The Red Scare
Published on Nov 19, 2015
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WHAT IS A RED SCARE?
- THE INSTALLATION OF FEAR IN A NATION OF THE POSSIBLE RISE OF COMMUNISM.
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What happened?
- After Lenin cried out for a world revolution to communism a radical group formed in the U.S.
- That group sent bombs to U.S. officials and entrepreneurs.
- 36 bombs were sent to John D. Rockefeller, Supreme Court Justice Oliver Holmes, and U.S. Attorney General Alexander Palmer.
- Some of these bombing attempts were unsuccessful, one even killed the bomber.
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Who is involved?
- Vladimir Lenin- was a Russian communist revolutionary, politician, and political theorist.
- Many U.S. officials and entrepreneurs were targets for the Red Scare attacks.
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When did this happen?
- This first started with the Bolshevik Russian Revolution in 1917, ending in the early 1920s.
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where Did this happen?
- Many of the bombings happened at the houses of those attacked. Some in Washington.
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Why/how did this happen?
- During the Russian Revolutions,to communist rebels tried to overthrow capitalist Czars and Tzarists.
- They then replaced the Provisional Government with the Bolshevik Government
- Lenin then called out for world revolution, reaching America. Some people heard this cry, and listened to Lenin and started a radical group very similar to the one in Russia.
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