First Red Scare

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anti-communist campaign historical period political event

The First Red Scare was a period of intense fear of radicalism and communism in the United States after World War I, marked by government crackdowns, widespread suspicion of immigrants, and restrictions on civil liberties.

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All labels observed (5)

Label	Occurrences
First Red Scare canonical	3
Red Scare in the United States	2
Red Scare	1
Red Scare (1919–1920)	1
Red Scare of 1919–1920	1

Statements (56)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	anti-communist campaign ⓘ historical period ⓘ political event ⓘ
characterizedBy	anti-immigrant sentiment ⓘ deportations of immigrants ⓘ fear of communism ⓘ fear of radicalism ⓘ government crackdowns on radicals ⓘ mass arrests ⓘ nativism ⓘ restrictions on civil liberties ⓘ suppression of labor movements ⓘ surveillance of political dissidents ⓘ
country	United States of America ⓘ surface form: United States
endTime	1920 ⓘ 1921 ⓘ
followedBy	McCarthyism ⓘ surface form: Second Red Scare
follows	World War I ⓘ
hasCause	Russian Revolution ⓘ surface form: Bolshevik Revolution Russian Revolution ⓘ surface form: Russian Revolution of 1917 bombings by anarchists ⓘ fear of communism ⓘ labor unrest in the United States ⓘ postwar economic instability ⓘ
hasEffect	chilling effect on free speech ⓘ growth of the Federal Bureau of Investigation ⓘ increased public suspicion of immigrants ⓘ stigmatization of socialist and anarchist movements ⓘ strengthening of internal security apparatus in the United States ⓘ
legalBasis	Espionage Act of 1917 ⓘ Sedition Act of 1918 ⓘ immigration laws used to deport radicals ⓘ
location	United States of America ⓘ surface form: United States Washington, D.C. ⓘ major industrial cities in the United States ⓘ
mainSubject	anti-communism ⓘ civil liberties in the United States ⓘ immigration and nativism in the United States ⓘ radicalism ⓘ
opposedBy	American Civil Liberties Union ⓘ civil libertarians in the United States ⓘ
partOf	history of anti-communism in the United States ⓘ history of the United States ⓘ
significantEvent	1919 anarchist bombings ⓘ Boston Police Strike ⓘ May Day 1920 bomb scare ⓘ Palmer Raids ⓘ Seattle General Strike ⓘ deportation of radicals on the "Soviet Ark" Buford ⓘ
significantFigure	A. Mitchell Palmer ⓘ Alexander Berkman ⓘ Emma Goldman ⓘ J. Edgar Hoover ⓘ Woodrow Wilson ⓘ
startTime	1917 ⓘ 1919 ⓘ

Referenced by (8)

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Emergency Quota Act of 1921 → historicalContext → First Red Scare ⓘ

Communist Party USA → historicalEra → First Red Scare ⓘ

this entity surface form: Red Scare

A. Mitchell Palmer → knownFor → First Red Scare ⓘ

this entity surface form: Red Scare of 1919–1920

A. Mitchell Palmer → movement → First Red Scare ⓘ

Jean Muir → era → First Red Scare ⓘ

this entity surface form: Red Scare in the United States

Return to Normalcy → historicalContext → First Red Scare ⓘ

this entity surface form: Red Scare (1919–1920)

1920 United States presidential election → context → First Red Scare ⓘ

The Passion of Sacco and Vanzetti → historicalContext → First Red Scare ⓘ

this entity surface form: Red Scare in the United States