why was there a red scare in 1920s USA Flashcards
big question 7
why where people fleeing to the USA
- escape poverty in italy
– wanted to start a new life and find hope of prosperity
what was the melting pot theroy
all immigrants would forget their culture and become americans
what was the red scare
- americans were scared that immigrants were bringing their radical beleifs with them
what evidence was there of the red scare
- 400 000 workers went on strike including police in Boston
- race riots
in how many towns were there race riots
25
what do modern historians think was teh cause of these riots
economic hardship no communism
what did contempory americans think
- communist inteference
- wokers might take control of industyr
- really the republicnas and big businesses were scared
why were their fears justified
- many immigrants had radical political views
- anarchists threw posters calling for an overthrow of the gov.
why were their fears justified - what happened in a church in 1919
a bomb killed 10 people
why were their fears justified - what happened in may
bombs were posted to 36 prominent amercians
why were their fears justified - what happened in june
the US attorney general was nearly killed
what happened to those with radical political beliefs
- flimsy evidence used to round them up
- they were nearly always immigrants
who was responsible for the purges
J Edgar Hoover
what did hoover do
- built up files on suspects
how mnay suspects did hoover build up files from
60 000
what did hoover do in 1919
told 10 000 people they would be deported from the usa
what happened to mitchell palmer
he was discredited
why was palmer discredited
- files had no basis
- tried to use fear to build up support for election
- predicted a red revolution that didn’t happen
how mnay files of palmers were found to have any basis of truth
556 out of 60 000
what happened to sacco and vanzetti
- arrested for suspicion of armed robbery and murder
- they were anarchists
- their trial became a trial for their radical views
- executed
after how many years of legal appeals were sacco and vanzetti executed after
6
sacco and vanzetti - what did the judge on their trial refer to them as
“those anarchist bastards”
sacco and vanzetti - what happneed in 1927
protests around the world who saw how unjustly their trial had been conducted
