Red Scare

Red Scare

Blake Mullet

   The Red Scare was a time period where nationwide they were scared that the communists (reds) would seize power. People that expressed their views were being put in jail. There were over 150,000 anarchists and communists in the U.S., which is why the U.S. was very afraid. Some of the communist and other union members started to protest against the jailing of the American Socialist Party. The protest started turning into parades, which eventually started riots. During the parade, two people died and forty were injured. A few months later, eight bombs in eight different cities exploded. People were led to believe it was the radicals destroying the American way of life.