By: Corin Contreras Period:6 RED SCAre The Americans pages 413-414 By: Corin Contreras Period:6

*Where did Red Scare get its name?* Red Scare got its name from the fact that the flag of communist Russia was red and the Red Scare was the fear of communism spreading.

VOCABULARY Red: The word “Red” in Red Scare mean communism. Communism : Is a system of government in which the state plans and controls the economy. Which means that there’s no private stores. So no Walmart, Jc Penny, no retail stores.

MAIN IDEA At first ordinary people feared communism in a legitimate way, but then people became extremely afraid of most immigrants that were called a communist because, calling someone a communist is a good way to scare someone.

OBAMA A COMMUNIST…… NO WAY!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! Sarah Palin called Barack Hussein Obama a Terrorist who is also a socialist and at the same time a communist.

THE PALMER RAIDS A. Mitchell Palmer, J. Edgar Hoover and their agents hunted down suspected Communists, they invaded there homes and offices without allowing them a lawyer and hundreds of foreigner were deported without trials. Palmer’s raids failed to turn up with any evidence. Many people decided that Palmer didn’t know what he was talking about.

TIME LINE *1917: The Russian Revolution happen *1919: Palmer and Hoover hunted down suspected Communists.

IMAGES Caption: "These attacks will only increase the activities of our crime-detecting forces," declares Attorney-General Palmer, whose Wahington home, shown above, was damaged by a bomb-explosion on June 2. Caption: Boston Greets the Men of the Twenty-Sixth Division as They March through Its Historic Streets.

*What emotions are brought up after observing the cartoon? CARTOON HANDOUT *After observing the cartoon, what would you assume the significance was at the time of the Red Scare? *What objects in the cartoon are symbolic? What are they representations of? *What emotions are brought up after observing the cartoon?

LIST OF REFERENCES Conrad Jr. Contreras Fear of Communism pages 413-414 http://newman.baruch.cuny.edu/digital/redscare/default.htm http://www.law.umkc.edu/faculty/projects/ftrials/SaccoV/redscare.html