The Red Scare
As the 20th century has come to a close, it is time for all of us to recognize the great events of our American history. Well as we reflect upon it, the United States became a world power, technology evolved in a rapid pace, and all sorts of boundaries were broken and new ones set for USA. When people generally reflect upon the United States revolutionary periods, they immediately think of the 1960's and 1970's, but one period of time that does not immediately approach the mind is the period after World War 1. In this duration of time, the populace, especially the youth started to revolutionize their life styles and did not do things for the sake of tradition. With jazz and other Dixie land trends spreading all over the United States America, the youth became much more rebellious and thought of better ways of running their lives and tried influencing their beliefs on others. One set of beliefs that failed to pass throughout the U.S. was the idea of USSR's government comm!unism. Communism was a type of government that supported the ideas of making everybody absolutely equal. This lead up to the Red Scare. The red scare was the period where America became afraid of the practice of a Communism after
The head of newly formed Anti-Radical Division (organization that was suppose to dial with terror) was appointed John Edgar Hoover. As soon as investigation began he had 150 000 names on the list including about 30,000 names from American Communist movement, the Communist Labor Party and Communist Party of America, who were bitter rivals. On the night of January 2, 1920 around 10,000 people were arrested throughout the country. Many without a warrant and never informed of the right to council. The news of the unlawful arrests angered many lawmakers in the US and Palmer with Hoover at his side was forced to explain his actions to the House Rules Committee. Palmer denied that any violence or unlawful actions were used during the red raid, and nothing was done further. He had to answer again in 1921, but this time to the Senate Judiciary Committee, and was humiliated even more. Anti-Radical Division became extremely unpopular and the first red scare was over. However it made the ! legal and OK. The first restriction on the people entering the Unions was passed in 1947 by the Congress and was called Taft - Hartley act one of the provisions of which stated that before entering a Union worker must swear that he is not and was not a communist. It was also interesting that President Harry Truman vetoed the law and said that it was anti-labor. Was he a communist
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Approximate Word count = 919
Approximate Pages = 4 (250 words per page double spaced)
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