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The first Red Scare was a period during the early 20th-century history of the United States marked by a widespread fear of ... 1918–1920 New York City rent strikes
A Red Scare is a form of moral panic provoked by fear of the rise, supposed or real, of left-wing ideologies in a society, especially communism and socialism. Historically, red scares have led to mass political persecution , scapegoating , and the ousting of those in government positions who have had connections with left-wing movements.
New York: Legislative Committee of the People's Freedom Union by The Nation Press, March 1920. Todd J. Pfannestiel, Rethinking the Red Scare: The Lusk Committee and New York's Crusade against Radicalism, 1919–1923. London: Routledge, 2003. Regin Schmidt, Red Scare: FBI and the Origins of Anticommunism in the United States, 1919–1943.
Alexander Mitchell Palmer (May 4, 1872 – May 11, 1936) was an American attorney and politician who served as the 50th United States attorney general from 1919 to 1921. He is best known for overseeing the Palmer Raids during the Red Scare of 1919–20.
None of the targeted men were killed, but one bomb took the life of New York City night watchman William Boehner [4] [9] and the bomb intended for Attorney General Palmer's home prematurely exploded and killed the bomb-setter Carlo Valdinoci, who was a former editor of the Galleanist publication Cronaca Sovversiva and close associate of Galleani.
The First Red Scare of 1919–1921 had fueled fears of foreign radicals migrating to undermine American values and provoke an uprising like the 1917 Bolshevik Revolution in Russia. [10] The number of immigrants entering the United States decreased for about a year from July 1919 to June 1920 but doubled in the year after that. [11]
The unsolved murder of the beautiful Dot King captivated New York. In “Broadway Butterfly,” a jazzy true crime historical thriller, author Sara DiVello unearths piles of evidence and presents ...
Dating as far back as the Haymarket Riot in 1886, Red Squads became common in larger cities such as Chicago, New York, and Los Angeles during the First Red Scare of the 1920s. They were set up as specialized units of city police departments, as a weapon against labor unions, communists, socialists, and other dissidents.