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The Palmer Raids and the Election of 1920

The Palmer Raids and the Election of 1920. Ashley Bucher, Breanna Cavanaugh, Samuel Layding, Nikki Wei. So, what were the Palmer Raids?. Attorney General A. Mitchell Palmer was rounding up suspected communists About 6000 people in all were taken

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The Palmer Raids and the Election of 1920

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  1. The Palmer Raidsand the Election of 1920 Ashley Bucher, Breanna Cavanaugh, Samuel Layding, Nikki Wei

  2. So, what were the Palmer Raids? • Attorney General A. Mitchell Palmer was rounding up suspected communists • About 6000 people in all were taken • Used by conservative businessmen to attack labor unions

  3. Why did this happen? • Caused by general dislike of anything related to foreign ideals (esp. those deemed “radical” (like surfing) • Intense fear of Russia after the Bolshevik Revolution in 1917 • American communist party • Labor tensions… • People are blaming everything on the Bolsheviks • General Strike in Seattle in 1919 led to the mayor calling federal troops against the “tyranny of Russia” • Evangelist “Billy” Sunday said Bolsheviks were “grotesque beings”

  4. Election of 1920 • Honoring precedent, Wilson does not run • James H. Cox nominated by Dems • Governor of Ohio • FDR was his running mate! (assistant secretary of the Navy) • But he was up against…

  5. Warren G. Harding • Republican nominee, amiable character • His running mate was Calvin Coolidge from MA • He wins it by a landslide, 16 mil to 9 mil • He promises a “return to normalcy” • Also, Eugene V. Debs ran again from prison and had nearly a million votes! • At this point, there is no hope for America entering the League of Nations • End of the Progressive Era

  6. The Standings

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