Social Developments: The Red Scare

Question 1

What years did the First Red Scare last from?

Answer 1

1917-1920

Question 2

What was the Red Scare?

Answer 2

The fear in the United States of the rise of Communist Ideas

Question 3

Name 2 Reasons why the first Red Scare occurred

Answer 3

The 1917 Russian Revolution, Immigrants from Eastern Europe potentially spreading radical ideas

Question 4

Name a Trade Union which became more militant around this time possibly due to the spread of radical ideas

Answer 4

International Workers of the World (IWW)

Question 5

What year in the late 1910s were there many strikes which likely increased fears of radical ideas being spread?

Answer 5

1919

Question 6

What other “Scare” was there with a very prominent group of people in America and why?

Answer 6

German-Americans as during WWI, they were more likely to support the enemy

Question 7

Name an individual who dedicated himself to trying to fight the Red Scare

Answer 7

Mitchell Palmer