USA HISTORY

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: -Attorney General A. Mitchell Palmer launch a series of raids against suspected Communists? He believed that a Communist revolution was imminent in the United States, and he needed an issue on which to campaign for the 1920 Democratic presidential nomination.

Detailed explanation-3: -Hoover-with the encouragement of Palmer and the help of the Department of Labor-started planning a massive roundup of radicals. By early January 1920, the plans were ready. The department organized simultaneous raids in major cities, with local police called on to arrest thousands of suspected anarchists.

Detailed explanation-4: -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-5: -From 1919 to 1920, fear of suspected anarchists and communists led to a nation-wide raid and deportations.