Red scares

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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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