AFTER WORLD WAR I, MANY AMERICANS
FEARED THAT COMMUNISTS WOULD TAKE
OVER THE COUNTRY
• HOW DID THE JUSTICE DEPARTMENT UNDER
A. MITCHEL PALMER RESPOND TO THIS FEAR?
– LAUNCED RAIDS AGAINST SUSPECTED
COMMUNISTS, SOCIALISTS, AND ANARACHISTS
– ARRESTED, JAILED AND DEPORTED SUSPECTED
RADICALS
AFTER WORLD WAR I, MANY AMERICANS
FEARED THAT COMMUNISTS WOULD TAKE
OVER THE COUNTRY
• WHY DID PALMER EVENTUALLY LOSE HIS
STANDING WITH THE AMERICAN PUBLIC?
– LOOKED FOLISH WHEN HIS RAIDS FAILED TO
TURN UP EVIDENCE OF A REVOLUTIONARY
CONSPIRACY
AFTER WORLD WAR I, MANY AMERICANS
FEARED THAT COMMUNISTS WOULD TAKE
OVER THE COUNTRY
• HOW DID THE KU KLUX KLAN RESPOND TO
THIS FEAR?
– USED IT AS AN EXCUSE TO HARASS ANYONE
UNLIKE THEMSELVES INCLUDING AFRICAN
AMERICANS, IMMIGRANTS, CATHOLICS, JEWS,
UNION MEMBERS, AND INTELLECTUALS
AFTER WORLD WAR I, MANY AMERICANS
FEARED THAT COMMUNISTS WOULD TAKE
OVER THE COUNTRY
• WHY DID THE KLAN EVENTUALLY LOSE
POPULARITY AND MEMBERSHIP?
– THE KLAN MEMBERS’ RACIAL VIOLENCE AND
CRIMINAL ACTIVITIES TURNED MANY
AMERICANS AGAINST THEM
PUBLIC OPINION TURNED AGAINST LABOR
UNIONS AS MANY AMERICANS CAME TO
BELIEVE THAT UNIONS ENCOURAGED
COMMUNISM
• WHY WAS THE STRIKE BY BOSTON POLICE
UNPOPULAR WITH THE PUBLIC?
– THREATENED PUBLIC SAFETY
– APPEARED TO BE AN ACT OF COMMUNISM OR
ANARCHISM
PUBLIC OPINION TURNED AGAINST LABOR
UNIONS AS MANY AMERICANS CAME TO
BELIEVE THAT UNIONS ENCOURAGED
COMMUNISM
• WHY DID MASSACHUSETTS GOVERNOR
CALVIN COOLIDGE BECOME SO POPULAR?
– CALLED THE NATIONAL GUARD TO RESTORE
ORDER, LEADING TO THE END OF THE STRIKE
PUBLIC OPINION TURNED AGAINST LABOR
UNIONS AS MANY AMERICANS CAME TO
BELIEVE THAT UNIONS ENCOURAGED
COMMUNISM
• WHY WAS THE STRIKE AT U.S. STEEL UNPOPULAR?
– PEOPLE BELIEVED THE STEEL COMPANIES’
PROPAGANDA LINKING STRIKERS AND THEIR LEADERS
TO COMMUNISM
– VIOLENCE HAD BROKEN OUT, WHICH ALAMRED A
PUBLIC THAT WAS STILL IGNORANT OF THE SEVERE
WORKING CONDITIONS IN THE MILLS
PUBLIC OPINION TURNED AGAINST LABOR
UNIONS AS MANY AMERICANS CAME TO
BELIEVE THAT UNIONS ENCOURAGED
COMMUNISM
• HOW DID PRESIDENT WILSON RESPOND TO
THE STEEL STRIKE?
– MADE A WRITTEN PLEA FOR PEACE BETWEEN
THE STRIKERS AND STEEL COMPANIES
HOW WERE SACCO AND VANZETTI
VICTIMS OF THE RED SCARE?
• THEY WERE ITALIAN IMMIGRANTS
• BOTH WERE ANARCHISTS
• BOTH DODGED THE DRAFT DURING
WORLD WAR I
HOW DID JOHN L. LEWIS IMPROVE
THE LIVES OF COAL MINERS?
• HE ENCOURAGED THE COAL MINERS TO GO
ON STRIKE
• WHEN PALMER GOT A COURT ORDER
PUTTING A STOP TO THE STIKE, LEWIS TOLD
THE MINERS TO CONTINUE STRIKING AND
DEFY THE ORDER
• STRIKERS GOT A 27% WAGE INCREASE