America 1920: The Red Scare Questions and Answers Graded A

America 1920: The Red Scare Questions and Answers Graded A What is the Red Scare? The rounding up and deportation of several hundred immigrants of radical political views by the federal government in 1919 and 1920. This "scare" was caused by fears of subversion by communists in the United States after the Russian Revolution. Between 1820 and 1920 how many immigrants came to live in America? 35 million When did new laws that restrict the number of immigrants coming into USA get introduced? 1910s and 1920s Why did people see immigrants as enemies? They thought that they were bringing in 'un-american' ideas into the country (eg russian immigrants was thought to bring in communist values How many Russian immigrants did the US let in prior to 1920? 1.5 million What was the 'American Communist Party'? A party founded in 1919 ,mainly be russians to How did Americans redact to the American Communist Party? The ACP made the americans scared that the members might start a communist revolution like the USSR revolution What happens when 100,000 members Boston police went on strike? Communists where blamed What happened in July 1919? A terrorist attak outside the house of other man Americans law and police (Alexander Palmer) and next to the limbs of the suicide bomber was a communist newspaper called Plain Woods Why did people fear anarchists? In 1901, an anarhist (Leon Czologoz) shot dead the US President William McKinley What are the 'Palmer Raids'? The palmer raids occurred when Palmer decided to get rid of americas communists (nickname= reds) - around 6000 suspected communists were arrested ans put in prison across 33 cities. The police tried to look for evidence for an attempt by comunists to take over the government- but found only three pistols and no explosives What happened to trade union membership after the red scare? Trade ynion members went doen from 6 million(1920) to 3.6 million in 1923