Read Chapter 20-1 beginning on page 618 and answer the following questions. They are to be posted to your blog on Tuesday prior to the beginning of class.
After World War I, many Americans feared that Communists would take over the country.
1. How did the Justice Department under A. Mitchell Palmer respond to this fear?
He and his people went looking for people or evidence related to communism.
2. Why did Palmer eventually lose his standing with the American public?
People thought he was just looking for a campaign issue and that he didn't know what he was talking about.
3. How did the Ku Klux Klan respond to this fear?
they used anti-communism as an excuse to pick on Africans and jews, driving them out of the country.
4. Why did the Klan eventually lose popularity and membership?
their criminal activity.
5. Briefly describe how Sacco and Vanzetti became victims of the Red Scare.
they were killed because they were radicals and Italians.
Public opinion turned against labor unions as many Americans came to believe that unions encouraged communism.
6. Why was the strike by Boston police unpopular with the public?
The public was afraid of their safety without police.
7. Why did Massachusetts governor Calvin Coolidge become so popular?
Because he said not to strike against public safety.
8. Why was the strike at U.S. Steel unpopular?
Propaganda said the strikers were communists.
9. How did President Wilson respond to the steel strike?
he appointed a judge.
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