1. Red Scare Causes
After World War I, a new threat flooded into the minds of the American population. Communism was on the rise and it was causing a lot of
concern within the American populace. The Red Scare was the nationwide hysteria in America, caused by the spread of communism in the 1920's.
This fear of communism bled into many aspects of American life. It caused the U.S. government to target any American who's patriotism was in
question, and it contributed to Americans' negative attitudes towards foreigners in the 1920's. In addition to "suspicious individuals", the U.S.
government also challenged labor unions and intimidated liberal constituencies. The Red Scare led to a range of actions that had a far–reaching
and enduring effect on U.S. government and...show more content...
President Woodrow Wilson appointed A. Mitchell Palmer to the post of attorney general in 1919, and it was he who later established the
Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI). Palmer appointed J. Edgar Hoover as FBI director. Hoover used the organization to gather information
about Americans whose actions and politics were deemed to be radical. The Palmer Raids, also called Palmer Red Raids, were raids conducted
by the U.S. Department of Justice during the climax of the Red Scare in an attempt to arrest radical leftists, foreign anarchists, and communists,
many of whom were subsequently deported. In all the Palmer Raids, the arrests considerably exceeded the number of warrants that had been
received from the courts, and many of those arrested were guilty of nothing more than having a foreign accent. Despite most of the arrest being
unjust, Palmer declared the raids a success. This was still not enough, however, and Plessy announced that the work was far from done. He
claimed that there were still more than 300,000 dangerous communists residing within the United States (Gale U.S History). However, the Palmer
Raids were not the only event that discriminated against
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