A. Mitchell Palmer was the U.S. Attorney General under President Woodrow Wilson who launched a series of raids to arrest and deport radical leftists and anarchists. These were known as the Palmer Raids.
palmer raids
The Palmer Raids (1919-1920) involved mass arrests and deportation of suspected communists and radicals at the height of the post-World War I era red scare.
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.
communists spreading their ideology in the United States, particularly following the Russian Revolution of 1917. The fear was fueled by events like bombings and strikes that were associated with radical groups. The government responded with raids, arrests, and deportations of suspected radicals during this period.
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.
Red scare heightened suspicion of Communists and other radicals, and the fear of widespread infiltration of Communists in U.S. government.
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.
Red Scare
Palmer Raids.
During the First Red Scare the raids on suspected political radicals were known as Palmer Raids, named after US Attorney General Alexander Palmer, who ordered the US Justice Department to conduct the raids.
Palmer Raids.
The raids were known as the "Palmer Raids," named after the U.S. Attorney General at the time, A. Mitchell Palmer. The raids targeted individuals suspected of being involved in radical or anarchist activities, with many being arrested and deported without due process.