10
QuizMultiple Choice

Freedom of Speech and the War

Question 10 • MHS-US History B CR

Which event contributed to the rise of anti-immigrant, anti-socialist, and anti-anarchist feelings in the United States in the years during and just after World War I?

Answer
A
the passage of the Espionage Act in 1917
B
the arrest of Sacco and Vanzetti in 1920
C
the limitation of Chinese immigrants in 1917
D
the outbreak of the Russian Revolution in 1917

Explanation

The Russian Revolution of 1917 made many Americans fear that socialist revolution could spread to the United States. Those fears helped intensify hostility toward immigrants, socialists, and anarchists during and after World War I. The Espionage Act targeted wartime dissent, but the revolution especially fueled the broader anti-radical “Red Scare.”

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