THE ROARING 20S 1920 1929
AMERICAN POLITICS IN THE 1920S
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Spies
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Radical Immigrants
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Progressives
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Germans
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Detailed explanation-1: -During the Red Scare of 1919-1920, many in the United States feared recent immigrants and dissidents, particularly those who embraced communist, socialist, or anarchist ideology.
Detailed explanation-2: -At its height in 1919–1920, concerns over the effects of radical political agitation in American society and the alleged spread of socialism, communism and anarchism in the American labor movement fueled a general sense of concern.
Detailed explanation-3: -The Red Scare, radical anarchist bombings, and the Sacco & Vanzetti trial led to a rise in nativism – the dislike of foreigners. Nativists believed white Protestant Americans were superior to others. These nativist attitudes would bring restrictions on immigration.
Detailed explanation-4: -What sparked the Red Scare of 1919-1920? Fear that the Russian Revolution would inspire Communist-inspired radicalism in the United States sparked the Red Scare from 1919 to 1920.