The Red Scare was when anarchists turned against the government and turned into political violence. Anarchists are people who oppose any form of government. This affected politics because the Red Scare created anti-communist movements for a long time. This also caused America to hunt out the communists.
This picture is Nicola Sacco. In 1920, him and his partner, Vanzetti, got arrested for robbery and murdering a guard in South Braintree, Massachusetts. They were found guilty and sentenced to death. Many Italians protested that their punishment was "Irrational" and "Unfair."
Communism, Anarchism, and socialism were the four main points that affected U.S politics in the 1920’s.
Socialism is when the government takes control of businesses and equally distributes the wealth.
Communists were people who ended private property, created a single party government ruled by a dictatorship. Also, the government owned all factories, railroads, and businesses. The biggest communist leader during that time was Vladimir Lenin. He started the communist government of Russia. Revolutionaries of Russia overthrew the Czar and the Bolsheviks created the communist party. This all ties into the Red Scare.
U.S Attorney General Mitchell Palmer also dealt with the matter at hand. He was trying to find anybody in the U.S that was communist and anarchist. Palmer’s plan failed to find any communists in the U.S. This plan was "The Palmer Raids."
This picture is Bartolomeo Vanzetti.
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