The document discusses the Red Scare period in the US following WWI. It describes how fear of communism led Attorney General Palmer to conduct raids (Palmer Raids) targeting immigrants and radicals. Thousands were arrested without due process, and some were deported. This heightened anti-immigrant and isolationist sentiments during a time of economic recession in the US after WWI.
1. Red Scare & Palmer Raids Objective: Analyze the events and the results of the Red Scare and the Palmer Raids
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3. A push towards Isolationism Several factors led many in the U.S. to favor policies that decreased the role of the country in world affairs. Economic Recession: A short, but severe recession hit the country as the economy adjusted to returning vets, a shifting from wartime goods to peacetime goods, and a higher standard of living. Wartime Casualties: The high number of casualties and the total devastation of the war made many question whether or not the U.S. should be willing to get involved in European affairs. Communism: The “red scare” of 1919-1920 swept across America as a small communist party formed and strikes became common across America. (More on this to follow) How would isolationism help address these issues? What are some of the possible negative consequences of isolationism? All in all, its just another brick in the wall.
4. The Red Scare Shortly after the end of World War I and the Bolshevik Revolution in Russia, the Red Scare took hold in the United States. A nationwide fear of communists, socialists, anarchists, and other dissidents suddenly grabbed the American psyche in 1919 following a series of anarchist bombings. The nation was gripped in fear. Innocent people were jailed for expressing their views, civil liberties were ignored, and many Americans feared that a Bolshevik-style revolution was at hand. Then, in the early 1920s, the fear seemed to dissipate just as quickly as it had begun, and the Red Scare was over.
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8. The “Red Scare” 1921: Many regarded the conviction of Sacco & Vanzetti as a “judicial lynching” because they were Italians, atheists, anarchists, and draft dodgers. Several states passed criminal syndicalism laws: mere advocacy of violence for social change was criminalized. 1920: 5 NY legislators denied seats because they were Socialists. Conservative business owners used “scare” against labor: “open” shop was “American plan.” What is an “open shop?”
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Notas del editor
In 1917 the Bolshevik Revolution took place in Russia Communism called for a worldwide revolution – the overthrow of the capitalist system and the abolition of free enterprise and private property Believed that, in the industrial world, there was a constant struggle between the workers and capitalists This is what fueled the fires of the Red Scare in the United States 70,000 Americans join the communist party in the US Less than 1/10 th of 1 percent Americans joined the party.
In 1921, Nicola Sacco , a shoe-factory worker, and Bartolomeo Vanzetti , a fish peddler, were convicted of murdering a Massachusetts paymaster and his guard; in that case, the jury and judge were prejudiced in some degree because the two were Italians, atheists, anarchists, and draft dodgers.
Wanted to run for president in 1920, so used this as has political issue. Convinced that he needed to protect the American people from political radicals (communists) Said a radical inspired revolution was “eating its way into the homes of the American workman, its sharp tongues…licking at the altars of the churches.” Bombs were being delivered to government and business leaders.
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