Americans Struggle with Postwar Issues

1. How did the Justice Department under A. Mitchell Palmer respond to this fear?
The Justice Department under A. Mitchell Palmer responded to this fear by arresting any man who was a communist, socialist, or anarchist illegally by invading homes and offices. They also jailed these suspects of communism without allowing them any legal counsels.

2. Why did Palmer eventually lose his standing with the American public?
Soon people began to see that Palmer had no real hard evidence of these conspiracies. They also began to believe that he was just looking for a campaign issue to gain support for his presidential aspirations.

3. How did the Ku Klux Klan respond to this fear?
They responded to this fear by day by day getting more people to join, harassing any foreigner or socialist and anarchist, destroy saloons and driving Roman Catholics and Jews away.

4. Why did the Klan eventually lose popularity and membership?
Eventually they lose their popularity because of their harsh crimes many people disaproved of.

5. Briefly describe how Sacco and Vanzetti became victims of the Red Scare.
Sacco and Vanzeti were victims of the Red Scare because the Red Scare was all about the people sharing the fear that communism would take over the United States also there was much hatred and racism toward the immigrants. Sacco and Vanzetti were accused of murder without any hard evidence against them. They were put to death mainly because they were anarchists and Italian immigrants. They were put to trial but the judge and the rest of the jury were prejudice against them.

6. Why was the strike by Boston police unpopular with the public?
The Boston police were unpopular with the public because the people felt that immigrants took all the unskilled jobs.

7. Why did Massachusetts governor Calvin Coolidge become so popular?
Governor Calvin Coolidge became so popular because the people praised him for 'saving' Boston from communism. Governor Calvin Coolidge had said that the Boston Policemen were not allowed to unionize or strike at anytime.

8. Why was the strike at U.S. Steel unpopular?
The strike at the U.S. steel was unpopular because in the end the steelworkers still remained without a union.

9. How did President Wilson respond to the steel strike?
President Wilson responded to the steel strike by overall trying to keep the peace and stay out of the war and issues elsewhere. He wrote a plea
to the company negotiators. In this please he stated that America is trying to avoid the war at all costs, but this was hard to obtain when the negotiators are attacking people.