The Red Scare (AQA GCSE History): Flashcards
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Red Scare definition
Red Scare definition
Period of anti-communist hysteria in America
Red Scare starting year/event
Red Scare starting year/event
1917, after Russian Revolution
Origin of term 'Red' Scare
Origin of term 'Red' Scare
Red flag symbolized communist/revolutionary movements
Alexander Mitchell Palmer's role
Alexander Mitchell Palmer's role
Attorney General in 1919 who led raids on radicals
Palmer Raids date
Palmer Raids date
New Year's Day 1920
Number arrested in Palmer Raids
Number arrested in Palmer Raids
Over 6,000 people
Evidence found in Palmer Raids
Evidence found in Palmer Raids
Only 3 guns
Sacco and Vanzetti identity
Sacco and Vanzetti identity
Two Italian anarchist immigrants arrested for robbery/murder
Sacco & Vanzetti arrest date
Sacco & Vanzetti arrest date
May 1920
Sacco & Vanzetti's political beliefs
Sacco & Vanzetti's political beliefs
Anarchists
Sacco & Vanzetti execution date
Sacco & Vanzetti execution date
August 1927 by electric chair
Year strikes hit America
Year strikes hit America
1919
Groups targeted in Red Scare
Groups targeted in Red Scare
Immigrants, esp. from Southern & Eastern Europe
What Russia established in 1917
What Russia established in 1917
Soviet Union (communist government)