1. AFTER WORLD WAR I, MANY AMERICANS FEARED THAT COMMUNISTS WOULD TAKE OVER THE COUNTRY
HOW DID THE JUSTICE DEPARTMENT UNDER A. MITCHEL PALMER RESPOND TO THIS FEAR?
LAUNCED RAIDS AGAINST SUSPECTED COMMUNISTS, SOCIALISTS, AND ANARACHISTS
ARRESTED, JAILED AND DEPORTED SUSPECTED RADICALS

2. WHY DID PALMER EVENTUALLY LOSE HIS STANDING WITH THE AMERICAN PUBLIC?
AFTER WORLD WAR I, MANY AMERICANS FEARED THAT COMMUNISTS WOULD TAKE OVER THE COUNTRY
WHY DID PALMER EVENTUALLY LOSE HIS STANDING WITH THE AMERICAN PUBLIC?
LOOKED FOLISH WHEN HIS RAIDS FAILED TO TURN UP EVIDENCE OF A REVOLUTIONARY CONSPIRACY

3. HOW DID THE KU KLUX KLAN RESPOND TO THIS FEAR?
AFTER WORLD WAR I, MANY AMERICANS FEARED THAT COMMUNISTS WOULD TAKE OVER THE COUNTRY
HOW DID THE KU KLUX KLAN RESPOND TO THIS FEAR?
USED IT AS AN EXCUSE TO HARASS ANYONE UNLIKE THEMSELVES INCLUDING AFRICAN AMERICANS, IMMIGRANTS, CATHOLICS, JEWS, UNION MEMBERS, AND INTELLECTUALS

4. WHY DID THE KLAN EVENTUALLY LOSE POPULARITY AND MEMBERSHIP?
AFTER WORLD WAR I, MANY AMERICANS FEARED THAT COMMUNISTS WOULD TAKE OVER THE COUNTRY
WHY DID THE KLAN EVENTUALLY LOSE POPULARITY AND MEMBERSHIP?
THE KLAN MEMBERS’ RACIAL VIOLENCE AND CRIMINAL ACTIVITIES TURNED MANY AMERICANS AGAINST THEM

5. WHY WAS THE STRIKE BY BOSTON POLICE UNPOPULAR WITH THE PUBLIC?
PUBLIC OPINION TURNED AGAINST LABOR UNIONS AS MANY AMERICANS CAME TO BELIEVE THAT UNIONS ENCOURAGED COMMUNISM
WHY WAS THE STRIKE BY BOSTON POLICE UNPOPULAR WITH THE PUBLIC?
THREATENED PUBLIC SAFETY
APPEARED TO BE AN ACT OF COMMUNISM OR ANARCHISM

6. WHY DID MASSACHUSETTS GOVERNOR CALVIN COOLIDGE BECOME SO POPULAR?
PUBLIC OPINION TURNED AGAINST LABOR UNIONS AS MANY AMERICANS CAME TO BELIEVE THAT UNIONS ENCOURAGED COMMUNISM
WHY DID MASSACHUSETTS GOVERNOR CALVIN COOLIDGE BECOME SO POPULAR?
CALLED THE NATIONAL GUARD TO RESTORE ORDER, LEADING TO THE END OF THE STRIKE

7. WHY WAS THE STRIKE AT U.S. STEEL UNPOPULAR?
PUBLIC OPINION TURNED AGAINST LABOR UNIONS AS MANY AMERICANS CAME TO BELIEVE THAT UNIONS ENCOURAGED COMMUNISM
WHY WAS THE STRIKE AT U.S. STEEL UNPOPULAR?
PEOPLE BELIEVED THE STEEL COMPANIES’ PROPAGANDA LINKING STRIKERS AND THEIR LEADERS TO COMMUNISM
VIOLENCE HAD BROKEN OUT, WHICH ALAMRED A PUBLIC THAT WAS STILL IGNORANT OF THE SEVERE WORKING CONDITIONS IN THE MILLS

8. HOW DID PRESIDENT WILSON RESPOND TO THE STEEL STRIKE?
PUBLIC OPINION TURNED AGAINST LABOR UNIONS AS MANY AMERICANS CAME TO BELIEVE THAT UNIONS ENCOURAGED COMMUNISM
HOW DID PRESIDENT WILSON RESPOND TO THE STEEL STRIKE?
MADE A WRITTEN PLEA FOR PEACE BETWEEN THE STRIKERS AND STEEL COMPANIES

9. HOW WERE SACCO AND VANZETTI VICTIMS OF THE RED SCARE?
THEY WERE ITALIAN IMMIGRANTS
BOTH WERE ANARCHISTS
BOTH DODGED THE DRAFT DURING WORLD WAR I

10. HOW DID JOHN L. LEWIS IMPROVE THE LIVES OF COAL MINERS?
HE ENCOURAGED THE COAL MINERS TO GO ON STRIKE
WHEN PALMER GOT A COURT ORDER PUTTING A STOP TO THE STIKE, LEWIS TOLD THE MINERS TO CONTINUE STRIKING AND DEFY THE ORDER
STRIKERS GOT A 27% WAGE INCREASE