Americans Struggle with Postwar Issues

1. How did the Justice Department under A. Mitchell Palmer respond to this fear?
THe justice Department under A.Mitchell Palmer responded to this fear by starting the Palmer raids which went against the publics rights by invading homes, jailing vics ect. They also

2. Why did Palmer eventually lose his standing with the American public?
After a while the public thought that Plamer was using the "Red Scare" as a campaign bumper upper, to gain the publics support, but the public thought that he had no clue what he was doing.

3. How did the Ku Klux Klan respond to this fear?
The KKK was paid to hier new recruits then they were against anyone who was not from America, they also made sure to "keep blacks in their place."

4. Why did the Klan eventually lose popularity and membership?
Their criminal activity led to a decrease in power even though they had high power in the states politics.

5. Briefly describe how Sacco and Vanzetti became victims of the Red Scare.
In America they were charged with robbery and murder, yet the accued pleaded innocent and had alibiles, the judge still found them guility and they were killed.

6. Why was the strike by Boston police unpopular with the public?
The strike was unpopular with the public because it put the pubic in danger which is something that the police wer paid to do.

7. Why did Massachusetts governor Calvin Coolidge become so popular?
Calvin Coolidge became really popular because he stopped the police strike and he then fired all the strikers and hired new ones

8. Why was the strike at U.S. Steel unpopular?
The strike at the U.S Steel was unpopular becasue the strikers only wanted to changed their hours and their pay. when they were striking other people were hired into thier jobs, and the strikers were beaten by police, then their bosses labeled all the strikers as communists.

9. How did President Wilson respond to the steel strike?
Wilson responded to the steel strike by ending the dispute, having the bosses and the workers sit down and talk out what they wanted.