analyzing the red scare

Name _________________________________

Analyzing the Red Scare Directions: Go through the secondary source readings and primary source images related to the Red Scare of

1919-1920 to complete the questions on the chart.

Source Analysis

A

What was going on in the world at the time that stoked fears in America?

B

Why were workers on strike called “radicals”? Were they?

C

What do you think they mean by “disintegration”? Why was this a fear?

D

What did the Sedition Act do?

E

What were the Palmer Raids and what happened to many people who were caught in them?

F

What was the lasting impact of the Red Scare?

G

What is the cartoonist trying to say about American steelworkers?

H

How do you think this cartoonist feels about the industrial revolution’s effect on America?

I

What is the cartoonist trying to say about labor union strikes?

J

What is this cartoonist calling for and why?

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Background to the Red Scare

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Resource A

The Post World War 1 Labor Struggle

Resource B

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Resource C

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" undesirables" who were being deported to Russia. Most had been seized in the Palmer raids and belonged to a an anarchist or labor organization.

Resource E

Resource F

The End of the Paranoia & Lasting Impact

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Resource G

Resource H

Resource I

Resource J