Red Scare, Palmer Raids, and Civil Liberties
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- Q1What happened to the labor industry in America in 1919-1920?wage increaseslabor shortagesseveral labor strikes30s
- Q2What did those who opposed the labor strikes of 1919-1920 call the strikers?Nazisradical conservativesradical communistsleft-winged laborers30s
- Q3Why were some Americans fearful of the labor strikes of 1919-1920?They thought they would cause a second world warThey thought it was the start of a communist revolution in the U.S.They thought they would not have enough goods to buyThey thought the U.S. economy would suffer30s
- Q4What was sent to several prominent Americans, in the mail, during the summer of 1919, causing more fear of communists?poisonwarningsbombs30s
- Q5What two events, during 1919, caused many Americans to think a communist takeover was occurring in the U.S.?labor unions and mail bombslabor strikes and mail bombslabor strikes and the assembly linescandal and labor strikes30s
- Q6Who was the Attorney General of the U.S. in 1919?Woodrow WilsonA. Mitchell PalmerWarren HardingAlbert Fall30s
- Q7What WWI era law did Attorney General Palmer use to go after those "critical to the U.S.?"The Sedition ActThe Immigration ActThe Espionage ActThe Alien Act30s
- Q8What Amendment did the Sedition Act most likely violate?FifthFirstEighthSecond30s
- Q9Attorney General Palmer used the Sedition Act to do what?arrest communists in Russiaarrest wanted felons and send them to jailget re-appointed as Attorney Generalarrest immigrants and anarchists and deport them30s
- Q10What group of people in America did Attorney General Palmer refer to as "filth?"Russian immigrantsPolish immigrantsFrench immigrantsGerman immigrants30s
- Q11What word best describes American sentiment against immigrants during the "Red Scare?"civilcommunismparanoiaisolationism30s
- Q12What was effected as a result of the Red Scare?immigration policiesboth labor unions and immigration policiesnone of the abovelabor unions30s