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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 far-left movements, including Bolshevism and anarchism, due to real and imagined events; real events included the Russian 1917 October Revolution, German Revolution of 1918–1919, and anarchist bombings in the U.S.
Damage done by the bomb at Attorney General A. Mitchell Palmer's house Mitchell Palmer house in Washington DC 2132 R Street NW after bomb attack June 2, 1919 June 3, 1919, Newspapers of the 1919 United States anarchist bombings. On the evening of June 2, 1919, [3] the Galleanists managed to detonate nine large bombs nearly simultaneously in ...
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, ... In April 1919, ...
During the First Red Scare of 1919–20, following the 1917 Russian Revolution, ... April 13: In rural Georgia, the riot of Jenkins County led to 6 deaths, ...
Carl Paivio (born Karl Einar Päiviö; 23 November 1893 – April 1952) [1] was a Finnish American labor activist and anarchist. He became known in 1919 during the First Red Scare as Paivio and his fellow anarchist Gust Alonen were convicted of "criminal anarchy" for writing in a radical newspaper. [2]
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.
The period is referred to as “The Red Summer of 1919.” Mobs of white people attacked Black Americans in various towns and cities, resulting in numerous injuries and deaths.
During 1919, a series of more than 20 riotous and violent black-white race-related incidents occurred. These included the Chicago, Omaha, and Elaine Race Riots. A phenomenon known as the Red Scare took place 1918–1919. With the rise of violent Communist revolutions in Europe, leftist radicals were emboldened by the Bolshevik Revolution in ...