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Palmer was just looking for a campaign issue to gain support for his presidential aspirations.

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Who was the US attorney general who led investigations on suspected communists from 1919 to 1921?

A. Mitchell Palmer was the United States Attorney General who led raids on suspected communists. He was Attorney General from 1919 to 1921.


Why did attorney general a. Mitchell Palmer launch a series of raids against suspected communists?

Palmer was just looking for a campaign issue to gain support for his presidential aspirations.


US attorney general who launched a series of raids to round up suspected radicals and communists after World War 1?

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.


These were assaults ordered by Attorney General Mitchell Palmer on suspected radicals after World War 1?

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What was it called when the Attorney General ordered federal agents to carry out raids on homes and businesses of suspected Communists?

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Who was 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.


Why is A Mitchell Palmer important?

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


Attorney General A Mitchell Palmer belived that he needed to protect the American people from what?

He believed he needed to protect Americans from radicalists and communists. They were a threat to American during World War 1.


Wife of Nixon's attorney general who had much to say during the Watergate era?

You are thinking of Martha Mitchell, second wife of Attorney General John Mitchell,


Attorney general under Nixon?

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Who was attorney general under President Wilson?

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Who led the first Red Scare?

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.