US History Chapter 14 Quiz
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Prentice Hall US History Chapter 14
- 1.The red scare was a response to
- A.
Prohibition
- B.
The Teapot Dome scandal
- C.
The Russian Revolution
- D.
The Kellogg-Briand Pact
- 2.The economy grew in the 1920s as consumers
- A.
Carefully conserved electricity
- B.
Invested most of their money in government bonds
- C.
Learned to ignore advertisements
- D.
Began to buy goods on credit.
- 3.In the case of SCHENK v US, Justice Oliver Wendell Holmes, Jr., said that the government is justified in silencing free speech whenever
- A.
Someone mistakenly shouts FIRE!
- B.
There is a government scandal
- C.
The number of labor strikes climbs above 370
- D.
There is a "clear and present danger"
- 4.The National Origins Act of 1924 reduced the number of people who could
- A.
Enter the US
- B.
Leave the US
- C.
Both enter and leave the US
- D.
None of the above
- 5.Which was a result of the boom in the automobile industry?
- A.
The tourist industry declined
- B.
New roads were built
- C.
Gasoline had to be rationed
- D.
Workers in Ford plants received low wages
- 6.Many Americans believed that Sacco and Vanzetti were executed because they were (what is the best answer)
- A.
Subersives trying to overthrow the government
- B.
Communist agitators who helped organized strikes
- C.
Responsible for setting off bombs that damaged A. Mitchell Plamer's home.
- D.
Immigrants with radical beliefs during the red scare.
- 7.Uneven prosperity, personal debt, and overproduction were all warning signs of an unsound economy. Another danger sign was
- A.
Welfare capitalism
- B.
Frequent strikes by unions
- C.
Isolationism
- D.
Stock market speculation
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