First Red Scare
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The first Red Scare was a period during the early 20th-century history of the United States marked by a widespread fear of far-left movements, including Bolshevism and anarchism, due to real and imagi
Headlines announcing the Seattle General Strike of 1919, the nation's first general strike
Attorney General A. Mitchell Palmer's house with bomb damage
Williamsburg Rent Strike, Published September 14, 1919
"Coming out of the Smoke", New York World, October 11, 1919
From April through June 1919, a series of bombings were carried out or attempted across the United States by Galleanists. The targets included anti-immigration politicians, anti-anarchist officials, a
First Red Scare
…Bolshevism and anarchism, due to real and imagined events; real events included the Russian 1917 October Revolution, German Revolution of 1918–1919, and anarchist bombings in the U.S. in 1919. At its height in 1919–1920, concerns over the effects of radical political agitation in American society and the alleged spread of socialism, communism…
Mitchell Palmer house in Washington DC 2132 R Street NW after bomb attack June 2, 1919