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.
Statements (52)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
political repression campaign
ⓘ
series of law enforcement actions ⓘ |
| appliesToJurisdiction |
United States government
ⓘ
surface form:
federal government of the United States
|
| characterizedBy |
civil liberties violations
ⓘ
denial of legal counsel ⓘ mass arrests without warrants ⓘ summary deportations ⓘ |
| coordinatedBy | A. Mitchell Palmer NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| country |
United States of America
ⓘ
surface form:
United States
|
| 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
ⓘ
First Red Scare NERFINISHED ⓘ bombing campaigns by anarchists ⓘ fear of Bolshevism ⓘ |
| hasEffect |
public backlash against political repression
ⓘ
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
ⓘ
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
ⓘ
communists ⓘ immigrants ⓘ labor activists ⓘ suspected radicals ⓘ |
| transportUsed | USAT Buford NERFINISHED ⓘ |
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