What Are The Effects Of The Red Scare

The Red Scare was a time shortly after the end of World War I when the Bolshevik Revolution in Russia occurred. The United States had a fear of communists, socialists, anarchists, and other radical groups following the series of bombings in 1919. Many innocent people were jailed for expressing their views, civil liberties were ignored, and many Americans feared that a communist government would take over. During World War I, patriotism was prevalent in the United States due to the propaganda being spread by George Creel, who was chairman of the United States Committee on Public Information. While American men were fighting the enemies abroad, many Americans fought them at home. Anyone who wasn't as patriotic as possible, for instance objectors to the war, draft dodgers, "slackers," German-Americans, immigrants, and Communists were suspect of trying to take hold of American Government. It was out of this patriotism that the Red Scare took hold.
Once the war was over, these people were left without jobs, and war industries were left without contracts. Economic difficulties and worker unrest increased. Because of this, the International Workers of the World (the I.W.W.), centered in the northwest portion of the country and led by Bill Haywood, and the Socialist party led by Eugene Debs grew and gained great power. Both groups were well know objectors to WWI, making them unpatriotic in the eyes of Americans, and therefore they were attacked. Any activity associated with them was suspicious, and those involved were immediately