Attorney General A. Mitchell Palmer
A. Mitchell Palmer was a lawyer and legislator and, from 1919-1921, he was Attorney General of the United States. He is best known for his highly publicized campaigns against suspected radicals, which started the Red Scare of 1919-1920.
Because he was the attorney general of the first Red scare which was a period(in the 1920's) where the government went after communists and others with radical views
Mitchel Palmer, who started the Palmer Raids.
Following the Bolshevik revolution in Russia and the establishment of the Soviet Union, the Communists made efforts to promote revolutions in Europe and the US. In 1919, President Wilson appointed A. Mitchell Palmer as his attorney-general. His attempts to root out the communists, anarchists, and other radicals became known as The Red Scare.
A. Mitchell Palmer
The Red Scare
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Attorney General A. Mitchell Palmer
Mitchell Palmer
A. Mitchell Palmer was a lawyer and legislator and, from 1919-1921, he was Attorney General of the United States. He is best known for his highly publicized campaigns against suspected radicals, which started the Red Scare of 1919-1920.
A. Mitchell Palmer served as the Attorney General of the United States in 1919. He was known for his involvement in the Palmer Raids, which targeted suspected radicals and anarchists during the Red Scare.
Because he was the attorney general of the first Red scare which was a period(in the 1920's) where the government went after communists and others with radical views
the Red Scare.
Mitchel Palmer, who started the Palmer Raids.
In American history, the First Red Scare took place in the period 1917-1920, and was marked by a widespread fear of anarchism, as well as the effects of radical political agitation in American society. Fueled by anarchist bombings and spurred on by Attorney General A. Mitchell Palmer.
attorney general A. Mitchell Palmer, went on a witch hunt after the communists and anarchists. Mitchell Palmer took advantage of America's fear of communism and helped to orchistrate a "red scare" nearly 5,000 people were held in jail. Most weren't quilty of anything.