Red Scare 1919

I. Causes• A. History of Restricting Immigrants• 1. 1882- Chinese Exclusion Act

– Denied citizenship to people born in China and prohibited immigration of Chinese labors

• 2. 1894 – Immigration Restriction League (IRL)

• B. Immigration – Eastern & Southern Europe

• C. Bolshevik Revolution – Russia 1917• D. Industrial warfare of unions• E. Seattle, Boston, steel and mine strikes• F. Success of Socialist Party

– Eugene V. Debs • Ran for Pres. Five times

II. Bombings•A. 36 bombs

discovered in the mail.

•B. Bombing of Attorney General

A. Mitchell Palmer’s home

III. Palmer Raids (End of 1919 to beginning of

1920) • Look at the cartoon on page 665

• A. Raided radical organizations “communist”

• B. J. Edgar Hoover• C. Arrested over 3,000

“radicals” in 33 cities• D. Violated all civil liberties

IV. Restrictions by Government (Phobia of

Foreigners)•A. Reemergence of IRL •1. Passage of laws•2. Every immigrant must be

able to read in order to be admitted to U.S.

• B. Quotas• 1. introduced in 1921• 2. 1929 – 150,000 immigrants

allowed each year (Chinese, Japanese and other Asians

were barred)

Sacco and Vanzetti

• You will now watch a video on Sacco and Vanzetti.• Requirements-

1. Develop some product which will demonstrate that you watched the video.

2. Explain how the Sacco and Vanzetti trial was influenced by the Red Scare.

3. What lessons can be learned from the Sacco and Vanzetti Trial.