USA HISTORY

AMERICAN IMPERIALISM(1890 1919)

THE UNITED STATES IN WORLD WAR I

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Which people were targeted by the “Palmer Raids” of 1919-1920?

(A) deserters

(B) bootleggers

(C) ** Communists radicals

(D) Ku Klux Klan members

EXPLANATIONS BELOW

Concept note-1: -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.

Concept note-2: -The department organized simultaneous raids in major cities, with local police called on to arrest thousands of suspected anarchists.

Concept note-3: -What were the Palmer Raids? Mitchell Palmer, Edgar Hoover, and their agents hunted down suspected Communists, socialists, and anarchists.

Concept note-4: -The American Civil Liberties Union, or ACLU, was created in 1920 as a direct result of the Palmer Raids.

Concept note-5: -Edgar Hoover, what became known as the Palmer Raids peaked on the night of January 2, 1920, when between 3, 000 and 10, 000 people in 35 cities were detained on suspicion of sympathizing with Communists or anarchists. Earlier raids were smaller and one led to the deportation of anarchist Emma Goldman.