Palmer Raids
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The Palmer Raids were a series of controversial mass arrests and deportations of suspected radicals and anarchists in the United States during 1919–1920, carried out amid the First Red Scare.
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| Label | Occurrences |
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| Palmer Raids canonical | 2 |
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Target entity: Palmer Raids Context triple: [A. Mitchell Palmer, knownFor, Palmer Raids]
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In re Debs Supreme Court case
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Anthony Burns case
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- G. Unsure - the case is ambiguous/there is not enough information to decide.
Target entity: Palmer Raids Target entity description: The Palmer Raids were a series of controversial mass arrests and deportations of suspected radicals and anarchists in the United States during 1919–1920, carried out amid the First Red Scare.
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A.
Occupation of Alcatraz
The Occupation of Alcatraz was a 19-month Native American protest (1969–1971) in which activists seized Alcatraz Island to demand recognition of Indigenous rights and treaty obligations, becoming a catalyst for the modern Native American civil rights movement.
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B.
Draft Riots
The Draft Riots were violent civil disturbances in New York City in 1863, sparked by anger over the Union Army draft during the American Civil War and marked by deadly racial and class-based attacks.
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C.
Wickersham Commission
The Wickersham Commission was a presidentially appointed body in the early 1930s that investigated U.S. law enforcement and criminal justice, including the effects of Prohibition, and issued influential reports highlighting widespread corruption and abuses.
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D.
In re Debs Supreme Court case
In re Debs was an 1895 U.S. Supreme Court case that upheld the federal government’s authority to use injunctions and troops to end the Pullman Strike, significantly expanding federal power over labor disputes and interstate commerce.
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E.
Anthony Burns case
The Anthony Burns case was a highly publicized 1854 fugitive slave rendition in Boston that galvanized Northern abolitionist sentiment and intensified national tensions over slavery.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (52)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
political repression campaign
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series of law enforcement actions ⓘ |
| appliesToJurisdiction |
United States government
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surface form:
federal government of the United States
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| characterizedBy |
civil liberties violations
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denial of legal counsel ⓘ mass arrests without warrants ⓘ summary deportations ⓘ |
| coordinatedBy | A. Mitchell Palmer NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| country |
United States of America
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surface form:
United States
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| criticizedBy |
federal judges
ⓘ
members of Congress ⓘ |
| describedAs |
controversial
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unconstitutional by many contemporaries ⓘ |
| endTime | 1920 ⓘ |
| followedBy | decline of the First Red Scare ⓘ |
| genre | anti-radical campaign ⓘ |
| hasCause |
1917 Russian Revolution
NERFINISHED
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First Red Scare NERFINISHED ⓘ bombing campaigns by anarchists ⓘ fear of Bolshevism ⓘ |
| hasEffect |
public backlash against political repression
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rise of J. Edgar Hoover’s career ⓘ strengthening of civil liberties advocacy ⓘ |
| historicalPeriod | post–World War I era ⓘ |
| legalBasis |
immigration laws
ⓘ
wartime and postwar sedition laws ⓘ |
| location |
Boston
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Chicago NERFINISHED ⓘ Detroit NERFINISHED ⓘ New York City ⓘ Patterson, New Jersey NERFINISHED ⓘ Philadelphia ⓘ various U.S. cities ⓘ |
| mainSubject | First Red Scare NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| namedAfter | A. Mitchell Palmer NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| notableEvent |
arrest of members of the Union of Russian Workers
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deportation of radicals on the so-called Soviet Ark ⓘ |
| numberOfArrestees | thousands of people ⓘ |
| numberOfDeportees | hundreds of people ⓘ |
| operationalLeader | J. Edgar Hoover NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| opposedBy |
American Civil Liberties Union
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
civil libertarians ⓘ |
| organizer |
Bureau of Investigation
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
United States Department of Justice NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| partOf | First Red Scare in the United States NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| startTime | 1919 ⓘ |
| targetedGroup |
anarchists
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communists ⓘ immigrants ⓘ labor activists ⓘ suspected radicals ⓘ |
| transportUsed | USAT Buford NERFINISHED ⓘ |
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Subject: Palmer Raids Description of subject: The Palmer Raids were a series of controversial mass arrests and deportations of suspected radicals and anarchists in the United States during 1919–1920, carried out amid the First Red Scare.
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