THE COLD WAR 1950 1973
MCCARTHYISM AND THE RED SCARE
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Question
[CLICK ON ANY CHOICE TO KNOW THE RIGHT ANSWER]
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People who were arrested were not guilty of Anarchy
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People who were arrested were completely guilty
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People who were arrested were guilty because they were foreign
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It was illegal to not know English at that time
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Detailed explanation-1: -Alexander Mitchell Palmer (May 4, 1872 – May 11, 1936), was an American attorney and politician who served as the 50th United States attorney general from 1919 to 1921. He is best known for overseeing the Palmer Raids during the Red Scare of 1919–20. White Haven, Pennsylvania, U.S.
Detailed explanation-2: -Many factors contributed to McCarthyism, some of them with roots in the First Red Scare (1917–20), inspired by communism’s emergence as a recognized political force and widespread social disruption in the United States related to unionizing and anarchist activities.
Detailed explanation-3: -Between November 1919 and January 2020, Palmer’s agents deported nearly 250 people, including notable anarchist Emma Goldman, and arrested nearly 10, 000 people in seventy cities.
Detailed explanation-4: -Several thousand who were aliens were deported. The largest raids occurred on January 2, 1920 when over 4000 suspected radicals were seized nationwide. Over 800 were arrested in New England from locations that included Boston, Brockton, Chelsea, Fitchburg, Lawrence, and Lynn.