Suhary Carmona
11A
AP U.S History
Communism
Communism has been a very problematic government belief that has been seen to have not worked out at all in the past. Therefore , during the 1920’s communism affected american politics and society dramatically in the years following World War 1.
Communism affected american politics and society due to american government striking fear into the eyes of the people by using propaganda. For intense, the picture of “Uncle Sam &
Co. “ demonstrates that people could see the harm in communism by showing how well the united states is doing by offering immigrants jobs and money , while in russia it shows how communism has caused people to die an starve to death. Therefore, government showing this picture makes people to try to help an understand why the government is so afraid of communism striking the U.S.
Another way the fear of communism affected american politics and society dramatically was by allowing “Palmer Raids”. Palmer Raids were when the government allowed police man to raid immigrants home without a warrant or doing anything about the issue when it happened.
For instance, in the A. Mitchell Palmer article its stays,”An while they infected our social idea s with the disease of their own minds and their unclean moral, we can get rid of them!” This demonstrates how palmer raids are justifiable rather than being a use of mistreatment. The fear of communism lead americans to define immigrants constitutional rights by invading their homes
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without a warrant and imprisoning immigrants without any evidence. The fear of communism is blinding americans to go against their human morals just to stay on the safe side of things.
In addition, the way fear of communism affected american politics and society dramatically was by trying to americanize the immigrants to avoid having this belief of communism. For intense, the Nicholas Murray Butler article states,”We must address