Americans Struggle with Postwar Issues

After World War I, many Americans feared that Communists would take over the country.

1. How did the Justice Department under A. Mitchell Palmer respond to this fear?
First Palmer assigned J. Edgar Hoover as his special assistant and they hunted down communists, socialists, and anarchists. They were forgetting about people's rights and invading their privacy, not allowing legal counsal for jailed suspects, and deporting foreign born with out a trail.

2. Why did Palmer eventually lose his standing with the American public?
Palmer eventually lost his standing with the American public becuase they decided that he didnt know what he was talking about. They decided this when the noticed Palmers raids failed to show evidence of revolutionary conspiracy.

3. How did the Ku Klux Klan respond to this fear?
The Ku Klux Klan responded to this fear by trying to get rid of foreign people, along with Roman catholics and Jews out of the country. The Ku Klux Klan did this by using violence.

4. Why did the Klan eventually lose popularity and membership?
The Klan eventually lost popularity and membership becuase of their criminal activity.

5. Briefly describe how Sacco and Vanzetti became victims of the Red Scare.
Sacco and Vanzetti became victims of the Red Scare because of their robbery and the murder of a factory paymaster and his gaurd. They were anarchists and italian immigrants. This made it hard it court becuase the judge was very predjudice in his remarks and they were found guilty.

Public opinion turned against labor unions as many Americans came to believe that unions encouraged communism.

6. Why was the strike by Boston police unpopular with the public?
The strike by Boston police was unpopular with the public becuase the public believed the strike workers were communists. Calvin Coolidge said , "There is no right to strike against the public saftey by anybody, anywhere, anytime."

7. Why did Massachusetts governor Calvin Coolidge become so popular?
Massachusetts govenor, Calvin Collidge, became so popular becuase he stepped in during the strike and called our National Gaurd. Many believed he saved Boston from communism and anarchy becuase the strikers were communists.

8. Why was the strike at U.S. Steel unpopular?
The strike at U.S. Steel was so unpopular becuase it resulted in 300,000 people leaving their jobs and Strikebreakers replaced them. The strike workers were beaten by police, federal troops, and militia.

9. How did President Wilson respond to the steel strike?
Predident Wilson responded to the steel strike by having both sides make a compromise so that their would not be a international war.