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What was the last major labor action of 1919?

400k coal miners in Ohio, WV, Penn, Indiana, and Illinois

When was the Espionage Act passed?

1917

Who was Seattle’s mayor?

Ole Hanson

When was Hanson sent a bomb?

April 28

Who was the Senator of Georgia?

Thomas Hadwick

How many bombs (not including Hadwick and Hanson) were planned to be sent in April?

34

Congress gave Palmer ________ to stop domestic terrorism

$500,000

Palmer was a former congressman in what state?

Penn

The GID soon had ________ suspect cards

200,000

How many suspects were arrested Nov-Jan?

2000

When was the raid on the Union of Russian Workers?

Nov 7

The raid on the URW and others like it caused _______ arrests

500

_______ radicals were deported on Ellis Island on ________

249, Dec 21, 1919

In Jan, Bureau agents in ____ cities made ______ arrests of communist individuals

33, 4,000

Schenck was convicted for violating the ______ act

Sedition

Schenck was a sociliast party leader in…

Philadelphia

Why was Schenck arrested?

He handed out a leaflet to soldiers that called the draft “tantamount to slavery”

When was Schenck arrested?

1917

When was Schenck’s SCOTUS trial?

Jan 1919

It took ______ for the SCOTUS to come to a decision on Schenck

2 months

Why was Eugene Debs arrested?

He gave an anti-war speech in Canton, Ohio

Debs was sentenced for….

10 years

Debs got _______ votes in the 1920 election

900k

When did the SCOTUS hear Abrams?

Fall 1919

Debs was convicted under…

Espionage Act

Why was Abrams arrested?

Giving leaflets that called for a general strike to protest American intervention in Russia

Who delivered the majority in Abrams?

Justice Clark

When were Sacco and Vanzetti arrested?

1920