The Impact of the Media on anti-Communist Sentiment and the Palmer Raids

Following the First World War and Russian Bolshevik Revolution, the fear of communism expanded in the United States. Everyone seems to be afraid of the term introduced by the so-called "red threat", Edgar J. Hoover. Working in Hoover is the head of the judiciary called A. Mitchell Palmer. Palmer became a leader against Communism. He is most likely to be the target of the notorious bomb in 1919 (Dumenil 220). Palmer wants to be called the incarnation of Americanism and fights everything that threatens our society.

Influence of World War I into the United States Fact 20: Palmer raids: With the 1919 bomb explosion, US Attorney General Mitchell Palmer launched a campaign called Communist Palmer attack. . The agent attacked the headquarters of various radical groups and immigrants and homes of foreign residents. Influence of World War I on the United States 22: Abstinence Act: The Age of Abstinence Act (1920 - 1933) banned the manufacture and sale of alcohol. It is seen as a solution to the problems of national poverty, crime and violence. Prohibition of the approval of the 18 th revision and promulgation by the Bolstead law

In 1919 and 1920 President Wilson Attorney General A. Mitchel Palmer attacked leftist organizations such as the Communist Party, radical labor unions and international workers in the world. Palmer wants to use radicalism in his campaign to become president in 1920. He made the predecessor of the FBI. And it gathered the names of suspected Communists who are known for thousands. In November 1919 Palmer ordered the government to attack, and 250 murderers suspicious in 11 cities were arrested. On January 2, 1920, when government agencies attacked 33 cities, the Palmer raid reached the climax. Nationwide, more than 4,000 communists were arrested, imprisoned in prisons and 556 foreigners were deported - including extremists Emma Goldman

Attorney General A. Mitchell Palmer was a Wilson Democrat who exploded outside his home. I will stop 'conspiracy of communism' which he believes is active in the United States. He has established a comprehensive intelligence department led by a young J. Edgar Hoover within the Justice Department. Mr. Hoover quickly accumulated a card cataloging system containing information on 60,000 "very tilted" individuals and many left wing groups and publications. Both Palmer and Hoover announce press releases and distribute anti-communist propaganda. Then on January 2, 1920, Palmer raises began, Hoover was in charge.