First Red Scare

E200211

The First Red Scare was a period of intense fear of radicalism and communism in the United States after World War I, marked by government crackdowns, widespread suspicion of immigrants, and restrictions on civil liberties.

All labels observed (6)

How this entity was disambiguated

Statements (56)

Predicate Object
instanceOf anti-communist campaign ⓘ
historical period ⓘ
political event ⓘ
characterizedBy anti-immigrant sentiment ⓘ
deportations of immigrants ⓘ
fear of communism ⓘ
fear of radicalism ⓘ
government crackdowns on radicals ⓘ
mass arrests ⓘ
nativism ⓘ
restrictions on civil liberties ⓘ
suppression of labor movements ⓘ
surveillance of political dissidents ⓘ
country United States ⓘ
endTime 1920 ⓘ
1921 ⓘ
followedBy Second Red Scare ⓘ
linked to: McCarthyism
follows World War I ⓘ
hasCause Bolshevik Revolution ⓘ
linked to: Russian Revolution

Russian Revolution of 1917 ⓘ
linked to: Russian Revolution

bombings by anarchists ⓘ
fear of communism ⓘ
labor unrest in the United States ⓘ
postwar economic instability ⓘ
hasEffect chilling effect on free speech ⓘ
growth of the Federal Bureau of Investigation ⓘ
increased public suspicion of immigrants ⓘ
stigmatization of socialist and anarchist movements ⓘ
strengthening of internal security apparatus in the United States ⓘ
legalBasis Espionage Act of 1917 ⓘ
Sedition Act of 1918 ⓘ
immigration laws used to deport radicals ⓘ
location United States ⓘ
Washington, D.C. ⓘ
major industrial cities in the United States ⓘ
mainSubject anti-communism ⓘ
civil liberties in the United States ⓘ
immigration and nativism in the United States ⓘ
radicalism ⓘ
opposedBy American Civil Liberties Union ⓘ
civil libertarians in the United States ⓘ
partOf history of anti-communism in the United States ⓘ
history of the United States ⓘ
significantEvent 1919 anarchist bombings ⓘ
Boston Police Strike ⓘ
May Day 1920 bomb scare ⓘ
Palmer Raids ⓘ
Seattle General Strike ⓘ
deportation of radicals on the "Soviet Ark" Buford ⓘ
significantFigure A. Mitchell Palmer ⓘ
Alexander Berkman ⓘ
Emma Goldman ⓘ
J. Edgar Hoover ⓘ
Woodrow Wilson ⓘ
startTime 1917 ⓘ
1919 ⓘ

How these facts were elicited

Referenced by (23)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Communist Party USA → historicalEra → Red Scare ⓘ
linked to: First Red Scare
A. Mitchell Palmer → knownFor → Red Scare of 1919–1920 ⓘ
linked to: First Red Scare
A. Mitchell Palmer → movement → First Red Scare ⓘ
Jean Muir → era → Red Scare in the United States ⓘ
linked to: First Red Scare
Return to Normalcy → historicalContext → Red Scare (1919–1920) ⓘ
linked to: First Red Scare
The Passion of Sacco and Vanzetti → historicalContext → Red Scare in the United States ⓘ
linked to: First Red Scare
Wilson administration → significantEvent → Red Scare ⓘ
linked to: First Red Scare
Alexander Mitchell Palmer → movement → First Red Scare ⓘ
Palmer Raids → mainSubject → First Red Scare ⓘ
Palmer Raids → hasCause → First Red Scare ⓘ
Palmer Raids → partOf → First Red Scare in the United States ⓘ
linked to: First Red Scare
1920 Democratic Party presidential primaries → issue → Red Scare ⓘ
linked to: First Red Scare
Seattle General Strike → partOf → First Red Scare ⓘ
Boston Police Strike → partOf → First Red Scare ⓘ
Boston Police Strike → politicalContext → First Red Scare in the United States ⓘ
linked to: First Red Scare
1919 anarchist bombings → contributedTo → First Red Scare ⓘ
Communist Labor Party of America → historicalPeriod → First Red Scare in the United States ⓘ
linked to: First Red Scare