Postwar Troubles: Demobilization, the Red Scare, Sacco and Vanzetti

What was the "Red Scare" of 1919-1920

A period of anticommunist hysteria

Why did many Americans blame this group for the problems in labor

Americans thought that they might be spreading communist ideas

What events caused Palmer to launch the "Palmer Raids" in November 1919

An Italian anarchist bombed his house

What crime were Sacco and Vanzetti accused of

Being communists

What effect did the trial's verdict have on public opinion

People marched in protests to plea for a new trial. They did not agree with the verdict. And saw that they were unjustly tried. Which caused a divide in the American nation because other Americans agreed with the court system and believed that they should be killed because of their radical views.

Who was A. Mitchell Palmer

He was the attorney General

What group did many Americans blame for the strikes and other labor problems

Immigrants

For the most part, what kinds of people were arrested in the Palmer Raids, and why is this significant

Immigrants, Americans saw them as a threat for leading another Bolshevik revolution in America

Nicola Sacco and Bartolomeo Vanzetti were immigrants from

Italy

What were the main causes of the strikes of 1919

Low wages and bad working conditions

What were some of the economic outcomes of demobilization

Lower wages, Rising unemployment, labor strikes

What were some of the effects of the Red Scare? How did it affect American society?

The Red scare caused increased suspicion of immigrants on the part of some Americans. It also led to greater discrimination against them, and in some cases persecution. It also led to new immigration laws that set tight restrictions on the number of immigrants allowed into the country from certain parts of Europe

What fear was at the core of the Red Scare

The fear that a Bolshevik revolution would erupt in America

What were the main causes of the Red Scare

The labor strike

What happened in their trial

The men were found guilty because of their radical point of views and their avoidance of the military draft. They were both sentenced to death even though they did not commit the crime. Thayer even admitted that Vanzetti might not have been guilty of the robbery and murder, but declared that he was a threat, therefore guilty, because of his political views. Sacco and Vanzetti were executed.

What kinds of political views did Sacco and Vanzetti have

They were archaists

How did the political climate of the Red Scare influence the results of the Sacco and Vanzetti trial

They were convicted because of the fact that they are immigrants and anarchists.

What is demobilization

Transition from war-time to peace-time production levels