First Red Scare and the Palmer Raids

A collection of vocabulary flashcards related to the First Red Scare and the events surrounding the Palmer Raids.

First Red Scare

A period from 1917 to 1920 marked by widespread fear of communism and anarchism following World War I.

Palmer Raids

A series of violent law-enforcement raids ordered by Attorney General Alexander Mitchell Palmer targeting leftist radicals and anarchists.

Sedition Act of 1918

A law targeting those who criticized the government, including radicals and labor union leaders, with the threat of deportation.

Bolsheviks

A faction of the Marxist Russian Social Democratic Labor Party led by Vladimir Lenin that overthrew the Romanov dynasty during the Russian Revolution of 1917.

Red Summer

A period of unrest in the United States in the summer of 1919 linked to the first Red Scare, marked by racial violence and labor strikes.

Emma Goldman

A political activist and anarchist who opposed the Palmer Raids and the deportation of immigrants.

Communism

A political ideology advocating for a classless society and the abolition of private property, often associated with the Bolsheviks.

Anarchism

A political philosophy that advocates for a society without government or hierarchical authority.

Political Cartoon

An illustrated commentary that uses humor and satirical imagery to convey a political message or critique.