Section 4 Flashcards
Railroad workers lost their jobs as what replaced railroads?
cars and trucks.
Who was hit hardest?
Farmers.
Since wages had not kept up with the prices, what did workers do?
went on strikes.
In many court cases, judges _______ the rights of unions.
Limited.
Employers created company unions, what were these?
Labor organizations that were controlled by management.
Why did communism cause fear?
Communist leaders called on workers everywhere to overthrow their government.
What was the red scare?
When many foreigners were deported, or expelled from the country.
Who were arrested for robbery and murder 1920?
Immigrants Nicola Sacco and Bartolomeo Vanzetti.
Sacco and Vanzetti were anarchist but did they commit the crime?
No.
As the red scare died down, anger against foreigners led to a new move to limit immigration. This anti-foreigner feeling is called…?
Nativism.
Congress responded in 1921 by passing what act that set up the quota system that allowed only certain number of people from each country to enter the United States?
The emergency quota act.
When the Jones act of 1917 made Puerto Ricans American citizens, what happened?
Poverty in Puerto Rico made Puerto Ricans to migrate to the mainland.
Which british scientist claims that all life had involved than simpler forms over time?
Charles Darwin.
Some churches condemn Darwins theory because it denied teachings of the Bible. Where did was this theory banned?
Tennessee, Mississippi, Arkansas.
What Tennessee biology teacher taught evolution and was arrested and tried?
John Scopes.
