First Red Scare

Early 20th-century American historical event First Red ScarePart of the Revolutions of 1917–1923Step by Step by Sidney Greene (1919)DurationJanuary 21, 1919 – April 1, 1920LocationUnited StatesCauseRussian Revolution of 1917, 1919 United States anarchist bombings, and Green Corn RebellionParticipantsLee Slater OvermanJosiah O. WolcottKnute NelsonA. Mitchell PalmerJ. Edgar HooverOutcome Warren G. Harding became President in 1920 with a Republican landslide Long-term constraint of labor and left-wing movements in the United States InquiriesOverman Committee (1918–1919)Palmer Trials (1920)Arrestsc. 3,000 (1920)AccusedLuigi GalleaniEugene V. DebsEmma GoldmanConvictedc. 500 people expelled First Red Scare Red Summer (Jan 22 – Nov 13) 1918-1920 NYC rent strikes US Strike wave of 1919 Seattle General Strike (Feb 6–11) US anarchist bombings (Apr 29 – Jun 2) Cleveland May Day riots (May 1) Boston Police Strike (Sep 9) Steel strike (Sep 22 – Jan 8) Palmer Raids (Nov 7 – Jan 2) Coal strike (Nov 1 – Dec 10) Revolutions of1917–1923 1917 Russian Revolution Pistolerismo French Army mutinies Potato riots Conscription disturbance at the Brisbane School of Arts Australian general