APUSH: Period 7/8 Test Questions and
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Red Scare - ✔✔-After the 1917 Russian Revolution and creation of Comintern (purpose
= export revolution internationally), there was fear of Communism in the US
-Immigrants in the US were from parts of the world that are now Communist
-Fears increased by foundation of American Communist Party (1919) and bombings
-Antiradicalism became extremely popular: states enacted sedition laws, acts of violence
against supposed radicals, removed radical literature
Palmer Raids - ✔✔-Attorney General Palmer orchestrated a series of raids on alleged
radical centers throughout the country and made arrests
-Intended to uncover weapons and explosives, but found few weapons and most
arrested were released
Sacco and Vanzetti - ✔✔-1920
-Two Italians accused of murdering a paymaster
-Evidence was questionable, but were convicted by a prejudiced judge since they were
known anarchists
-Executed despite growing support for them
KKK Resurgence - ✔✔-1915: A different group of white Southerners met in Atlanta and
established a new version of the KKK
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,-At first, it was concerned with intimidating African Americans
-After WW1, it became concerned with Catholics, Jews, and foreigners
-Membership spread rapidly through the South and some parts of the North
-Made political pronouncements, terrorized foreigners, boycotted their businesses
-Feared challenge of traditional values
-Declined in 1925 due to scandals
Immigration Quota Acts - ✔✔-Nativist sentiment rose after WW1 due to jobs and
radicalism
-1924: National Origins Act: created the quota system
Scopes Trial - ✔✔-1925: Tennessee laws adopted a measure to make it illegal for any
public school teacher to teach any theory that denies the story of divine creation as
taught in the Bible
-The American Civil Liberties Union offered free counsel to any Tennessee teacher
willing to defy the law
-John Scopes agreed
-Defended by Clarence Darrow and persecuted by William Jennings Bryan
-Bryan was embarrassed when called to the stand; decline in fundamentalism
Henry Ford - ✔✔-1893: The first gasoline driven car was produced in America
-1896: Ford began producing cars and the automobile industry became a large force in
the economy
Charles Lindbergh - ✔✔-1903: First flight made by the Wright brothers
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,-1920: Lindbergh made a famous solo flight from New York to Paris, helping to make
commercial aviation a possibility
Marcus Garvey - ✔✔-Held ideology of black nationalism
-Encouraged blacks to take pride in their achievements and heritage, and to reject
assimilation into white society
-Created the United Negro Improvement Association, which encouraged a return to
Africa and black owned business
-Huge growth until 1923, when he was convicted of business fraud
Harlem Renaissance - ✔✔-In postwar Harlem, a new generation of black artists created
a flourishing African American culture
-Jazz musicians, actors, poetry, literature, art
-Demonstrated the richness of black heritage and proved that their race was worthy of
respect
The Lost Generation - ✔✔-The young Americans emerging from World War I
-Saw the war as a useless waste of lives for no purpose; became disenchanted with the
war and the government
-Criticized the consumer driven era
Return to Normalcy - ✔✔-Promise made by Warren Harding during the election of 1920
-Saving the world and getting involved in WW1 is NOT normal; we need to get back to
putting America first and being a "normal" country
-Wins as part of a backlash to Democratic presidents: America is exhausted after trying
to fix problems at home (progressives) and abroad (WW2, empire)
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, Warren Harding - ✔✔-Limited political experience: newspaper editor in small town
Ohio; senator
-Appointed capable men to his cabinet, but was limited by his intellect
-Create an extremely pro-business environment: laissez faire, higher tariff, no
enforcement of antitrust laws
Ohio Gang - ✔✔-A group of friends of the president that find their way into offices
-One member was Albert Fall, secretary of the interior
Teapot Dome Scandal - ✔✔-1923
-A town in Wyoming for oiling drilling
-Sits on huge reserve of oil, but it is on federal land
-Secretary of the Interior, Albert Fall, gives companies rights to drill on this land, in
return for payouts to him personally: taking a federal resource and making money off
of it
-Convicted of bribery and sent to prison
Calvin Coolidge - ✔✔-Took over from Harding after he died in 1923
-Governor of Massachusetts
-Passivist, silent, puritanical
Andrew Mellon - ✔✔-Harding's Secretary of the Treasury
-Wealthy Wall Street tycoon
-Worked for reductions on corporate taxes, personal incomes, and inheritances:
originator of trickle down economics
-Worked with Coolidge to lower the debt
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Answers 100% Pass
Red Scare - ✔✔-After the 1917 Russian Revolution and creation of Comintern (purpose
= export revolution internationally), there was fear of Communism in the US
-Immigrants in the US were from parts of the world that are now Communist
-Fears increased by foundation of American Communist Party (1919) and bombings
-Antiradicalism became extremely popular: states enacted sedition laws, acts of violence
against supposed radicals, removed radical literature
Palmer Raids - ✔✔-Attorney General Palmer orchestrated a series of raids on alleged
radical centers throughout the country and made arrests
-Intended to uncover weapons and explosives, but found few weapons and most
arrested were released
Sacco and Vanzetti - ✔✔-1920
-Two Italians accused of murdering a paymaster
-Evidence was questionable, but were convicted by a prejudiced judge since they were
known anarchists
-Executed despite growing support for them
KKK Resurgence - ✔✔-1915: A different group of white Southerners met in Atlanta and
established a new version of the KKK
© EMILY CHARLENE YEAR 2025-2026, ALL RIGHTS RESERVED 1
,-At first, it was concerned with intimidating African Americans
-After WW1, it became concerned with Catholics, Jews, and foreigners
-Membership spread rapidly through the South and some parts of the North
-Made political pronouncements, terrorized foreigners, boycotted their businesses
-Feared challenge of traditional values
-Declined in 1925 due to scandals
Immigration Quota Acts - ✔✔-Nativist sentiment rose after WW1 due to jobs and
radicalism
-1924: National Origins Act: created the quota system
Scopes Trial - ✔✔-1925: Tennessee laws adopted a measure to make it illegal for any
public school teacher to teach any theory that denies the story of divine creation as
taught in the Bible
-The American Civil Liberties Union offered free counsel to any Tennessee teacher
willing to defy the law
-John Scopes agreed
-Defended by Clarence Darrow and persecuted by William Jennings Bryan
-Bryan was embarrassed when called to the stand; decline in fundamentalism
Henry Ford - ✔✔-1893: The first gasoline driven car was produced in America
-1896: Ford began producing cars and the automobile industry became a large force in
the economy
Charles Lindbergh - ✔✔-1903: First flight made by the Wright brothers
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,-1920: Lindbergh made a famous solo flight from New York to Paris, helping to make
commercial aviation a possibility
Marcus Garvey - ✔✔-Held ideology of black nationalism
-Encouraged blacks to take pride in their achievements and heritage, and to reject
assimilation into white society
-Created the United Negro Improvement Association, which encouraged a return to
Africa and black owned business
-Huge growth until 1923, when he was convicted of business fraud
Harlem Renaissance - ✔✔-In postwar Harlem, a new generation of black artists created
a flourishing African American culture
-Jazz musicians, actors, poetry, literature, art
-Demonstrated the richness of black heritage and proved that their race was worthy of
respect
The Lost Generation - ✔✔-The young Americans emerging from World War I
-Saw the war as a useless waste of lives for no purpose; became disenchanted with the
war and the government
-Criticized the consumer driven era
Return to Normalcy - ✔✔-Promise made by Warren Harding during the election of 1920
-Saving the world and getting involved in WW1 is NOT normal; we need to get back to
putting America first and being a "normal" country
-Wins as part of a backlash to Democratic presidents: America is exhausted after trying
to fix problems at home (progressives) and abroad (WW2, empire)
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, Warren Harding - ✔✔-Limited political experience: newspaper editor in small town
Ohio; senator
-Appointed capable men to his cabinet, but was limited by his intellect
-Create an extremely pro-business environment: laissez faire, higher tariff, no
enforcement of antitrust laws
Ohio Gang - ✔✔-A group of friends of the president that find their way into offices
-One member was Albert Fall, secretary of the interior
Teapot Dome Scandal - ✔✔-1923
-A town in Wyoming for oiling drilling
-Sits on huge reserve of oil, but it is on federal land
-Secretary of the Interior, Albert Fall, gives companies rights to drill on this land, in
return for payouts to him personally: taking a federal resource and making money off
of it
-Convicted of bribery and sent to prison
Calvin Coolidge - ✔✔-Took over from Harding after he died in 1923
-Governor of Massachusetts
-Passivist, silent, puritanical
Andrew Mellon - ✔✔-Harding's Secretary of the Treasury
-Wealthy Wall Street tycoon
-Worked for reductions on corporate taxes, personal incomes, and inheritances:
originator of trickle down economics
-Worked with Coolidge to lower the debt
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