Americans Struggle with Postwar Issues

After World War I, many Americans feared that Communists would take over the country.

1. How did the Justice Department under A. Mitchell Palmer respond to this fear?
Palmer responded to the fear by hunting down the communists, anarchists, and socialists in the U.S as well as invading peoples houses to find them. However, he was unsuccessful.
2. Why did Palmer eventually lose his standing with the American public?
Palmer eventually lost his standing with the American people because he didn't get any results and people began to think he was doing it for personal gain.
3. How did the Ku Klux Klan respond to this fear?
The Klan responded to this fear by harassing and killing people that wer unlike them as well as destroying anything they didn't like.
4. Why did the Klan eventually lose popularity and membership?
The Klan eventually lost popularity and membership because of its criminal activities.
5. Briefly describe how Sacco and Vanzetti became victims of the Red Scare.
Sacco and Vanzetti became victims of the Red Scare because a factory paymaster was robbed by two Italians and Sacco and Vanzetti were arrested for it. They provided evidence to their innocence but were sentenced to death by a prejudiced Judge and Jury.

Public opinion turned against labor unions as many Americans came to believe that unions encouraged communism.

6. Why was the strike by Boston police unpopular with the public?
The strike be Boston police was unpopular with the public because they felt that they were unprotected with out the police force seeing as they were on strike.
7. Why did Massachusetts governor Calvin Coolidge become so popular?
Coolidge became so popular because by ending the Boston police strike and stating that striking should never endanger the public people saw him as the protector of Boston. People also saw his actions as stopping the spread of Communism in Massachusetts and the U.S.
8. Why was the strike at U.S. Steel unpopular?
The strike at U.S Steel was unpopular because it was very violent and the strikers were portrayed as Communists.
9. How did President Wilson respond to the steel strike?
Wilson responded to the strike by requesting that the strikers and compony to refrain from violence during a time when America was trying to avoid war.