What was the Red Scare: Fear of communism from Russia and the Bolsheviks.
What was the American reaction to the Red Scare: Labor unions embraced ideas of
communism. Bombs were mailed to government officials. There were the Palmer raids: Palmer and Hoover hunted
down suspected anarchists, communists, socialists. Wall street and Palmer's house were
bombed.
What did the Sacco and Venzetti Case show about America?: People were afraid of the outside.
Even though they had good alibis and the evidence was circumstantial, they were still found
guilty of murdering two men because the public were afraid of their Italian heritage.
What were the social reactions to the fear of Immigrants in American society
-Ku Klux Klan attacked and harassed anyone that wasn't like them, only associated with male whites, WASPS:
white Anglo saxon protestants
-Quota Act: passed by congress to limit the amount of immigrants coming into the United
States, only 3% of the immigrant population currently in America could immigrate here, limit
especially Japanese, roman Catholics, and Jews
-immigration act( Johnson- reed act) Greatly limited the amount of immigrants coming into
america, especially immigrants from eastern and southern Europe
What was the American reaction to the Red Scare: Labor unions embraced ideas of
communism. Bombs were mailed to government officials. There were the Palmer raids: Palmer and Hoover hunted
down suspected anarchists, communists, socialists. Wall street and Palmer's house were
bombed.
What did the Sacco and Venzetti Case show about America?: People were afraid of the outside.
Even though they had good alibis and the evidence was circumstantial, they were still found
guilty of murdering two men because the public were afraid of their Italian heritage.
What were the social reactions to the fear of Immigrants in American society
-Ku Klux Klan attacked and harassed anyone that wasn't like them, only associated with male whites, WASPS:
white Anglo saxon protestants
-Quota Act: passed by congress to limit the amount of immigrants coming into the United
States, only 3% of the immigrant population currently in America could immigrate here, limit
especially Japanese, roman Catholics, and Jews
-immigration act( Johnson- reed act) Greatly limited the amount of immigrants coming into
america, especially immigrants from eastern and southern Europe