The Red Scare of 1919 occurred at a time when the American people felt threatened by the rising tide of Communism in Russia, widespread labor unrest, and the often bizarre forms of Anarchism and Anarcho-syndicalism that were supported by some recent immigrants from Southern and Eastern Europe. The most important government response was the beginning of the Palmer Raids. These were a series of mass arrests and deportations of immigrants who were suspected of being Communists or radicals. Between 4,000 and 10,000 individuals were arrested over the next two years. (J. Edgar Hoover, only 24 at the time, was placed in charge of the Raids).
America sent a crap ton of money to European nations to help them rebuild, in hopes of preventing them from becoming communist nations.
Effects of the Red Scare
-Winston Churchill's famous speech about a dark curtain descending over Europe.
-In America, people who supported communism were considered criminals. People would tell government officials that their neighbors were communists, and their neighbors would be arrested.
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