The Red Scare was a hysteria caused by the fear that communists, the “Reds”, will rise and take control over the United States of America in the 1900s. The first Red Scare began after World War I, when the communists in Russia, the Bolshevik, got rid of the royal family and took control over their nation. The fear of communism increased when several strikes led by industrial workers and policemen happened in 1919. Communists were always blamed, especially when a bomb was dropped to purposely kill A. Mitchell Palmer, who was the Attorney General of America. Fearing that the communists will impose their ideas and overthrow their government, one of the top goals of most Americans was to get rid of all communists and their supporters that lived
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Mitchell Palmer, wrote an essay about the dangers that the communists were causing to the U.S. government and that the only way to stop them was by arresting or deporting them from the country. Palmer saw communists, or Bolsheviks, as “criminals” who want to steal the rights and laws of America. He believed that the communists’ plan was to get into the workers’ minds to start a revolution that will eventually destroy the government. Since America was not a country that tolerated crimes, Palmer believed that the people should join together and get rid of these criminals who are capable of overthrowing the U.S. government. Palmer thought that the government was in “jeopardy” because the “Reds” might destroy the U.S government like they did to the royal family in Russia. To support this argument, Palmer spoke about the leader of the Bolsheviks, known as Trotzky, who started a reign of terror in Russia, in his essay. While Trotzky was living a luxurious life in Kremlin, thousands of Russians were left with no food or shelter. He believed that America shouldn’t accept such doctrines. Palmer …show more content…
During World War I, many workers joined labor unions to fight for the improvement of their working conditions. President Wilson, who supported these laborers asked them to wait until the war terminates, then they could tell him their demands. When the war ended, the workers asked for better working conditions,an increase in their payments and less working hours. When the workers’ demands were not fulfullied, there was an increase in labor movements. Millions of workers started striking and caused many factories to close down. As the protests increased, people started demanding for the government to control certain private industries. For example, railroad workers wanted the government to take full control of the trains which will solve many of their problems. When the labor organizations increased, some Americans, feared that a horrifying revolution will start, like the one that took place in Russia which overthrew their government. The fear increased as bombs were dropped in front of the homes of senators and policemen were forming strikes too. Many Americans couldn’t handel all this so they started accusing all labor organizations for wanting to start a revolution. They even started a campaign to forcefully stop all these laborers who they saw as extreme communists. Many of these Americans started using violence to stop the laborers. Many innocent people were killed and eventually,
Mitchell Palmer, wrote an essay about the dangers that the communists were causing to the U.S. government and that the only way to stop them was by arresting or deporting them from the country. Palmer saw communists, or Bolsheviks, as “criminals” who want to steal the rights and laws of America. He believed that the communists’ plan was to get into the workers’ minds to start a revolution that will eventually destroy the government. Since America was not a country that tolerated crimes, Palmer believed that the people should join together and get rid of these criminals who are capable of overthrowing the U.S. government. Palmer thought that the government was in “jeopardy” because the “Reds” might destroy the U.S government like they did to the royal family in Russia. To support this argument, Palmer spoke about the leader of the Bolsheviks, known as Trotzky, who started a reign of terror in Russia, in his essay. While Trotzky was living a luxurious life in Kremlin, thousands of Russians were left with no food or shelter. He believed that America shouldn’t accept such doctrines. Palmer …show more content…
During World War I, many workers joined labor unions to fight for the improvement of their working conditions. President Wilson, who supported these laborers asked them to wait until the war terminates, then they could tell him their demands. When the war ended, the workers asked for better working conditions,an increase in their payments and less working hours. When the workers’ demands were not fulfullied, there was an increase in labor movements. Millions of workers started striking and caused many factories to close down. As the protests increased, people started demanding for the government to control certain private industries. For example, railroad workers wanted the government to take full control of the trains which will solve many of their problems. When the labor organizations increased, some Americans, feared that a horrifying revolution will start, like the one that took place in Russia which overthrew their government. The fear increased as bombs were dropped in front of the homes of senators and policemen were forming strikes too. Many Americans couldn’t handel all this so they started accusing all labor organizations for wanting to start a revolution. They even started a campaign to forcefully stop all these laborers who they saw as extreme communists. Many of these Americans started using violence to stop the laborers. Many innocent people were killed and eventually,