1. Mr. Williams 10th Grade U.S. History
Red Scare
Mr. Williams
10th Grade U.S. History

2. What is the purpose of the Bill of Rights?
What are Civil Liberties?
What are the most important Civil Liberties that are guaranteed to us by the Constitution?

5. Limits to Free Speech
1917 Espionage Act: punished people for aiding enemy or refusing military duty
Sedition Act: illegal to “utter, print, write, or publish any disloyal…or abusive language” criticizing government, flag, or military: more than 1,000 jailed

6. Schenck v. United States
Charles Schenk mailed pamphlets telling draftees to write protest letters
Arrested under the Espionage Act
S.C. ruled that Schenck created a “Clear and Present Danger”

9. Emma Goldman Russian-born anarchist
Supported labor strikes, women’s rights, and birth control
Ordered to be deported as a result of her anti-draft speeches

12. Bolshevik Revolution
In November 1917, Communists led by V.I. Lenin overthrow Russian Monarchy
Pulled out of WWI, signed peace treaty with Central Powers

14. Red Scare Russian Revolution scared Americans
Bolsheviks led by Vladimir I. Lenin overthrew Russian Monarchy
Series of bombs mailed to leading American Capitalists like J.P. Morgan and Rockefeller

17. Labor Problems at Home
1919: More than 4 million workers took part in more than 3,000 strikes nationwide
During War: War Labor Board established shorter hours and higher wages for men and women

19. Palmer Raids
Led by U.S. Attorney General A. Mitchell Palmer in Jan. 1920
He and J. Edgar Hoover and arrested over 6,000 thousand people in 33 cities
In the end more than 500 deported

22. Backlash against immigrants
Nativists targeted newer arrivals from southern and eastern Europe
If they did not want to be “Americanized” they were not wanted

25. Resurgence of KKK
Slogan of 1920: “Native white, Protestant supremacy.”
Not only focused on African Americans in the south, now targeted Jews, Catholics, and radicals of all types

27. Closing the Gate
Immigration increased from 110,000 in 1919 to 430,000 in 1920 and 805,000 in 1921
Emergency Quota Act 1921
National Origins Act 1924
Limited immigration from any one country to 3% of the number from that country already in U.S.

28. Immigration Statistics, 1920-1926
Year
Total Entering U.S.
Country of Origin
Great Britain
Eastern Europe*
Italy
1920
430,001
38,471
3,913
95,145
1921
805,228
51,142
32,793
222,260
1922
309,556
25,153
12,244
40,319
1923
522,919
45,759
16,082
46,674
1924
706,896
59,490
13,173
56,246
1925
294,314
27,172
1,566
6,203
1926
304,488
25,528
1,596
8,253

32. Sacco and Vanzetti
Nicola Sacco and Bartolommeo Vanzetti arrested for armed robbery and murder
Italian immigrants who were proclaimed anarchists

33. Men were executed in 1927
“My conviction is that I have suffered for things I am guilty of. I am suffering because I am a radical, and indeed I am a radical; I have suffered because I was an Italian, and indeed I am Italian.”