USA HISTORY

THE COLD WAR 1950 1973

MCCARTHYISM AND THE RED SCARE

Question [CLICK ON ANY CHOICE TO KNOW THE RIGHT ANSWER]
What were the Palmer Raids also known as?
A
Red Raids
B
Palmer Reds
C
Palmer Red Raids
D
All of the Above
Explanation: 

Detailed explanation-1: -The Palmer Raids were a series of raids conducted in November 1919 and January 1920 by the United States Department of Justice under the administration of President Woodrow Wilson to capture and arrest suspected socialists, especially anarchists and communists, and deport them from the United States.

Detailed explanation-2: -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.

Detailed explanation-3: -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.

Detailed explanation-4: -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.

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