The Red Scare of the 1920 s What

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The Red Scare of the 1920 s

The Red Scare of the 1920 s

What do you know about the Salem Witch Trials?

What do you know about the Salem Witch Trials?

• Capitalism • Free market • Privately owned goods • Consumer set the

• Capitalism • Free market • Privately owned goods • Consumer set the prices • Free Choice • Class System • Communism • Government makes decisions • Government owns everything and sets prices • Everyone is paid equally How is Capitalism and Communism different?

• Communism comes to power in mass following the Russian Revolution and for

• Communism comes to power in mass following the Russian Revolution and for the first time this ideology exists in a major world power • American’s fear of Communism taking over the US leads to similar action to the Salem Witch Trials • US Gov’t takes the fear of the people and attempts to eliminate any threat to American traditional economic values Fear

• Factors leading to the Red Scare • Eastern immigrants growing in number

• Factors leading to the Red Scare • Eastern immigrants growing in number • Communism taking over in Russia • Anarchist rallies throughout the US calling for the overthrow of the gov’t Eastern Immigrants

• The US Attorney General through 1920 s • Worked with the Justice

• The US Attorney General through 1920 s • Worked with the Justice Department and the FBI to promote anti-communist activities and arrest people within America who were deemed “enemies” the US standards and traditions • Famously called the “Palmer Raids” A. Mitchell Palmer

• Through January 1920 • Estimated up to 10, 000 American citizens arrested

• Through January 1920 • Estimated up to 10, 000 American citizens arrested on suspicion of crimes against the US • Many of the arrests were completed without warrants • Many were arrested because they had foreign accents • Many deported out of US Effects of the Palmer Raids

• April 1920 • A store owner in Braintree, MA is shot and

• April 1920 • A store owner in Braintree, MA is shot and killed • Nicola Sacco and Bartolomeo Vanzetti were arrested in the murder (Italian Immigrants) • S&V were known anarchists but the evidence against them in the murder was not solid • They were convicted and executed • Prior to execution there were riots to protest the guilty verdict • 1960 s forensic evidence linked Sacco’s gun to the murder Sacco and Vanzetti

• How does the Red Scare, Palmer Raids, and the Sacco and Vanzetti

• How does the Red Scare, Palmer Raids, and the Sacco and Vanzetti Trial reflect Americans embracing traditional American values and rejecting new ideas? Question!