Essays Tagged: "Palmer Raids"

Red Scare Describes the causes and consequences of the Red Scare of 1919

government. When a series of mail bombs were discovered, one of which exploding at Attorney General Palmer's home, they were labeled as a communist effort to undermine America. The Red Scare of 1919 h ... lected socialists. However, the most vivid example of the extent of the scare is illustrated by the Palmer raids, in which six thousand people were arrested and five hundred were deported. There were ...

(4 pages) 99 1 4.3 Feb/2003

Subjects: History Term Papers

Opinion paper saying that the Great Depresion did help the United States in its aftermath

tion to the growing population of communist within the United States. The Red Scare resulted in the Palmer Raids in which suspected radicals homes were stormed and even though search warrants or arres ...

(2 pages) 45 0 5.0 Apr/2004

Subjects: History Term Papers > North American History

"Racial profiling is wrong and we will end it in America"

The ACLU is the nations guardian to preserve and protect individual rights and freedom. There were Palmer Raids that were initiated due to terrorist's attacks that are today affecting the way we view ...

(2 pages) 134 2 4.0 Jun/2004

Subjects: Law & Government Essays > Civil Rights > Black Awareness & Racism

Sacco and Vanzetti

se nationalism, in which the rights of immigrants were violated in such events as the Red Scare and Palmer Raids. In May of 1920, the infamous trial and conviction of Italian immigrants Nicola Sacco a ... d of appeals, Sacco and Vanzetti were executed (Montgomery 4-14).Their arrests thus came during the Palmer raids of 1919-1920 and the mass hysteria of anti-immigration feelings. As one popular Senator ...

(9 pages) 68 2 5.0 Feb/2006

Subjects: Law & Government Essays > Law > Cases