USA HISTORY

Detailed explanation-1: -Palmer launched his campaign against radicalism in November 1919 and January 1920 with a series of police actions known as the Palmer Raids. Federal agents supported by local police rounded up large groups of suspected radicals, often based on membership in a political group rather than any action taken.

Detailed explanation-2: -He was elected to Congress in 1908 and served three terms in the House of Representatives. He supported women’s suffrage, the abolition of child labor, and tariff reform. In 1912, he played an important role at the Democratic National Convention, helping to nominate Woodrow Wilson for president.

Detailed explanation-3: -Mitchell Palmer, in full Alexander Mitchell Palmer, (born May 4, 1872, Moosehead, Pennsylvania, U.S.-died May 11, 1936, Washington, D.C.), American lawyer, legislator, and U.S. attorney general (1919–21) whose highly publicized campaigns against suspected radicals touched off the so-called Red Scare of 1919–20.

Detailed explanation-4: -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-5: -Undeterred, Attorney General Palmer justified the actions on several grounds, including a planned insurrection in the United States on May 1, 1920. Palmer also had aspirations to run for President that year, and the Palmer Raids had been met with some popular support.