Why did Americans' fear of radical social and political movements intensify in 1919? How did the American government respond to such fears?
What will be an ideal response?
The ideal answer should include:
1. In the United States, industrial unrest provoked fears of a Soviet-style revolution at home.
2. Four million American workers went out on strike in 1919.
3. Between April and June, anarchists mailed or delivered bombs to thirty-six prominent public figures, including Attorney General A. Mitchell Palmer.
4. Many Americans associated strikes with radical immigrants and anarchists.
5. The Red Scare of 1919 associated reform and social justice movements of any kind with subversion.
6. Attorney General Palmer directed the deportation to Russia of 249 foreign-born radicals.
7. "Palmer raids" led to the arrest of thousands more within a month.
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a. shipping freed blacks back to Africa. b. supporting armed slave insurrections against all white slaveholders in the South. c. preventing the expansion of slavery beyond the South. d. forming an antislavery political party. e. the immediate abolition of slavery in the South.
The agency that accomplished many sorely need conservation measures was the
a. CCC. b. WPA. c. CWA. d. NRA. e. Social Security.
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A) the sewing machine B) overalls C) blue denim D) the zipper E) the iron to press clothing