First Red Scare

Target entity: First Red Scare
Context triple: [Emergency Quota Act of 1921, historicalContext, First Red Scare]

• A. McCarthyism
  McCarthyism was a period of intense anti-communist suspicion and political repression in the United States during the early Cold War, marked by aggressive investigations, blacklisting, and accusations often made without proper evidence.
• B. April Crisis of 1917
  The April Crisis of 1917 was a major political upheaval in revolutionary Russia, sparked by public outrage over the Provisional Government’s commitment to continue fighting in World War I, which led to mass demonstrations and a serious challenge to its authority.
• C. White Guard movement
  The White Guard movement was a loose coalition of anti-Bolshevik, counterrevolutionary forces that fought against the Red Army during the Russian Civil War following the 1917 Revolution.
• D. Conscription Crisis of 1917
  The Conscription Crisis of 1917 was a major political and social conflict in Canada during World War I over compulsory military service, which sharply divided English- and French-speaking Canadians and reshaped the country’s politics.
• E. Dreyfus affair
  The Dreyfus affair was a late 19th-century French political scandal involving the wrongful conviction of Jewish army officer Alfred Dreyfus, which exposed deep-rooted antisemitism and sharply polarized French society.
• F. None of above. chosen
• G. Unsure - the case is ambiguous/there is not enough information to decide.

Target entity: First Red Scare
Target entity description: The First Red Scare was a period of intense fear of radicalism and communism in the United States after World War I, marked by government crackdowns, widespread suspicion of immigrants, and restrictions on civil liberties.

• A. McCarthyism
  McCarthyism was a period of intense anti-communist suspicion and political repression in the United States during the early Cold War, marked by aggressive investigations, blacklisting, and accusations often made without proper evidence.
• B. April Crisis of 1917
  The April Crisis of 1917 was a major political upheaval in revolutionary Russia, sparked by public outrage over the Provisional Government’s commitment to continue fighting in World War I, which led to mass demonstrations and a serious challenge to its authority.
• C. White Guard movement
  The White Guard movement was a loose coalition of anti-Bolshevik, counterrevolutionary forces that fought against the Red Army during the Russian Civil War following the 1917 Revolution.
• D. Conscription Crisis of 1917
  The Conscription Crisis of 1917 was a major political and social conflict in Canada during World War I over compulsory military service, which sharply divided English- and French-speaking Canadians and reshaped the country’s politics.
• E. Dreyfus affair
  The Dreyfus affair was a late 19th-century French political scandal involving the wrongful conviction of Jewish army officer Alfred Dreyfus, which exposed deep-rooted antisemitism and sharply polarized French society.
• F. None of above. chosen