Red Scare

Cultural  

1. The rounding up and deportation of several hundred immigrants of radical political views by the federal government in 1919 and 1920. This “scare” was caused by fears of subversion by communists in the United States after the Russian Revolution.

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Red Scare

The Red Scare followed—the government arrested and deported radicals, breaking unions like the IWW and hobbling labor for a decade.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Nov. 30, 2025

To distance themselves from the Red Scare, the Reds temporarily changed their name.

From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 2, 2025

She had been outraged by the Palmer Raids and the Red Scare following World War I that resulted in mass deportations of radical immigrants.

From Slate ● Apr. 3, 2025

Also spreading throughout the United States at the same time was the Red Scare.

From Salon ● Nov. 5, 2024

Perhaps most revealing of all the hysteria propelling the Red Scare were laws passed by local and state governments throughout the nation that restricted parades and what they termed “radical activity.”

From "1919 The Year That Changed America" by Martin W. Sandler