Red Scare by Miller, Ott, Simon by Niki Vriens https://padlet.com/nvriens/raji11aqylsq It was big, red, and scary. Like a red balloon. en-us 2017-09-14 12:17:08 UTC 2023-03-20 19:16:53 UTC hello@padlet.com Red Scare nvriens https://padlet.com/nvriens/raji11aqylsq/wish/187516521 2017-09-14 12:21:19 UTC https://padlet.com/nvriens/raji11aqylsq/wish/187516521 nvriens https://padlet.com/nvriens/raji11aqylsq/wish/187516944 In 1919, Attorney General A. Mitchell Palmer and Head of the General Intelligence of the Justice Department J. Edgar Hoover reacted to the potential threat of radical communists in the country by going and raiding labor union offices and searching private homes without warrants.]]> 2017-09-14 12:22:16 UTC https://padlet.com/nvriens/raji11aqylsq/wish/187516944 nvriens https://padlet.com/nvriens/raji11aqylsq/wish/187517412 They were able to collect around 10,000 suspected people, gave many of them trials to prove so, and were able to deport suspicious foreigners.]]> 2017-09-14 12:23:23 UTC https://padlet.com/nvriens/raji11aqylsq/wish/187517412 nvriens https://padlet.com/nvriens/raji11aqylsq/wish/187517843 It’s called the Red Scare because people were afraid of potentially radical communists and what harm they could bring to the US. Red is associated with the Soviet Union’s flag, which was a huge communist nation, and still is today. ]]> 2017-09-14 12:24:22 UTC https://padlet.com/nvriens/raji11aqylsq/wish/187517843 nvriens https://padlet.com/nvriens/raji11aqylsq/wish/187518667 House Un-American Activities Committee (HUAC) was formed in 1938 in order to investigate potential disloyalty in the United States. The program became much more popular after WW2, during the cold war.]]> 2017-09-14 12:26:15 UTC https://padlet.com/nvriens/raji11aqylsq/wish/187518667 nvriens https://padlet.com/nvriens/raji11aqylsq/wish/187519229 Most of their investigations were focused around the Hollywood movie industry and the federal government, more specifically, communists and left sympathizers]]> 2017-09-14 12:27:27 UTC https://padlet.com/nvriens/raji11aqylsq/wish/187519229 Causes of the Red Scare nvriens https://padlet.com/nvriens/raji11aqylsq/wish/187520067 - World War I, which led many to embrace strong nationalistic and anti-immigrant sympathies
- The Bolshevik Revolution in Russia, which led many to fear that immigrants
- The end of World War I, which caused production needs to decline and unemployment to rise. 
- Self-proclaimed anarchists' mailing bombs to prominent Americans
]]> 2017-09-14 12:29:30 UTC https://padlet.com/nvriens/raji11aqylsq/wish/187520067 nvriens https://padlet.com/nvriens/raji11aqylsq/wish/187521573 Suspected communists and left sympathizers were blacklisted by several industries]]> 2017-09-14 12:33:11 UTC https://padlet.com/nvriens/raji11aqylsq/wish/187521573 nvriens https://padlet.com/nvriens/raji11aqylsq/wish/187522404 J. Edgar Hoover aided many of these investigations and his agency began extensive measures on suspected communists (wire taps, surveillance, invasion of leftist groups, etc.)]]> 2017-09-14 12:35:03 UTC https://padlet.com/nvriens/raji11aqylsq/wish/187522404 Reactions nvriens https://padlet.com/nvriens/raji11aqylsq/wish/187524211 Public hysteria grew due to international events such as The communist takeover in China by Mao Zedong, The Soviet Union’s successful development of the atomic bomb, and the start of the Korean War.]]> 2017-09-14 12:39:04 UTC https://padlet.com/nvriens/raji11aqylsq/wish/187524211 nvriens https://padlet.com/nvriens/raji11aqylsq/wish/187524364 2017-09-14 12:39:25 UTC https://padlet.com/nvriens/raji11aqylsq/wish/187524364 nvriens https://padlet.com/nvriens/raji11aqylsq/wish/187524663 2017-09-14 12:40:11 UTC https://padlet.com/nvriens/raji11aqylsq/wish/187524663 nvriens https://padlet.com/nvriens/raji11aqylsq/wish/187524934 2017-09-14 12:40:50 UTC https://padlet.com/nvriens/raji11aqylsq/wish/187524934 nvriens https://padlet.com/nvriens/raji11aqylsq/wish/187525107 2017-09-14 12:41:15 UTC https://padlet.com/nvriens/raji11aqylsq/wish/187525107 nvriens https://padlet.com/nvriens/raji11aqylsq/wish/187525362 2017-09-14 12:41:43 UTC https://padlet.com/nvriens/raji11aqylsq/wish/187525362 nvriens https://padlet.com/nvriens/raji11aqylsq/wish/187525519 2017-09-14 12:42:03 UTC https://padlet.com/nvriens/raji11aqylsq/wish/187525519