THE ROARING 20S 1920 1929
AMERICAN POLITICS IN THE 1920S
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was systematically played down by newspapers
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resulted in the Palmer Raids
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strengthened the public’s good opinion of labor unions
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diminished predictions of a worldwide revolution
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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: -From 1919 to 1920, fear of suspected anarchists and communists led to a nation-wide raid and deportations.
Detailed explanation-3: -The American Civil Liberties Union, or ACLU, was created in 1920 as a direct result of the Palmer Raids. It was suggested in a January 13 meeting to reorganize the National Civil Liberties Bureau as the ACLU, which held its first meeting on January 19. The ACLU’s first action was to challenge the Sedition Act.
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.