HIST 2112 Lecture Notes - Lecture 7: Clarence Darrow, Internal Revenue Service, Immigration Act Of 1924
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Now unemployed soldiers struggle to find work in a poor job market. Economy is in bad shape and americans are frustrated. Farmers were hit hard by the low commodity prices. This occurred due to the demand in europe decreasing: labor unrest. 6 million workers were involved in strikes. Wasps tried to prevent these see red scare. Dozens of bombings in america they were thought to be the work of communists, but turned out to be the: palmer raids. Big bankers would receive packages that had bombs in them. But they were actually italian anarchists: the red scare: see below: They felt unsafe in the u. s: bolshevik revolution. Czar nicholas ii is dethroned in russia. First communist government comes to power: attorney general a. mitchell palmer anarchists that americans should be afraid. These bombings were actually the work of italian. Responds to the bombings and says (cid:498)communists are everywhere(cid:499) offices, schools libraries - and.
