15-1 QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS
01. Which reform movement was placed on hold during the First World War?
Progressives
02. Veterans from the First World War took the jobs from which individuals when they returned?
Women—Minorities
03. Labor disputes mainly erupted over which two issues?
Wages
Hours
04. Due to labor unions, many owners moved their factories where after the First World War?
South
05. Which nation erupted into revolution as the First World War was reaching its conclusion?
Russia
06. What was Lenin’s slogan?
Peace, Land and Bread
07. Which name did Lenin’s followers adopt?
Bolsheviks
08. What was the symbol of the Bolsheviks?
Red Flag
09. Russia was replaced by which nation?
USSR (Union of Soviet Socialist Republics)
10. Which political ideology focuses on the people owning all property?
Socialism
11. Who was the originator of communism? Which nation was he from?
Karl Marx
Germany
12. Under communism, who takes control of a nation?
Workers
13. Under communism, which major change takes place in society?
End of Social and Economic Classes
14. Lenin’s ideas were accepted mainly by which section of the Russian society?
Lower Class
15. Which nations became involved in the Russian Civil War?
UK, France, Japan, US
16. Foreign nations supported which side of the Russian Civil War?
Lenin’s Opponents
17. Which group won the Russian Civil War?
Bolsheviks
18. Which individual first proclaimed that communism should be a worldwide movement?
Karl Marx
19. The fear of communism, socialism and other so-called extreme ideas is known as what?
Red Scare
20. Which two events during the post-war period convinced many that America was facing a possible revolution?
Labor Strikes
Terrorist Acts
21. A strike in which numerous other unions support a striking labor organization is known as what?
General Strike
22. When and where was the first general strike?
January 1919
Seattle
23. Where did the famous steel strike of 1919 take place?
Gary, Indiana
24. The Steel Strike was over which items?
Hours—Wages—Conditions—Labor Recognition
25. Which city experienced a famous police strike during the post-war period?
Boston
26. The Boston Police Strike took place in which year?
1919
27. Who was the governor of Massachusetts during the Boston Police Strike?
Calvin Coolidge
28. Who stated, “There is no right to strike against the public safety by anybody, anywhere, anytime”?
Calvin Coolidge
29. A. Mitchell Palmer held which position in the government?
Attorney General
30. Palmer attacked radicals because of fear of which other reason?
Political Ambitions
31. The Palmer Raids took place in which years?
1919-1920
32. Palmer created which governmental organization to stop subversive activity?
Antiradical Division
33. Which two radical groups were targeted the most by Palmer?
Communists
Anarchists
34. Which religious leader stated that those deported by Palmer should have been shot in order to save money on ships?
Billy Sunday
35. Which state assembly refused to seat certain elected officials because they viewed them as too radical?
New York
36. The New York Assembly refused to seat certain government officials because of which political affiliation?
Socialist
37. Name four reform movements stopped due to the fear of revolution after the First World War.
Housing Initiatives
Health Insurance
Unemployment Insurance
Social Security System
38. The Sacco and Vanzetti case began in which year?
1920
39. The Sacco and Vanzetti case focused on which crimes?
Robbery
Homicide
40. Where did the crime in the Sacco and Vanzetti case take place?
South Braintree, Massachusetts
41. Sacco and Vanzetti were immigrants from which nation?
Italy
42. What was the political persuasion of Sacco and Vanzetti?
Anarchists
43. Who stated that the League of Nations was as dead as slavery?
Harding
44. The practice of favoring U.S.-born citizens over immigrants was called what?
Nativism
45. Name the two major immigration laws issued during the Twenties.
Immigration Act of 1921
Immigration Act of 1924
46. The nativist movement first appeared during which century?
19th
47. Besides limiting the number of immigrants, the Immigration Act of 1921 also established what?
Quotas (certain nationalities)
48. Under the Immigration Act of 1924, which group was banned from entering the U.S.?
Asians
49. The quotas established under the Immigration Act of 1924 were meant to reduce the number of immigrants from which portion of Europe?
Southern
Eastern
50. The immigrants targeted in the quota laws established under the Immigration Act of 1924 tended to practice which religion?
Roman Catholicism
Progressives
02. Veterans from the First World War took the jobs from which individuals when they returned?
Women—Minorities
03. Labor disputes mainly erupted over which two issues?
Wages
Hours
04. Due to labor unions, many owners moved their factories where after the First World War?
South
05. Which nation erupted into revolution as the First World War was reaching its conclusion?
Russia
06. What was Lenin’s slogan?
Peace, Land and Bread
07. Which name did Lenin’s followers adopt?
Bolsheviks
08. What was the symbol of the Bolsheviks?
Red Flag
09. Russia was replaced by which nation?
USSR (Union of Soviet Socialist Republics)
10. Which political ideology focuses on the people owning all property?
Socialism
11. Who was the originator of communism? Which nation was he from?
Karl Marx
Germany
12. Under communism, who takes control of a nation?
Workers
13. Under communism, which major change takes place in society?
End of Social and Economic Classes
14. Lenin’s ideas were accepted mainly by which section of the Russian society?
Lower Class
15. Which nations became involved in the Russian Civil War?
UK, France, Japan, US
16. Foreign nations supported which side of the Russian Civil War?
Lenin’s Opponents
17. Which group won the Russian Civil War?
Bolsheviks
18. Which individual first proclaimed that communism should be a worldwide movement?
Karl Marx
19. The fear of communism, socialism and other so-called extreme ideas is known as what?
Red Scare
20. Which two events during the post-war period convinced many that America was facing a possible revolution?
Labor Strikes
Terrorist Acts
21. A strike in which numerous other unions support a striking labor organization is known as what?
General Strike
22. When and where was the first general strike?
January 1919
Seattle
23. Where did the famous steel strike of 1919 take place?
Gary, Indiana
24. The Steel Strike was over which items?
Hours—Wages—Conditions—Labor Recognition
25. Which city experienced a famous police strike during the post-war period?
Boston
26. The Boston Police Strike took place in which year?
1919
27. Who was the governor of Massachusetts during the Boston Police Strike?
Calvin Coolidge
28. Who stated, “There is no right to strike against the public safety by anybody, anywhere, anytime”?
Calvin Coolidge
29. A. Mitchell Palmer held which position in the government?
Attorney General
30. Palmer attacked radicals because of fear of which other reason?
Political Ambitions
31. The Palmer Raids took place in which years?
1919-1920
32. Palmer created which governmental organization to stop subversive activity?
Antiradical Division
33. Which two radical groups were targeted the most by Palmer?
Communists
Anarchists
34. Which religious leader stated that those deported by Palmer should have been shot in order to save money on ships?
Billy Sunday
35. Which state assembly refused to seat certain elected officials because they viewed them as too radical?
New York
36. The New York Assembly refused to seat certain government officials because of which political affiliation?
Socialist
37. Name four reform movements stopped due to the fear of revolution after the First World War.
Housing Initiatives
Health Insurance
Unemployment Insurance
Social Security System
38. The Sacco and Vanzetti case began in which year?
1920
39. The Sacco and Vanzetti case focused on which crimes?
Robbery
Homicide
40. Where did the crime in the Sacco and Vanzetti case take place?
South Braintree, Massachusetts
41. Sacco and Vanzetti were immigrants from which nation?
Italy
42. What was the political persuasion of Sacco and Vanzetti?
Anarchists
43. Who stated that the League of Nations was as dead as slavery?
Harding
44. The practice of favoring U.S.-born citizens over immigrants was called what?
Nativism
45. Name the two major immigration laws issued during the Twenties.
Immigration Act of 1921
Immigration Act of 1924
46. The nativist movement first appeared during which century?
19th
47. Besides limiting the number of immigrants, the Immigration Act of 1921 also established what?
Quotas (certain nationalities)
48. Under the Immigration Act of 1924, which group was banned from entering the U.S.?
Asians
49. The quotas established under the Immigration Act of 1924 were meant to reduce the number of immigrants from which portion of Europe?
Southern
Eastern
50. The immigrants targeted in the quota laws established under the Immigration Act of 1924 tended to practice which religion?
Roman Catholicism