Americans Struggle with Postwar Issues

1. How did the Justice Department under A. Mitchell Palmer respond to this fear?
Palmer was a strong leader in the american movement against communism. He wrote an book called "The Case against the Reds" the title makes its subject quite clear. He saw communism as a threat to every aspect of the american life. He is best known for leading the "Palmer Raids" which were named after himself. These "raids" were his attempts to subdue any kind of support for communist. And he was rather successful. His attacks were rarely legal and nearly always against foreigners, who possessed less rights and less influence. When some one was suspected of supporting communism Palmer would arrest him (with out a warrant) and send him out of the country. Palmer and his men destroyed many of the communist and socialist headquarters.

2. Why did Palmer eventually lose his standing with the American public?
Eventually Americans saw that Palmer wasn't really helping the situation he wasn't finding anything that would support evidence of a revolutionary conspiracy.

3. How did the Ku Klux Klan respond to this fear?
The KKK was not at all welcoming to foreigners. They were extremely prejudice against them and would even destroy saloons and they avidly opposed workers' unions.

4. Why did the Klan eventually lose popularity and membership?
The KKK was an extremely radical group that often engaged in illegal activities that were destructive and extremely discriminatory. This caused the KKK to lose a lot of members and supporters.

5. Briefly describe how Sacco and Vanzetti became victims of the Red Scare.
Sacco and Vanzetti were both Italian and there was a crime of robbery and murder one of the witnesses thought that the criminals looked Italian and the judge was prejudice so he accused Sacco and Vanzetti. This pertains to the Red Scare because during this time in history they was a huge fear of foreigners because of their potential influence of communism on the american people.