THE ROARING 20S 1920 1929
PROHIBITION OF THE 1920S
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The Red Scare
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The Red Summer
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The Red Lobster
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The Red Robin
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Detailed explanation-1: -The Palmer Raids occurred in the larger context of the First Red Scare, a period of fear of and reaction against communists in the U.S. in the years immediately following World War I and the Russian Revolution.
Detailed explanation-2: -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.
Detailed explanation-3: -Causes of the Red Scare The Bolshevik Revolution in Russia, which led many to fear that immigrants, particularly from Russia, southern Europe, and eastern Europe, intended to overthrow the United States government; The end of World War I, which caused production needs to decline and unemployment to rise.
Detailed explanation-4: -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.