The Red Scare:1920 The Red Scare of 1920, starting in the middle of the first world war and ending about three years after. It was the wide spread panic across America, the fear of communism mixed with political racism. The Red Scare started from different causes, including the Bolshevik Revolution and World War one, the growing fear of immigration, radical and the socialist party, many different people played large and important roles.
Another main cause is the Bolshevik revolution. The Bolshevik became disinterested in the great war and signed a separate peace treaty with Germany in 1918, taking them out of the conflict. The United States saw this separate peace treaty as a betrayal. This result was the idea that the Bolshevik, in the American mind, was the epitome of evil. On the other hand, some Americans sought sympathy for the Bolsheviks, creating American Radicals for the Russian Revolution. In September 1919, two domestic, American communist parties were created. They held parades and meetings, distributing leaflets and literature that issued revolutionary manifestoes, which called for action.
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One American radical created the majority of the drama, it was one’s philosophy and action that much of the scare revolved around. By 1919 American radicals had already engendered much suspicion and fear for other reasons, particularly for their violent and uncompromising opposition to the war. No organization could possibly contain them. Some were Marxists in belief, emphasizing either the revolutionary or the evolutionary phase of that doctrine. Some were anarchists and some were syndicalist who desired direct economic action through the use of the industrial union. Two organizations which had succeeded in unifying the radical movement to some extent, these the nation was most familiar with. One was the Socialist Party, the other was the Industrial Workers of the
Another main cause is the Bolshevik revolution. The Bolshevik became disinterested in the great war and signed a separate peace treaty with Germany in 1918, taking them out of the conflict. The United States saw this separate peace treaty as a betrayal. This result was the idea that the Bolshevik, in the American mind, was the epitome of evil. On the other hand, some Americans sought sympathy for the Bolsheviks, creating American Radicals for the Russian Revolution. In September 1919, two domestic, American communist parties were created. They held parades and meetings, distributing leaflets and literature that issued revolutionary manifestoes, which called for action.
One …show more content…
One American radical created the majority of the drama, it was one’s philosophy and action that much of the scare revolved around. By 1919 American radicals had already engendered much suspicion and fear for other reasons, particularly for their violent and uncompromising opposition to the war. No organization could possibly contain them. Some were Marxists in belief, emphasizing either the revolutionary or the evolutionary phase of that doctrine. Some were anarchists and some were syndicalist who desired direct economic action through the use of the industrial union. Two organizations which had succeeded in unifying the radical movement to some extent, these the nation was most familiar with. One was the Socialist Party, the other was the Industrial Workers of the