Chapter 12 Test Review

Politics of the Roaring Twenties

What were Nicola Sacco and Bartolomeo Vanzetti charged with and convicted of?

Robbery & murder

What did the Ku Klux Klan do in the 1920s to expand its membership?

• Blaming national problems on immigrants• Play on people’s fears of political radicals• Allow members to profit from recruiting

new members

The immigration policies of the 1920s limited immigration from which countries?

• Italy• Japan• England

What did Attorney General A. Mitchell Palmer believe he needed to protect the American people from?

Political radicals

What happened to union membership in the 1920s?

It dropped considerably

What was the first practical peacetime use of airplanes for?

Carrying mail

What was the main factor causing urban sprawl in the 1920s?

The automobile

What did the Teapot Dome scandal center around?

Oil-rich lands

What was the Fordney-McCumber Tariff meant to do?

Raise taxes on goods entering the United States

To protect their own interests, what did employers often accuse striking workers of being?

communists

What are anarchists?

People who oppose all forms of government

What strike caused the Massachusetts governor, Calvin Coolidge, to call out the National Guard?

The Boston police strike

What was the panic surrounding the threat of communism in the early 1920s called?

The Red Scare

What was adopted in 1922 with the purpose of raising taxes on imported goods?

The Fordney-McCumber Tariff

What form of credit does “A dollar down and a dollar forever” represent?

The installment plan

What was the main goal of the Washington Naval Conference?To reduce the threat of

war

What were the personal friends that President Harding put into his cabinet known as?

The Ohio gang

Why was the quota system of the 1920s created?

To reduce immigration

What scandal involved the secret leasing of government-owned oil reserves for profitable use by private companies?

The Teapot Dome Scandal

What was the quota system of the 1920s? Explain why it was established, who it affected, and several results of the policy.

Think About:

• Nativism• Immigration rates• Relations with foreign countries

What technological invention or advancement of the 1920s had the biggest impact on the life of the average American? Explain your opinion.

Think About:

• Advances in the fields of business, transportation, power, & machinery

• The basic needs of Americans• The conveniences offered by new

technology

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