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Question 1 (Worth 5 points)
Which of the following was evidence to support Vanzetti's innocence during the Braintree robbery and double murder trial?
No witness claimed to see Vanzetti during the shooting.
Witnesses placed Vanzetti elsewhere during the crime.
Vanzetti feared for his safety and that of his friends.
Vanzetti's gun had not been used in the shooting.
Points earned on this question: 5
Question 2 (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.
Points earned on this question: 0
Question 3 (Worth 5 points)
What was the purpose of the Four Power Treaty of 1921? to respect the independence of former colonies to set a timetable for a repayment of war debts to prevent future conflict in the Pacific and East Asia to formally end the alliance that had won the Great War
Points earned on this question: 5
Question 4 (Worth 5 points)
Who was A. Mitchell Palmer? the Director of the FBI a powerful Wall Street banker the Attorney General of the United States a U.S. Senator from Washington
Points earned on this question: 5
Question 5 (Worth 5 points)
What was the concept of "normalcy" based on? pride in winning the war nostalgia for an earlier America
America's expanding role in world affairs getting Britain and France to repay war loans
Points earned on this question: 0
Question 6 (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
Points earned on this question: 5
Question 7 (Worth 5 points)
What factor caused various cities to conduct strikes in 1919? racial violence sensational trial anarchist bombings
demobilization
Top of Form
Question 1 (Worth 5 points)
Which of the following was evidence to support Vanzetti's innocence during the Braintree robbery and double murder trial?
No witness claimed to see Vanzetti during the shooting.
Witnesses placed Vanzetti elsewhere during the crime.
Vanzetti feared for his safety and that of his friends.
Vanzetti's gun had not been used in the shooting.
Points earned on this question: 5
Question 2 (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.
Points earned on this question: 0
Question 3 (Worth 5 points)
What was the purpose of the Four Power Treaty of 1921? to respect the independence of former colonies to set a timetable for a repayment of war debts to prevent future conflict in the Pacific and East Asia to formally end the alliance that had won the Great War
Points earned on this question: 5
Question 4 (Worth 5 points)
Who was A. Mitchell Palmer? the Director of the FBI a powerful Wall Street banker the Attorney General of the United States a U.S. Senator from Washington
Points earned on this question: 5
Question 5 (Worth 5 points)
What was the concept of "normalcy" based on? pride in winning the war nostalgia for an earlier America
America's expanding role in world affairs getting Britain and France to repay war loans
Points earned on this question: 0
Question 6 (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
Points earned on this question: 5
Question 7 (Worth 5 points)
What factor caused various cities to conduct strikes in 1919? racial violence sensational trial anarchist bombings
demobilization