Red scares

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  • Created by: BKW
  • Created on: 18-04-17 20:14
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  • Red Scares!
    • First Red Scare 1919-20
      • Causes
        • Fear of communist revolution from Russia and post war Europe
        • Bolshevik revolution took Russia 1917
        • 1918-19 communist revolutions, Berlin, Hungary and Munich
        • Post WW1 immigrants from south seen as spies
          • economic problems blamed on communism
            • calls for fairer wages
              • record no of strikes 1919   4 million workers
                • Boston Police force 75% stiked
        • 1919 bombs sent in post to public figures eg. Mayor Hanson
      • Reaction
        • Americans blamed 'enemy within' eg immigrants
          • Call for end to mass immigration
        • rise of KKK
        • Sedition act
          • Clamp down on anti - American views
        • Alien Act
          • could deport anyone who was a member of any anarchist group
        • Palmer raids FBI in 33 cities
          • 5000-10000 arrested, 556 deported
        • red flag laws
          • ban communist banners and properganda
        • Sacco and Vanzetti
    • Second Red Scare 194-57
      • Causes
        • After WW2 rivalry between USA and SU
          • Clash of communism and capitalism
            • both superpowers with spheres of influence
        • East Europe and china fell to communism 1949
        • Joseph McCarthy false claim of communists from within gov
          • people didn't want to criticise - fear of being called unpatriotic or communist
        • Rosenbergs 1951 Americans who sp`ied for SU
      • Reaction
        • Truman executive order 9835 - loyalty reviews for federal employees
        • Communist political party banned
        • FBI legal practices for info on communists
        • House of Un American Activities committee
          • Investigations in Hollywood - 10 prison sentences for refusal to cooperate
        • Mccarthy = 300 blacklisted films 2000 industrial workers fired, 500 deported
          • no evidence
        • politicians promoted anti communism into the 70s

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