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The Red Scare and Immigration

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Makayla, Sadie, and Morgan

Nicola Sacco and Bartolomeo Vanzetti

Sacco and Vanzetti were two Italian men who were found guilty of a robbery and murder and charged in 1920. Both men spoke english but to the judge on their case, they were considered "Reds". Judge Thayer was natorious for hating reds. 61 people claimed to had seen the men commit the murder and robbery, however 107 witnesses claimed to had seen them elsewhere while the murder was taking place. Regardless, both men were found guilty and were sentenced to the electric chair.

Comminists were refered to as "Reds"

Immigration in the 1920s

  • Also departed in large numbers
  • Distinctive from earlier migrants because most didn't want to stay
  • hoped to earn enough money during a temporary stay in America to be able to afford an increased standard of living upon returning to their homeland
  • Many people had jobs working in factories and sweatshops
  • Between 50% - 80% of the New Immigrants are believed to have eventually returned to their countries of origin
  • Exceptions were Jews(4%) and Irish (9%)
  • They tended to stay in America permanently because they faced religious persecution, political oppression, and economic privation back home
  • The 1920s unfolded at the tail end of the greatest wave of immigration in American history
  • 1880-1920, more than 25 million foreigners arrived on American shores, transforming the country
  • distinctive in:
  • size
  • demographics
  • its impact upon American culture and society

What Happened Because of the Red Scare

  • anit-communist raids were held in large cities across the nation
  • In November 1919 the Boston police siezed liteurature from a Communist headquarters in Cambridge
  • The responsibilities of the agents in the FBI increased during the time of the red scare.
  • the agents got more favorable attention from the public
  • There were also many high profile anti-crime campaigns
  • Palmer raids or mass arrests of accused radicals were frequent
  • Attorney A. Mitchell Palmer arrested atleast 6,000 accused communists or radicals

MacCarthyism

  • McCarthyism was another version of the red scare in the 1950s
  • Many people, especially in Hollywood lost their jobs and were blacklisted because they were accused of being communist

The Red Scares

The "New Immigrants"

The First Red Scare took place between 1919-1920 when Americans were blaming communists and other radicals for the break out of labor strikes and protest movements.

The Second Red Scare occured during the 1940's and 50's and the period is refered to as McCarthyism. Americans thought that communists were going to take over the government after the fall of Chinese communism and the Rosenberg Trial.

Both Red Scares lead to hysteria and paranoia in the country. Americans were prosecuted without any hard evidence and most were punished.

  • More than 80% of the arrivals

after 1890 were so-called "New Immigrants"

  • natives of Southern and Eastern Europe
  • They were culturally and ethnically perceived to be quite different from the Germans and British who had embodied the bulk of the immigration into the United States in earlier periods
  • The Italians, Poles, Jews, and Slavs were all ethnic groups that rarely arrived in large numbers

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