AMERICAN IMPERIALISM 1890 1919
THE UNITED STATES IN WORLD WAR I
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[CLICK ON ANY CHOICE TO KNOW THE RIGHT ANSWER]
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deserters
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bootleggers
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Communists radicals
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Ku Klux Klan members
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Detailed explanation-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.
Detailed explanation-2: -The department organized simultaneous raids in major cities, with local police called on to arrest thousands of suspected anarchists.
Detailed explanation-3: -What were the Palmer Raids? Mitchell Palmer, Edgar Hoover, and their agents hunted down suspected Communists, socialists, and anarchists.
Detailed explanation-4: -The American Civil Liberties Union, or ACLU, was created in 1920 as a direct result of the Palmer Raids.
Detailed explanation-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.