...The Crucible, Red Scare, and Palmer Raids are all connected under fear and lies. Throughout the events that occur, multiple lies are created which cause mass amounts of fear and chaos. This chaos weakens the place, causing its inhabitants to lose sight of the truth. As time passes, the severity increases leading to greater consequences. A mass of fear can all be created by one person. The Palmer Raids were a series of raids by the United States Department of Justice intended to capture, arrest and deport radical leftists. The raids took place under the command of A. Mitchell Palmer, Attorney General of the United States from 1919 to 1921, in November 1919 and January 1920. The Palmer Raids and these massive arrests occurred on the main basis...
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...the end of World War I. The League of Nation's task was to ensure that war never broke out again. Big Four- The Big Four were the leaders of the Versailles peace negotiations in 1919. They consisted of David Lloyd George of Great Britain, Georges Clemenceau of France, Vittorio Orlando of Italy, and Woodrow Wilson of the United States. Henry Cabot Lodge- Lodge served in both the U.S. House of Representatives and Senate, and served as the first Senate majority leader. Cabot is most remembered for his opposition to the League of Nations and, thusly, the Treaty of Versailles. Attorney General A. Mitchell Palmer- He was elected U.S. Congressman in 1908, 1910 and 1912. Palmer became custodian of alien property in 1917. In 1919, he was appointed attorney general and launched the infamous Palmer Raids. In 1921 he returned to his law practice Palmer Raids- The Palmer Raids were a number of attacks on Socialists and Communists in the...
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...wealth doubling in size, there were also horrible events that happened, too. Some of those events that occurred were the Red Scare, the Palmer Raids, and the Sacco and Vanzetti case each impacting society in a negative way. During this time, many Americans were scared after World War 1 thinking that new immigrants would come bringing Communism with them. The Red Scare is a time in American history where people were fearful of immigrants who accepted communist, socialist, and anarchist ideas, but they were especially fearful of communism. The reason for this is because they feared that their way of living would be destroyed and freedoms would be taken away. Also, because in Russia the communists had taken over and killed the royal family in the process, so Americans did not want that to happen to them either. Another contributing factor to the Red...
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...bombs to important members of the U.S. political and economic establishment including the Attorney General of the United States, business men such as John D. Rockefeller, and immigration officials. On the 29th, one of the bombs sent to U.S. Senator Thomas W. Hardwick, a sponsor of the Anarchist Exclusion Act, exploded injuring his wife. The rest of the bombs failed to work correctly and were found before reaching their targets. Soon later in June, eight larger bombs in eight different cities exploded simultaneously. All intended targets were in some way connected to the opposition or investigation of anarchists. One targeting U.S. Attorney General Palmer proved evidence that the bomber was an Italian-American radical from Pennsylvania. This provoked the U.S. Justice department to launch the Palmer Raids, which were a series of raids to capture and arrest suspected radical leftists and anarchists. All bombs were delivered with a note that declared: “We will destroy to rid the world of your tyrannical institutions.” The notes were traced back to a print shop owned by an anarchist, but never gained enough evidence for prosecution. A few months after the bombings, several racial riots occurred in more than three dozen cities. In most cases, whites attacked African Americans. Unlike earlier race riots in U.S. history, these riots were the first in which blacks resisted to the white attacks. The most violent occurrences of these were in Washington D.C. and Chicago and lasted four...
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...shot by a Polish anarchist, which sparked fear of anarchists in the United States. Two years after the assassination, Congress passed a law that would prevent any anarchists or those who promoted overthrowing the government from immigrating into the country. Later, Congress would expand their anti-anarchist policy in the Immigration Act of 1903. Immigration authorities would use this to their advantage during the Palmer raids, which were a series of raids conducted in order to deport anarchists, communists, and radical leftists during 1919 and 1920. These raids were justified after a series of anarchist related strikes, bombings, and riots occurred. However, the amount of arrests was greater than the amount of warrants given out for the arrests of the suspects. Many of those who were arrested were suspected for simply having a foreign accent and, according to Britannica, “more than 70 percent of the 1,600 deportation warrants” were reversed. Also, many American’s attitudes towards the Palmer raids changed when people started questioning the constitutionality of the raids and once people found out about the brutality involved. After the terrorist attacks on 9/11, the United States made more effort to improve national security. This effort, once again, was made through immigration policies. However, not all of these efforts are targeted towards radical Islamic extremist groups and not all of these efforts are directly stated immigration policies. Some people, such as Elyse Golob...
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...1919 was a year of social and political revolution with worldwide effects. Communist governments came into power in Bavaria and Hungary (Foner 757), in America there were strikes for laborers, the Red Scare and the Treaty of Versailles. Throughout the world countries were dealing with the flu which ultimately killed between 20 and 40 million people, there were uprisings in India and Spain. In the United States there were race riots and labor strikes across the country. One of those strikes being the Great Steel Strike. It was centered in Chicago and involved more than 365,000 workers. These included immigrant workers who demanded to be recognized in unions, higher wages and an 8-hour work day. The owners of the steel mills also fought back...
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...During the reconstruction era and American Civil War, civil liberties went through an overhaul for both whites and African Americans; both with the removal and addition of liberties and rights. For example the infamous Palmer Raids; as WWI ended tensions ran high from labor unrest, mail bombs were being sent and in fear a possible communist and socialist takeover the American Civil Liberties Union (ACLU) was adopted. The palmer raids were just one of many events related to wars that has an effect on civil liberties. Another example were the alien and sedition acts. In 1798 as the U.S was on the verge of the Quasi-War with France, congress felt that citizen scrutiny of war efforts as well as immigrants seeming to favor the French, the Alien and Sedition Acts were passed which raised residency requirement from 5-14 years, and made it illegal to publish, print, or even speak out publicly against the government and its efforts. Not only was free speech limited, but mail was regulated as well. The Postmaster General was given the authority to return mail if the belief...
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...With Occupy Wall Street gaining headway and the country seeing greater inequality than ever, anarchists and socialists protested in the streets of Lower Manhattan’s “Corner” in a rage at the banking systems. Before the turn of the century, the feelings projected toward the financial barons of New York were all but tranquil. Because the majority of the wealth among a few happened at the expense of laborers and echoed with Americans, its result lead to terrorism (King 2011). On September 16, 1920, an explosion tore through the streets of Lower Manhattan’s “Corner”. The Wall Street Bombing of 1920 was the deadliest terror attack on American soil until the Oklahoma bombing 75 years later. The blast killed 38 people and injured hundreds of others (Andrews, 2015). Although the case remains unsolved to this day, there were many suspects. Investigators believe their strongest lead was the Italian anarchists of the time. On Thursday September 16, 1920, an unknown driver pulled a horse drawn wagon filled with one hundred pounds of dynamite and sash weights up to the corner of Wall and Broad Streets in Lower Manhattan, an area often called “The Corner”. “The Corner” was described by author John Brooks as “the precise center, geographical as well as metaphorical, of financial America and even of the financial world.” The building on “The Corner”, housed the most powerful financial institution in the world, J.P. Morgan Co., as well as professionals like J.P. Morgan Jr. and Thomas Lamont...
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...Read each section and define the terms and answer the questions in your notebook. Section 1: From Neutrality to War Nationalism-Pride is ones nation. Francis Ferdinand- heir to the throne of Austria-Hungary Casualties- soldiers killed, wounded, and missing. Militarism- glorification of the military stalemate- when no side is winning or losing. U-boats- submarines Arms race- a competition between nations for superiority in the development and accumulation of weapons Western Front- in France, critical battle front. Lusitania- British U-boat off the coast of Ireland. Alliances- when countries join together to battle. trench warfare- a type of combat in which opposing troops fight from trenches facing each other 1. Explain and analyze the causes of World War I - Nationalism, assassination of Archduke Ferdinand. 2. Why did both sides embrace trench warfare as a strategy to win the war? - they provided protection and a place to hold weapons. 3. Why did President Wilson fear that the war would set Americans against one another? -People critized German Americans and he thought people would go after them. 4. Why did the US enter the war on the side of the Allies? - We had made treaties with them that if one of them went to war we would join to help. Section 2: The Home Front Selective Service Act- act that drafted men into war. Conscientious objectors- people whose morals or religious beliefs forbid them to fight in wars. Espionage Act - allowing postal...
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...Chapter 22 World War I 1. Create a timeline of the events leading to the outbreak of war in Europe starting with the assassination of Archduke Franz Ferdinand June 28, 1914. 2. What was Wilson's first response to the outbreak of war in Europe? 3 Why was it difficult for the U.S. to remain a neutral trading nation? 4. What was the Lusitania crises and what was the U.S. response? 5.Describe the next 2 sinkings and the U.S. response. 6. Describe the Sussex Pledge. 7. Eventhough we were neutral, how was the U.S. really favoring the Allies? 8. Which ethnic groups in the U.S. favored the Central Powers and WHY? 9. How did the British make sure that America had a negative view of the Germans? 10. Discuss the U.S. lack of preparedness. Which groups and persons thought we should prepare just in case we were drawn into war? 11. What was President Wilson's stance on preparedness? 12. What groups and areas of the country were vehemently against preparedness and why? 13. Describe the election of 1916 and tell why Wilson won. 14. What were Wilson's last peace efforts to keep us out of war? 15. What are 3 major reasons why, eventhough he wanted peace, Wilson had to ask Congress for a declaration of war in April, 1817? 16. What was Wilson's slogan in his war declaration request? 17. Describe the War Industries Board and its leader Bernard Baruch. 18. What was Herbert Hoover's role in preparing for war? 19. What actions did the Fuel Administration...
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...were communists or not and held 5000 people in prison at one point. Another person who used the Red Scare was Alexander Mitchell Palmer. He used the foundation of the FBI to imprison and deport many people. One person was even arrested just for looking like a radical communist. He held many raids and arrested many people. It seemed that the Red Scare put the U.S. into a state of madness with so many people spreading propaganda for their own...
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...for the discrimination to stop. There was different organizations that helped African Americans such as NAACP, and ACLU. These organizations helped African Americans, and immigrants protect their civil rights and helped them be treated equally by everyone. Many immigrants were coming into the U.S. during the 1920’s and many of their rights were violated by discrimination from Americans. Since population of America was growing and immigrants kept coming, the Immigration Act of 1924 was passed. Since WWI had recently occurred many Americans believed that immigrants coming from Europe were spies, radicals, or communists. This became known as the Red Scare, Americans were afraid of immigrants, which caused them to be discriminated. Palmer Raids were a cause of this belief that communists were trying to attack the government. Many immigrants who were communists did not violate any laws, however, they were still deported without trial and without any evidence, and that violated their civil rights. Immigrants, communists, and radicals who opposed the government were wrongly accused which violated many of their civil rights. As the nation was advancing in different forms, it led to discrimination and violation of civil rights on citizens, immigrants, and African Americans. Laws created increased organized crime, WWI increased discrimination, as well as the migration of many people into the U.S.. Organizations that were formed and laws that were created did not help completely...
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...The Transatlantic Slave Trade The Atlantic slave trade or transatlantic slave trade took place across the Atlantic Ocean from the 16th through to the 19th centuries. The vast majority of slaves transported to the New World were Africans from the central and western parts of the continent, sold by Africans to European slave traders who then transported them to North and South America. The numbers were so great that Africans who came by way of the slave trade became the most numerous Old World immigrants in both North and South America before the late eighteenth century. The South Atlantic economic system centered on making goods and clothing to sell in Europe and increasing the numbers of African slaves brought to the New World. This was crucial to those European countries which, in the late seventeenth and eighteenth centuries, were vying with each other to create overseas empires. The evolution of slavery is crucial to understanding the importance of currently standing issues. Slavery began in 1440 when Portugal started to trade slaves with West Africa. The first Africans imported to the English colonies were also called “indentured servants” or “apprentices for life”. By the middle of the sixteenth century, they and their offspring were legally the property of their owners. As property, they were merchandise or units of labor, and were sold at markets with other goods and services. By the 17th century, Western Europeans developed an organized system of trading slaves...
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...arrests exceeded 40,000 people for the War Department. An ironical example of these victims who were arrested just for opposing the war or expressing their opinions was the American writer Robert Goldstein who produced a film entitled “the Spirit of 76” describing the atrocity of the British soldiers. Goldstein was arrested for violating the Espionage Act and his film was seized. Although the real purpose of these two legislations was to protect the nation from spies, it seems that their practical and essential aim was to kill dissent. Even after the war had ended, the fear of “Bolshevism “ or communism was deeply manipulated to crash the trade union movement, as Palmer raids continued “to tear out the radical seeds that have entangled American ideas in their poisonous theories”. This is how the Attorney general Mitchell Palmer justified his aggressive arrests of radicals. The 1919 strikes which involved steel workers or coal miners were depicted by some newspapers like the Wall Street Journal as “Bolshevik” or a sort of “terror”. Among the instances which showed the US government attempts to suppress dissent by prosecuting and surveilling subversives, was the loyalty program designated by President Wilson and which aimed at removing any federal employee who considered disloyal or harmful to the public welfare because of their “conduct, sympathies or utterances, or because of other reasons growing out of the war” In short, it is evident how the wartime context and the “war on Bolshevism...
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...A Comprehensive and Secure Solution ITS310 – Introduction to Computer Based Systems Colorado State University – Global Campus January 28, 2015 Table of Contents Desktops and Server 3 Peripherals 4 Networking 4 Security 5 A Comprehensive and Secure Solution Even small businesses can benefit from a solid network. Due to the unique nature of the site and the number of offices a Microsoft based small business network suits the location perfectly well. For this business I recommend purchasing 20 HP Desktops with standard peripherals, a wireless N based network infrastructure, and a Microsoft Windows 2010 small business server for user authentication, file sharing, and security. Desktops and Server The HP 6305 Small Form Factor desktop is an excellent option for this deployment. IT comes standard with a dual core AMD A4-5300 processor which has a 3.4 GHz core speed and a 1MB cache, built in Radeon HD 7480 Graphics, 8GB of DDR3-1600 RAM and a 1TB HDD. Windows 7 64-bit comes pre-installed; a 64-bit operating system is required to take full advantage of the 8 GB of RAM. Also installed is an Intel 7260NB 802.11a/b/g/n wireless network card to support a wireless network which will be discussed later. These machines will provide plenty of local storage and sufficient processing power to handle all standard business applications with sufficient RAM to handle most multitasking scenarios. For a centralized server an HP ProLiant ML310e Gen 8 will provide 2TB...
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