Commonly referred to as the “Roaring Twenties,” the 1920s was a time of economic prosperity in the United States where jazz music was embraced, flappers challenged the norms of a conventional society, and Americans experienced the rise of Hollywood as the world’s film capital. Unfortunately, it came with great disadvantages for immigrants following World War I, where Americans were left distrustful of communist, socialist, or anarchist ideologies shared by many foreigners. This led to the creation of an anti-immigrant sentiment where individuals particularly from Russia, Southern and Eastern Europe were neglected from society and, in many cases, discriminated even by the authorities to the extent of utilizing deportation as an easy way to eliminate
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By 1920, World War I had just ended and political change was spreading abroad with leaders such as Adolf Hitler in Germany, who made an effort to advocate an anti-Semitic policy. Additionally, the Austro-Hungarian Empire was destroyed, and the Bolsheviks had gained foothold in Russia. In the United States, however, Prohibition was at its full effect with the rising popularity of gangster-led crimes. President Woodrow Wilson attempted to maintain the country —and the world— free from communism by spreading the ideas of a safe democracy. The previous year on June 2nd, bombs were set off in eight cities at particular locations. Perhaps the most significant was the one aimed at the new Attorney-General A. Mitchell Palmer’s home. The bombing fueled the Red Scare, and Palmer began using the term “Red Menace” to make a mark for himself and warn the war-weary nation of the dangers of communism, socialism, and any radical movements . The culprit was known to be Carlo Valdocini, an Italian militant anarchist who was also an adherent of Galleani and associate to Bartolomeo Vanzetti . Previously, Palmer had been known for his campaigns aimed to eliminate all non-American
By 1920, World War I had just ended and political change was spreading abroad with leaders such as Adolf Hitler in Germany, who made an effort to advocate an anti-Semitic policy. Additionally, the Austro-Hungarian Empire was destroyed, and the Bolsheviks had gained foothold in Russia. In the United States, however, Prohibition was at its full effect with the rising popularity of gangster-led crimes. President Woodrow Wilson attempted to maintain the country —and the world— free from communism by spreading the ideas of a safe democracy. The previous year on June 2nd, bombs were set off in eight cities at particular locations. Perhaps the most significant was the one aimed at the new Attorney-General A. Mitchell Palmer’s home. The bombing fueled the Red Scare, and Palmer began using the term “Red Menace” to make a mark for himself and warn the war-weary nation of the dangers of communism, socialism, and any radical movements . The culprit was known to be Carlo Valdocini, an Italian militant anarchist who was also an adherent of Galleani and associate to Bartolomeo Vanzetti . Previously, Palmer had been known for his campaigns aimed to eliminate all non-American