Name Period OBJECTIVE 4.5 THE RED SCARE PALMER RAIDS 1. After World War I, why did most Americans distrust foreigners? 2. What factors led to the U.S. government s efforts to root out anarchists in the 1920s? 3. What was the Red Scare? Why was communism perceived to be a threat in America? 4. What were the Palmer Raids? Who led them? 5. How did the Palmer Raids violate the rights of American citizens? Why would so many Americans be fine with these violations?
NATIVISM KU KLUX KLAN 1. Who were Sacco and Vanzetti? Why was their trial and execution controversial? 2. Why did nativism gain momentum after World War I? 3. What did the Emergency Quota Act establish? What was its purpose? 4. How did the revival of nativism revitalize the Ku Klux Klan in America? 5. Why did the Ku Klux Klan target immigrants in the 1920s?
PROHIBITION 18TH AMENDMENT 1. What did the 18th Amendment declare? What was still legal after its ratification? 2. Why was the Volstead Act passed? What did it establish and what was its goal? 3. Why was prohibition so difficult to enforce in the United States? 4. List and describe 3 ways that Americans broke the law to make, consume, or transport alcohol in the 1920s. 5. Why did organized crime develop as a result of prohibition? How did powerful crime bosses gain and keep control of the market in major American cities?
THE SCOPES TRIAL AND FUNDAMENTALISM 1. What is Christian Fundamentalism? What did fundamentalists resist in the 1920s? 2. Why did fundamentalists attack the theory of evolution in the 1920s? 3. Who was John T. Scopes? Why was he put on trial in Tennessee in the mid 1920s? 4. Who represented Scopes during his trial? Who served as the prosecutor? What was the verdict in the trial? 5. What did the Scopes trial come to represent in America in the 1920s?
Name Period OBJECTIVE 4.5 THE RED SCARE PALMER RAIDS 1. After World War I, why did most Americans distrust foreigners? There was upheaval in other countries and Americans felt they would bring this to their country. 2. What factors led to the U.S. government s efforts to root out anarchists in the 1920s? Anarchists mailed bombs to government officials. 3. What was the Red Scare? Why was communism perceived to be a threat in America? The fear of communists infiltrating our government and society. This was a threat to the American way of life because it was different from what the US felt was the right way to run a nation. 4. What were the Palmer Raids? Who led them? An attempt to remove communists and anarchists from the US. Led by Mitchell Palmer 5. How did the Palmer Raids violate the rights of American citizens? Why would so many Americans be fine with these violations? There was little evidence for the violation of rights. People were arrested based on suspicion. This violates the freedom of speech and expression. People were ok with it because they believed in the threat.
NATIVISM KU KLUX KLAN 1. Who were Sacco and Vanzetti? Why was their trial and execution controversial? 2 Italian immigrants and suspected anarchists. It was controversial because people thought that they were only tried because they were anarchists. 2. Why did nativism gain momentum after World War I? People were sick of Europe and saw immigrants as a threat to the workforce and the American Way. 3. What did the Emergency Quota Act establish? What was its purpose? Restrictions on the number of immigrants that could enter the country from each foreign nation. 4. How did the revival of nativism revitalize the Ku Klux Klan in America? It pushed that nativist agenda. Immigrants were taking jobs at lower pay which angered nativists and led them to join the KKK in order to intimidate immigrants. 5. Why did the Ku Klux Klan target immigrants in the 1920s? Immigrants were taking jobs. They perceived this to be a threat to the white American work force.
PROHIBITION 18TH AMENDMENT 1. What did the 18th Amendment declare? What was still legal after its ratification? Manufacture, sale and transport of alcohol is illegal. Consumption still legal. 2. Why was the Volstead Act passed? What did it establish and what was its goal? To enforce the 18th Amendment. Created a prohibition bureau to conduct raids to stop people from breaking the law. 3. Why was prohibition so difficult to enforce in the United States? Americans still wanted to drink so law enforcement would look past it. 4. List and describe 3 ways that Americans broke the law to make, consume, or transport alcohol in the 1920s. Speakeasies, bootlegging, bathtub distilling. 5. Why did organized crime develop as a result of prohibition? How did powerful crime bosses gain and keep control of the market in major American cities? People wanted to drink so there was a huge demand for it. They kept power by violence and paying off cops.
THE SCOPES TRIAL AND FUNDAMENTALISM 1. What is Christian Fundamentalism? What did fundamentalists resist in the 1920s? A strict interpretation of the bible, evolution 2. Why did fundamentalists attack the theory of evolution in the 1920s? The bible said God created man not evolution. 3. Who was John T. Scopes? Why was he put on trial in Tennessee in the mid 1920s? High School biology teacher. He taught evolution. 4. Who represented Scopes during his trial? Who served as the prosecutor? What was the verdict in the trial? ACLU Clarence Darrow, William Jennings Bryan. He was found guilty and fined. 5. What did the Scopes trial come to represent in America in the 1920s? The divide in America. The conservative South vs the more modern North.