First Red Scare

GPTKB entity

Statements (39)
Predicate Object
gptkbp:instanceOf historical event
gptkbp:associatedWith gptkb:Palmer_Raids
gptkbp:causedBy Bolshevik Revolution
gptkbp:completed 1920
gptkbp:governs gptkb:Sedition_Act_of_1918
Espionage Act of 1917
gptkbp:historicalImpact political repression
civil liberties violations
increased surveillance
anti-radical legislation
influence on future Red Scares
public distrust of leftist movements
formation_of_the_FBI
https://www.w3.org/2000/01/rdf-schema#label First Red Scare
gptkbp:influencedBy gptkb:World_War_I
gptkbp:ledTo Red Summer of 1919
gptkbp:notableFigures gptkb:Leon_Trotsky
gptkb:Emma_Goldman
gptkb:J._Edgar_Hoover
gptkb:Eugene_V._Debs
gptkb:Mary_Harris_Jones
gptkb:Samuel_Gompers
gptkb:A._Mitchell_Palmer
gptkb:Charles_E._Ruthenberg
gptkb:John_Reed
gptkb:William_Foster
gptkb:William_Z._Foster
gptkb:David_Dubinsky
gptkbp:occursIn 1917
gptkbp:publicAccess xenophobia
fear of communism
gptkbp:relatedTo anti-communism
gptkbp:significantEvent gptkb:Chicago_Race_Riot_of_1919
gptkb:Boston_Police_Strike
Steel Strike of 1919
Wall Street bombing of 1920
gptkbp:targets labor unions
immigrants
socialists