USA HISTORY

Detailed explanation-1: -What was the main reason Americans were upset by the Palmer Raids of 1919 and 1920? The raids ignored people’s civil liberties.

Detailed explanation-2: -The economic boom and the Jazz Age were over, and America began the period called the Great Depression. The 1920s represented an era of change and growth. The decade was one of learning and exploration. America had become a world power and was no longer considered just another former British colony.

Detailed explanation-3: -Nativism led to increased harassment of immigrants, both by official governmental bodies and by individual groups. It also led to increased political oppression of people with certain political ideologies like anarchism or communism.

Detailed explanation-4: -Sacco and Vanzetti were anarchists, believing that social justice would come only through the destruction of governments. In the early 1920s, mainstream America developed a fear of communism and radical politics that resulted in an anti-communist, anti-immigrant hysteria.