USA HISTORY

THE ROARING 20S 1920 1929

AMERICAN POLITICS IN THE 1920S

Question [CLICK ON ANY CHOICE TO KNOW THE RIGHT ANSWER]
to increase membership the KKK did all of the following except
A
blame immigrants
B
payed on people’s fears of politcal radicals
C
encouraged women to join
D
pay members for new members to join
Explanation: 

Detailed explanation-1: -Sacco and Vanzetti were charged with committing robbery and murder at the Slater and Morrill shoe factory in South Braintree. On the afternoon of April 15, 1920, payroll clerk Frederick Parmenter and security guard Alessandro Berardelli were shot to death and robbed of over $15, 000 in cash.

Detailed explanation-2: -Nicola Sacco and Bartolomeo Vanzetti were charged with, and convicted of, robbery and murder.

Detailed explanation-3: -What belief was most closely tied to the public’s negative reactions to organized labor in the 1920’s? Fear of Communism.

Detailed explanation-4: -Nativism: A belief that one’s native land needs to be protected against immigrants. Many Americans blamed bombings, labor strikes, and the economic recession on immigrants. Southern and Eastern Europeans.

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