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?
By invading people's homes who were suspected to be Communists, anarchists, or socialists and jailed them without trials.
2. Why did Palmer eventually lose his standing with the American public?
Palmer eventually lost his standing because his raids did not reveal any communism revolutions or bomb threats and some thought that he was just trying to get support for his campaign.

3. How did the Ku Klux Klan respond to this fear?
They responded to this fear by trying to get rid of the Roman Catholics, the Jews, African Americans, and other foreigners by using violence.
4. Why did the Klan eventually lose popularity and membership?
They eventually lost popularity and membership because of their criminal activity and violence.
5. Briefly describe how Sacco and Vanzetti became victims of the Red Scare.
They were victims of the Red Scare because they were Italians and they were accused of killing a man, although they had solid alibis and there was only little evidence implicating them, the judge was highly prejudice and convicted them.

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?
Because "there is no right to strike against the public safety by anybody, anywhere, any time.".
7. Why did Massachusetts governor Calvin Coolidge become so popular?
Calvin Coolidge became so popular because he saved Boston from being unsafe from the polic strike.

8. Why was the strike at U.S. Steel unpopular?
Because the strikers were linked to communists and beaten by police. Their strike did not work.

9. How did President Wilson respond to the steel strike?
He responded to the steel strike by writing a plea to combative negotiators.