Question 1(Multiple Choice Worth 5 points)

Question

Which of these policies involving foreign countries was generally favored by isolationist Americans?

sending the United States Army to put down revolutions in Europe
pressing Britain and France to pay back their wartime loans
sending food and money to nations devastated by war
joining the League of Nations
Question 2(Multiple Choice Worth 5 points)
Which of these groups would have supported the Five-Power Naval Treaty of 1922?

taxpayers of all the nations involved
shipbuilders of all the nations involved
naval officers of Britain and the United States
the nations on the losing side in the Great War
Question 3(Multiple Choice Worth 5 points)
What was the significance of the Sacco-Vanzetti trial?

It established capital punishment.
It established important legal principles.
The crime was unusual in its brutality.
It symbolized Red Scare fears.
Question 4(Multiple Choice Worth 5 points)
Which of these world powers was prevented from taking part in the negotiations over the Kellogg-Briand pact?

Japan
Britain
the Soviet Union
the United States
Question 5(Multiple Choice Worth 5 points)
Which of the following was a reason Americans turned toward isolationism after 1919?

They had come to despise President Wilson.
They saw involvement in world affairs as favoring radicalism.
They didn't want any more involvement in other countries' troubles.
They were angry that the peace settlement didn't punish Germany enough.
Question 6(Multiple Choice Worth 5 points)
During the Red Scare, why would immigrants, like Sacco, lie to the police?

They feared being deported and sent back to their country of origin.
They were advised by lawyers to do so.
They didn't understand the American judicial system.
They didn't speak English well enough to understand the questions
Question 7(Multiple Choice Worth 5 points)
Which of the following explains why many Americans came to support Sacco and Vanzetti?

They were sympathetic toward anarchism.
They were disturbed by newspaper coverage of the case.
They thought that Sacco and Vanzetti had not received a fair trial.
Evidence overwhelmingly showed that Sacco and Vanzetti were innocent.
Question 8(Multiple Choice Worth 5 points)
Which of the following was the key evidence against Sacco?

He had been seen committing the crime by witnesses.
His cap was found near the crime scene.
He had been in trouble with the police for his political activities.
One of the bullets was said to have been fired from his gun.
Question 9(Multiple Choice Worth 5 points)
What was the goal of The Kellogg-Briand Pact?

for the signing nations to use war as a last resort
to bring smaller nations into international affairs
to bring the U.S. into the League of Nations
for Germany to show that it was not as warlike as it formerly had been
Question 10(Multiple Choice Worth 5 points)
Which of the following groups was not targeted by the Ku Klux Klan in the 1910s and 1920s?

immigrants
Protestants
Catholics
Jews
Question 11(Multiple Choice Worth 5 points)
What factor caused various cities to conduct strikes in 1919?

racial violence
sensational trial
anarchist bombings
demobilization
Question 12(Multiple Choice Worth 5 points)
Which of these is one reason that American workers generally favored immigration restriction?

Immigrants tended to be anti-union.
Immigrants were often willing to work for lower pay.
Immigrants were associated with anarchism and communism.
Immigrants did not fit in because they could not speak English.
Question 13(Multiple Choice Worth 5 points)
Warren G. Harding's campaign for President in 1920 focused on what issues?

imperialism and isolationism
national debt and normalcy
isolationism and labor unions
isolationism and normalcy
Question 14(Multiple Choice Worth 5 points)
Which of these was one cause of the outbreak of the Red Scare?

the revolution in Russia
the Wall Street bombing
the Sacco-Vanzetti case
the end of the Great War
Question 15(Multiple Choice Worth 5 points)
Which "four powers" agreed to the Four Power Treaty of 1921?

the U.S., Russia, Japan, and China
the U.S., Britain, France, and Japan
the U.S., Britain, France, and Germany
the U.S., Britain, Germany, and Russia

Answer 1

Here are the answers to each of the questions based on historical context:

Question 1: Which of these policies involving foreign countries was generally favored by isolationist Americans?
Answer: pressing Britain and France to pay back their wartime loans

Question 2: Which of these groups would have supported the Five-Power Naval Treaty of 1922?
Answer: taxpayers of all the nations involved

Question 3: What was the significance of the Sacco-Vanzetti trial?
Answer: It symbolized Red Scare fears.

Question 4: Which of these world powers was prevented from taking part in the negotiations over the Kellogg-Briand pact?
Answer: the Soviet Union

Question 5: Which of the following was a reason Americans turned toward isolationism after 1919?
Answer: They didn't want any more involvement in other countries' troubles.

Question 6: During the Red Scare, why would immigrants, like Sacco, lie to the police?
Answer: They feared being deported and sent back to their country of origin.

Question 7: Which of the following explains why many Americans came to support Sacco and Vanzetti?
Answer: They thought that Sacco and Vanzetti had not received a fair trial.

Question 8: Which of the following was the key evidence against Sacco?
Answer: One of the bullets was said to have been fired from his gun.

Question 9: What was the goal of The Kellogg-Briand Pact?
Answer: for the signing nations to use war as a last resort

Question 10: Which of the following groups was not targeted by the Ku Klux Klan in the 1910s and 1920s?
Answer: Protestants

Question 11: What factor caused various cities to conduct strikes in 1919?
Answer: racial violence

Question 12: Which of these is one reason that American workers generally favored immigration restriction?
Answer: Immigrants were often willing to work for lower pay.

Question 13: Warren G. Harding's campaign for President in 1920 focused on what issues?
Answer: isolationism and normalcy

Question 14: Which of these was one cause of the outbreak of the Red Scare?
Answer: the revolution in Russia

Question 15: Which "four powers" agreed to the Four Power Treaty of 1921?
Answer: the U.S., Britain, France, and Japan

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