United States during 1919 tended to

A) condemn the actions of the attorney general.
B) support the justice of the strikers' cause.
C) view the strikers as patriots exercising their right to assembly.
D) blame the communists for the unrest.

Question 4

The strikes that occurred in the United States during 1919 indicated that most American workers

A) hoped to overthrow the government.
B) followed the philosophy of A. Mitchell Palmer.
C) supported communism.
D) wanted higher wages.

Question 5

The Red Scare during the 1920s refers to

A) American fears of communist influence in the United States.
B) a literary device used by those who criticized American society.
C) fears by white Americans that the Indians would attempt to reclaim their lost lands.
D) the attempt of the Soviet Union to establish communism in Cuba.

Question 6

The tensions and hostilities evident in the United States during the 1920s can be partially explained by

A) the continued dominance of the progressive reform movement.
B) a decline in religious fundamentalism.
C) the increase in immigration into the United States from northern European countries.
D) the fear that foreigners were destroying the American way of life.