What was the Red Scare?
The Red Scare of 1919-1920 resulted in a nationwide crusade
against left-wingers whose Americanism was suspect. It signified America's fear of Russia and
its communist ideals.
What was the American reaction to the Red Scare?
The American reaction to the Red Scare Attorney General A. Mitchell Palmer rounded up suspects he
felt were communist and ended up rounding about 6000 radicals. This drive to root out troublemakers
doubled when Palmer's home was bombed. Another instance can be the Wall Street Bombing where
38 were killed and many more injured. After this, various states joined the pack in the outcry against radicals
and anti-red statutes were made. These anti-red statutes, which were born of the war, made
unlawful support of violence to secure social change.
What did the Sacco and Venzetti Case show about America?
The Sacco and Venzetti Case showed America's growing fear of the foreigners. Nicolas Sacco was
a shoe-factory worker and Bartolomeo Venzetti was a fish peddler. Both were convicted of the
murder in 1921, of a Massachusetts paymaster and his guard. The jury and judge were prejudiced in
some degree against the defendants because they were Italians, atheists, anarchists, and draft dodgers.
The importance was not the case, but the prejudice that came from it which determined these
people's lives.
What were the social reactions to the fear of Immigrants in American society?
A social reaction would be the Ku Klux Klan. They were a group of "pure" Americans that prided
themselves and their heritage. It was anti-foreign, anti-black,anti-Jew and so on. To scare these
racial and ethnic groups away, they would violently target their homes and families. They were
prejudiced and displayed a form of the anti-nativist movement started earlier.
The Red Scare of 1919-1920 resulted in a nationwide crusade
against left-wingers whose Americanism was suspect. It signified America's fear of Russia and
its communist ideals.
What was the American reaction to the Red Scare?
The American reaction to the Red Scare Attorney General A. Mitchell Palmer rounded up suspects he
felt were communist and ended up rounding about 6000 radicals. This drive to root out troublemakers
doubled when Palmer's home was bombed. Another instance can be the Wall Street Bombing where
38 were killed and many more injured. After this, various states joined the pack in the outcry against radicals
and anti-red statutes were made. These anti-red statutes, which were born of the war, made
unlawful support of violence to secure social change.
What did the Sacco and Venzetti Case show about America?
The Sacco and Venzetti Case showed America's growing fear of the foreigners. Nicolas Sacco was
a shoe-factory worker and Bartolomeo Venzetti was a fish peddler. Both were convicted of the
murder in 1921, of a Massachusetts paymaster and his guard. The jury and judge were prejudiced in
some degree against the defendants because they were Italians, atheists, anarchists, and draft dodgers.
The importance was not the case, but the prejudice that came from it which determined these
people's lives.
What were the social reactions to the fear of Immigrants in American society?
A social reaction would be the Ku Klux Klan. They were a group of "pure" Americans that prided
themselves and their heritage. It was anti-foreign, anti-black,anti-Jew and so on. To scare these
racial and ethnic groups away, they would violently target their homes and families. They were
prejudiced and displayed a form of the anti-nativist movement started earlier.