Deck 22: The Triumph of Conservatism

Question 1

Labor unions in San Francisco during the 1920s

A)declined in power.
B)increased in power.
C)successfully resisted charges they were unpatriotic.
D)virtually disappeared.

Answer 1

declined in power.

Question 2

During the 1920s,a major tactic of California businessmen was to brand labor unions as

A)corrupt.
B)unpatriotic.
C)capitalistic.
D)friends of the open shop.

Answer 2

unpatriotic.

Question 3

Radical labor agitator Tom Mooney was acquitted of murder in the Preparedness Day bombing.

Answer 3

False

Question 4

Governor Friend W.Richardson

A)was a staunch conservative.
B)drastically reduced state funding for schools.
C)weakened state regulatory commissions.
D)all of the above

Question 5

The "American Plan" in the 1920s was the National Association of Manufacturers' official name for the

A)open shop.
B)union shop.
C)closed shop.
D)shop in which all employees were native-born citizens of the United States.

Question 6

The federal immigration act of 1924

A)permitted only 100 Japanese immigrants per year.
B)called for complete Japanese exclusion.
C)abolished the immigration quota system.
D)applied to European immigration only.

Question 7

The Socialist candidate for governor in 1910 won

A)less than 5 percent of the vote.
B)a slight majority of the vote.
C)more than 12 percent of the vote.
D)the election but was prevented from taking office.

Question 8

Most of the legislative proposals of Socialists in the California Legislature of the 1910s were significantly more radical than the proposals offered by the progressives.

Question 9

The gubernatorial election of 1930

A)furthered the decline of California progressivism.
B)intensified the rivalry between Young and Rolph.
C)was won by Friend W.Richardson.
D)none of the above

Question 10

After serving 20 years in prison,radical Tom Mooney told a reporter: "I consider it a

A)privilege."
B)travesty of justice."
C)terrible waste."
D)joy."

Question 11

H.Gaylord Wilshire and Job Harriman were

A)leading southern California socialists.
B)conservative allies of Harrison Gray Otis.
C)elected mayor of Los Angeles.
D)bitter ideological enemies.

Question 12

Charlotte Anita Whitney was

A)a recent immigrant from Ireland.
B)a prosecutor who secured the conviction of Tom Mooney.
C)convicted of violating the criminal syndicalism law.
D)none of the above

Question 13

Most Californians imprisoned under the criminal syndicalism law were members of the

A)Communist Party of the United States of America (CPUSA).
B)International Workers of the World (IWW).
C)"liberal media."
D)Socialist Labor Party (SLP).

Question 14

The passage of the criminal syndicalism law was part of the wave of emotional antiradicalism that swept California after the end of World War I.

Question 15

Which of the following statements about California's criminal syndicalism law is FALSE?

A)Its passage coincided with a wave of emotional antiradicalism after World War I.
B)It was used to send IWW members to prison.
C)It was actively used to prosecute radicals until 1924.
D)It was declared unconstitutional in 1927.

Question 16

Prohibition in California was

A)universally opposed by the progressives.
B)vigorously enforced by sealing the Mexican border.
C)repealed in 1910.
D)less effective in California than in other states.

Question 17

The Preparedness Day bombing in San Francisco

A)occurred during a parade of local labor leaders.
B)demonstrated overwhelming opposition to World War I.
C)killed ten people and wounded forty.
D)all of the above

Question 18

The "Federal Plan" of reapportionment

A)was discarded in 1926 in favor of the "All Parties" plan.
B)made the state senate a stronghold of business conservatism,rural and urban.
C)ensured the dominance of Los Angeles County in the state senate.
D)was strongly opposed by San Francisco business interests.

Question 19

Filipino immigrants during the 1920s were

A)not victims of xenophobic hostilities.
B)generally older and more skilled than previous immigrants.
C)not subject to the exclusionary provisions of the 1924 immigration act.
D)excluded by the Filipino Repatriation Act.

Question 20

Socialism in California reached its highest point in popularity during the progressive era.

Question 21

In 1927 the U.S.Supreme Court overturned the conviction of Charlotte Anita Whitney under the criminal syndicalism law.

Question 22

Explain the decline of organized labor,the Democratic party,and Republican progressivism in California during the 1920s.What common factors contributed to the general trend of decline?

Question 23

Identify Tom Mooney and explain why he was convicted of murder in the Preparedness Day bombing.Do you agree with Rawls and Bean's assertion that this case was "an outrageous miscarriage of justice"?

Question 24

What were the provisions of California's criminal syndicalism law? How was it used during the 1920s to suppress radical political activities in the state?

Question 25

The failure of prohibition helped to accelerate the decline of progressivism in California.

Question 26

Governor Friend W.Richardson drastically reduced state funding for schools and weakened state regulatory commissions.

Question 27

An unexpected consequence of the exclusion of the Japanese and other Asians was an increase in the immigration of Filipinos.

Question 28

Because of pressure from the government of Japan,Senator Hiram Johnson of California agreed to drop the Japanese exclusion clause from the federal immigration act of 1924.

Question 29

Democrats greatly outnumbered Republicans in California throughout the 1920s.