1919 anarchist bombings

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The 1919 anarchist bombings were a series of coordinated mail and hand-delivered bomb attacks in the United States carried out by radical anarchists, which heightened public fear of subversion and helped trigger the First Red Scare.

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instanceOf anarchist bombing campaign ⓘ
political violence incident ⓘ
series of terrorist attacks ⓘ
causeOf heightened public fear of radicalism in the United States ⓘ
increased concern about subversion ⓘ
contributedTo First Red Scare ⓘ
country United States ⓘ
endTime 1919-06 ⓘ
hasEffect Palmer Raids ⓘ
expansion of U.S. Department of Justice anti-radical activities ⓘ
increased surveillance of anarchists and radicals ⓘ
public support for anti-immigrant legislation ⓘ
hasPart April 1919 mail bomb campaign ⓘ
June 2, 1919 coordinated bombings ⓘ
historicalPeriod post–World War I era ⓘ
ideology anarchism ⓘ
anarchist communism ⓘ
anti-capitalism ⓘ
anti-government extremism ⓘ
languageOfManifestos English ⓘ
Italian ⓘ
location Boston, Massachusetts ⓘ
Chicago, Illinois ⓘ
linked to: Chicago

Cleveland, Ohio ⓘ
linked to: Cleveland

East Orange, New Jersey ⓘ
linked to: East Orange

New York City ⓘ
Newtonville, Massachusetts ⓘ
linked to: Newtonville

Paterson, New Jersey ⓘ
linked to: Paterson

Philadelphia, Pennsylvania ⓘ
linked to: Philadelphia

Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania ⓘ
Washington, D.C. ⓘ
method hand-delivered bombs ⓘ
mail bombs ⓘ
motive promotion of anarchist revolution ⓘ
retaliation against government repression of radicals ⓘ
notableVictim A. Mitchell Palmer ⓘ
J. P. Morgan Jr. ⓘ
John D. Rockefeller ⓘ
Mayor Ole Hanson ⓘ
Oliver Wendell Holmes Jr. ⓘ
Thomas W. Hardwick NERFINISHED ⓘ
numberOfAttacks at least 36 mail bombs ⓘ
at least 8 hand-delivered bombs ⓘ
partOf history of anarchism in the United States ⓘ
history of terrorism in the United States ⓘ
perpetrator Galleanists ⓘ
publicationAssociatedWithPerpetrators Cronaca Sovversiva ⓘ
startTime 1919-04 ⓘ
target U.S. government officials ⓘ
business leaders ⓘ
judges ⓘ
law enforcement officials ⓘ
politicians ⓘ
usedExplosive dynamite ⓘ
homemade bombs ⓘ

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First Red Scare → significantEvent → 1919 anarchist bombings ⓘ