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How the May Day Mail Bombs of 1919 Changed American Politics


Palmer Raids - FBI

On June 2, 1919, a militant anarchist named Carlo Valdinoci blew up the front of newly appointed Attorney General A. Mitchell Palmer's home in Washington, DC.

How the May Day Mail Bombs of 1919 Changed American Politics

The fallout would ripple onwards, with further bombing campaigns through the summer and harsher responses from law enforcement.

Sacco & Vanzetti: The Red Scare of 1919–1920 - Mass.gov

During the Red Scare of 1919-1920, many in the United States feared recent immigrants and dissidents, particularly those who embraced communist, socialist, or ...

Wall Street Bombing 1920 - FBI

the cart exploded into a hail of metal fragments—immediately killing more than 30 people and injuring some 300 ...

Introduction - Palmer Raids: Topics in Chronicling America

From 1919 to 1920, fear of suspected anarchists and communists led to a nation-wide raid and deportations. This guide provides access to ...

Red Scare: Cold War, McCarthyism & Facts | HISTORY

The Red Scare was hysteria over the perceived threat posed by Communists in the US during the Cold War between the Soviet Union and the United States.

3 Fear and Liberty: The United States and the Communist Threat

As with anarchist terrorism in the early 1900s, the U.S. government employed exclusionary immigration legislation as a form of counterterrorism to detain ...

First Red Scare - Wikipedia

The first Red Scare was a period during the early 20th-century history of the United States marked by a widespread fear of far-left movements, ...

Mail Bombs in American History: What We Can Learn From 1919

In 1919, three dozen key figures were targets of a mail-bomb campaign. Here's what historian Beverly Gage says we can learn from that time.

Labor Wars in the U.S. | American Experience | Official Site - PBS

As the pace of industrialization quickened, and profits accumulated in the hands of a few, some workers began to organize and advocate for unionization.

Red Summer | National WWI Museum and Memorial

An outbreak of racial violence known as the “Red Summer” occurred in 1919, an event that affected at least 26 cities across the United States.

Examining Extremism: U.S. Militant Anarchists - CSIS

Although anarchy exists as a broader political ideology, this piece will only analyze militant anarchists who promote the use of violence to ...

Here Come the Bolsheviks! The Russian Revolution and the Red ...

Abstract. This chapter examines how the Bolshevik Revolution in Russia contributed to the rise of the Red Scare. On November 7, 1917, revolutionaries from.

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

' . . . About hysteria, after all, psychology and social psy- chology in particular have had considerable to say." John Higham places the postwar movement in ...

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.”

How the U.S. Postal Service Stops Mail Bombs - Bloomberg News

He had read a newspaper account about the bombing of the home of Senator Thomas R. Hardwick; a package mailed to the Georgia lawmaker had ...

What the 1920 Wall Street bombing tells us about modern ...

The 1920 bombing came at a highly sensitive time in American history. The early 20th century saw a massive influx of immigrants into the United States.

The “Red Scare” in Connecticut | a CTHumanities Project

The Palmer Raids, launched in Connecticut in 1919, were part of the "Red Scare" paranoia that resulted in numerous civil rights violations committed by law ...

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 ...

Eight Anarchists | American Experience | Official Site - PBS

On May 4th, 1886, a rally of anarchists and labor activists in Chicago's Haymarket Square turned deadly. An unknown assailant tossed a bomb into a throng of ...