The Red Scare Study Questions

What implanted fear in American citizens on communists?

Political cartoons printed during the time that showed the communists as a "bad guy" trying to ruin America.

What were the Palmer Raids? Were they constitutional? Why/Why not?

The Palmer Raids were when many Communists were arrested and deported. These were not constitutional because they were illegal arrests and disregarded the people's basic constitutional rights.

What were the citizens reactions to the Pamer Raids?

They had no problem with it because they hated the communists and wanted them out of their country.

In the eyes of an American citizen, what was a communist?

An evil alien that jeopardized the government and tried to ruin America with their harsh political views.

What was the impact of the Red Scare on 1920s society?

It lead to the deportation of many people, and Americans now feared communists and assumed any immigrant or member of a labor union was one.

What hate group rebirthed due to the mass fear?

The KKK. This group was solely rebirthed due to the wide spread fear and mass hysteria going on in the country at the time.

Immediate blame was placed on Communists for what action?

The bombings on American political figures. There was no proof that they committed the crime.