Americans Struggle with Postwar Issues

After World War I, many Americans feared that Communists would take over the country.



1. How did the Justice Department under A. Mitchell Palmer respond to this fear?

Palmer led a series of raids in an attempt to capture all communists, socialists, and anarchists in the United States.

2. Why did Palmer eventually lose his standing with the American public?

The public saw his actions as pointless and aimed at increasing his popularity with voters and soon lost faith and intrest in him.

3. How did the Ku Klux Klan respond to this fear?

They responded by setting goals of driveing Jews, Cathloics, and forgin born people out of the country and keeping black people in their place. They said that this would help preserve American values.

4. Why did the Klan eventually lose popularity and membership?

They were a viloent group, which was a turn off to many who were not as radical as them.

5. Briefly describe how Sacco and Vanzetti became victims of the Red Scare.

They were tried and convicted of murders they did not commit because of unfair assumptions of them because of their Italian heritages and anarchist values.