Roaring 20's: 11.3, 11.4, 11.5, 11.7, 11.10

Which of the following best describes the events that led W. E. B. Du Bois to write the text excerpted here?

African Americans fought alongside white soldiers in World War I to protect democratic ideals but returned to a "Jim Crow" society.

All the following were reasons for race riots in the post-World War I years except

African Americans' drive for suffrage rights in the north

What groups were especially targeted by the Palmer Raids?

Anticapitalist immigrants

According to Debs, why are voters deserting "the twin political parties of capitalism"?

Capitalism is rotten and corrupt, and only Socialism can save the United States from a return to the dark ages.

Other than African Americans, the Ku Klux Klan blamed which of the following most for problems in the United States during the 1920s?

Catholics and Jews

During the post-World War I era, the most notorious race riots took place in

Chicago, Illinois

Debs refers several times to the need to rebuild and restore the party. What caused the party to decline?

Enforcement of the Espionage and Sedition Acts

Which of the following pieces of legislation would have been most influenced by the sentiments expressed in the excerpt?

Immigration Act of 1924

In regard to the Scopes trial, William Jennings Bryan believed all the following except

John T. Scopes had the right to freedom of speech in the classroom

Compared to the original Ku Klux Klan, which existed only in the South, the 1920s Klan was centered in the

Midwest

Which constitutional amendment is most closely related to the actions Debs suggests?

The First Amendment, which guarantees free speech, free press, and freedom of assembly

The information presented in the broadside at the provided link could be used to support which of the following conclusions?

The government developed public policies for fighting the disease.

The excerpt arose from which context?

The growing debate from traditional and modernist Christianity

Which statement best summarizes the main issue of the Scopes trial?

The trial debated whether evolution was a legitimate theory to be taught in schools.

The quote "it is our duty to keep the people from fear. Worry kills more people than the epidemic" from Chicago Public Health Commissioner John Dill Robertson is related to what policy of the U.S. government?

Wartime censorship of news concerning the Spanish flu

The ideals of which of the following would most strongly agree with the viewpoints expressed by Du Bois in the provided excerpt?

William Lloyd Garrison

Marcus Garvey was best known as an activist who supported

a black homeland

The major objective of the United Negro Improvement Association was

a black homeland

The situation that prompted the broadside can be best described as

a devastating Spanish flu epidemic spread fear, misery, and death around the world

A major effect of the Spanish flu on U.S. society was

a temporary closure of schools and businesses

The purpose of the Palmer Raids was to

arrest suspected radicals

The main incentive of Protestant liberalism was to

construct a religion compatible with a larger role for modern science and education

The sentiments expressed in the provided excerpt are best understood as a response to the

events associated with the Red Scare in the early 1920s

The Red Scare of 1919-1920 refers to the

fears of a Bolshevik-inspired revolution in the United States after World War I

John T. Scopes was found guilty because

he did violate the Butler Law

W. E. B. Du Bois was best known was an activist who supported

immediate civil rights for all African Americans

The most significant factor that helped fuel the rebirth of the Ku Klux Klan in the 1920s was

immigration

The Palmer Raids violated constitutional protections by

imprisoning suspects without providing warrants or access to attorneys

The passage of the Sedition Act made it even more difficult to fight the flu pandemic because

it stifled honest discussion and reporting of the disease

As the Spanish flu progressed across the United States, a unique characteristic that emerged was that the disease

killed mostly young, healthy adults

The Butler Law, passed by the Tennessee legislature in the 1920s,

made it illegal to teach scientific theories that denied biblical teachings

The 1918 Spanish flu outbreak was the worst pandemic since

the bubonic plague in the fourteenth century

Based on the provided excerpt, Du Bois would most likely agree with the sentiments behind all the following except

the founding of the American Colonization Society

The political power of the Ku Klux Klan in the 1920s can be best described as having

the power to elect some members into key leadership positions, such as governorships and Senate seats

The immediate cause of the rebirth of the Ku Klux Klan in the 1920s was

the release of the film Birth of a Nation

The publication of this broadside most likely indicates

the widespread health concerns caused by the epidemic

The central issue in the Scopes trial was

whether Tennessee's public schools and universities should teach Darwinian evolution

An issue that created a national controversy by pitting traditional interpretations against modern challenges, similar to the one depicted in the provided excerpt, was

women's suffrage

One group that would disagree with the sentiments expressed about race in the excerpt is

writers of the Harlem Renaissance