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How the May Day Mail Bombs of 1919 Changed American Politics


A Study in Nativism: The American Red Scare of 1919-20 - jstor

1 Washington Post, May 7, 1919; Mark Sullivan, Our Times, The United. States 1900-1925 (New York, 1935), VI, 169; The Nation, CX (April 17, 1920),. 510-11. The ...

Red Scare - Wikipedia

A Red Scare is a form of moral panic provoked by fear of the rise, supposed or real, of leftist ideologies in a society, especially communism and socialism.

Red Scare - 1914-1918 Online

The Red Scare was a period of heightened fear of radicalism in the United States after World War I. Labor unrest, the growth of bolshevism internationally, and ...

Palmer Raids | Definition, Significance & Purpose - Study.com

The Palmer Raids were a series of raids on suspected communists and radicals believed to have intentions to overthrow the American government.

The Anarchist's Chronicle | National Endowment for the Humanities

A key Italian-language periodical in the history of anarchism, is now available on the NEH and the Library of Congress's online newspaper Web site Chronicling ...

The Anarchist Peril: Industrial Violence and the Propaganda of Fear ...

Between 1886 and 1908, in the crossover between the Gilded Age and. Progressive Era, people all across America felt the growing pains wrought by the second.

Comparing American perceptions of post-Civil War Ku Klux Klan ...

Recently, public debates have questioned whether or not the American government responds differently to terrorism by white, right-wing, Americans. This article ...

Mayday Bombings - Historically Speaking

Mayday Bombings Happy New Year! I thought I would start off this year by publishing a story I wrote last year. Right before I was going to ...

The First Red Scare of the 1920s | History, Causes & Significance

It followed World War I, and the Russian Revolution by the communists Bolsheviks. It's especially important in the context of the 20th century American ...

Historical Context: The Post-World War I Red Scare

The end of World War I was accompanied by a panic over political radicalism. Fear of bombs, Communism, and labor unrest produced a “Red Scare.”

The Bureau of Investigation and Its Critics, 1919-1921

In the hope that legislation can bar the resumption of political surveillance,. Congress is considering a comprehensive charter for the Federal Bureau of In ...

United States - Great Depression, WWII, New Deal | Britannica

United States - Great Depression, WWII, New Deal: After the end of World War I, many Americans were left with a feeling of distrust toward foreigners and ...

Bombs are part of American political history - The Conversation

Bombs have long been a tool for devotees of the range of fringe American political thought. From anarchists to racists, their methods have ...

"Reds" & "Americans," America in the 1920s, Primary Sources for ...

Eight political cartoons on the Red Scare reflect the perspective of mainstream America from 1919 to the mid-1920s. Who were the "Reds"? How did they threaten ...

MAY DAY RIOTS | Encyclopedia of Cleveland History

However, it was Cleveland that experienced the worst and most violent unrest. The events of May Day 1919 came only months after the Seattle General Strike of ...

5 Lessons to be Learned from America's Forgotten Terrorists

One of the most creative and destructive terrorist groups in the United States was the Galleanists, a fiery band of Italian anarchists active during the early ...

Red Scare! The Palmer Raids and Civil Liberties - CDN

Though largely forgotten, the “Red Scare” that followed the First World War had a profound effect on the his- tory of labor organizing, radical politics, and ...

When Dynamite Turned Terrorism Into an Everyday Threat

In early 20th-century America, political bombings became a constant menace — but then helped give rise to law enforcement as we know it.

America's long and frightening history of attacks by mail | CNN

From the 2001 anthrax attacks to the Unabomber case, using the mail to deliver threats or deadly weapons has a long and frightening history ...

What You Need to Know About The Troubles | Imperial War Museums

In 1919, the Irish Republican Army (IRA) launched a guerrilla campaign against the British Army and loyalist forces. After more than two years of conflict, in ...