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What was the purpose of the Palmer Raids?

• to find and deport illegal immigrants

• to break the power of the Ku Klux Klan

• to identify and punish suspected communists

• to undermine the Civil Rights movement

The timeline below shows changes in U.S. tariff policy between 1920 and 1930:

May 1921— Emergency Tariff increases import taxes on agricultural products

September 1922— Fordney-­‐McCumber Tariff raises tariffs on farm and manufactured goods

June 1930— Smoot-­‐Hawley Tariff increases tariff levels to record high level

What conclusion can be drawn from this timeline?

• The American economy was almost entirely self-­‐sufficient throughout the 1920s.

• During the 1920s, Congress supported domestic producers with a protective trade policy.

• During the 1920s, the United States shifted from an export-­‐based economy to an import-­‐based economy.

• Crop prices and corporate profits increased steadily during the 1920s as a result of government policy.

What caused unemployment after WWI?

• Soldiers returning home meant an excess of laborers

• Anti-immigration sentiment was high

• More people wanted goods

• Workers were striking for higher wages.

Why were Sacco and Vanzetti easy scapegoats?

• Immigrants and Anarchists

• Lazy and Disliked

• Actually Guilty

• People didn't like their names

In what year did approximately 5,000 farms go bankrupt?

• 1928

• 1929

• 1930

• 1931

Which of the following was a concern people considered isolationists had with the League of Nations?

• They feared the League of Nations would cause the United States to get pulled into European wars.

• They believed The League of Nations was not strong enough

• They were angry over the inclusion of Canada in the League of Nations

How did the economic "slump" affect politics after WWI?

• Republicans lost all elections after WWI

• protests against inaction of govt; ex."Bonus Army"

• Democrats blamed Republicans for low tariffs

• all of the above are true

The mass death caused by WWI led to what actions after the war?

• creation of Veterans Day (Armistice Day)

• proliferation of war monuments

• growth in number of military burials

• all of the above