USA HISTORY

In the 1920s police arrested thousands of suspected radicals in what became known as the

(A) sedition raids

(B) red scare raids

(C) radical raids

(D) ** palmer raids

Concept note-1: -Palmer Raids, also called Palmer Red Raids, raids conducted by the U.S. Department of Justice in 1919 and 1920 in an attempt to arrest foreign anarchists, communists, and radical leftists, many of whom were subsequently deported. The raids, fueled by social unrest following World War I, were led by Attorney General A.

Concept note-2: -The raids particularly targeted Italian immigrants and Eastern European Jewish immigrants with alleged leftist ties, with particular focus on Italian anarchists and immigrant leftist labor activists. The raids and arrests occurred under the leadership of Attorney General A. Mitchell Palmer, with 350, 000 arrested.

Concept note-3: -Palmer launched his campaign against radicalism in November 1919 and January 1920 with a series of police actions known as the Palmer Raids. Federal agents supported by local police rounded up large groups of suspected radicals, often based on membership in a political group rather than any action taken.

Concept note-4: -On June 2, 1919, a militant anarchist named Carlo Valdinoci blew up the front of newly appointed Attorney General A. Mitchell Palmer’s home in Washington, D.C.-and himself up in the process when the bomb exploded too early.

Concept note-5: -From 1919 to 1920, fear of suspected anarchists and communists led to a nation-wide raid and deportations.