The cost of living is the cost of purchasing goods and services essential for survival.
What is a general strike? Pg.577
A general strike is a strike involving all the workers in a particular geographic location.
What is the Red Scare? Pg.579
The Red Scare is the promotion of fear of a potential rise of communism or radical leftism. In the United States, the First Red Scare was about socialist worker revolution and political radicalism.
Who was J. Edgar Hoover? Pg.580
John Edgar Hoover was the first Director of the Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) of the United States.
Define the meaning of deport. Pg.580
To deport someone is to expel individuals from the country.
Level Two Questions:
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Additionally, an increased desire and urgency of many African Americans for full equality came with their participation in World War I since black soldiers, expected their status as war veterans to qualify them for jobs they had previously been denied due to race.
Why was A. Mitchell Palmer a significant figure? Pg.579
A. Mitchell Palmer was a significant figure since Wilson appointed Palmer to serve as the U.S. attorney general. Afraid that Communist Russians were plotting to overthrow the U.S. government, in early November of 1919 Palmer launched the infamous Palmer Raids, ordering federal agents to round up thousands of U.S. aliens and arrest them without trial.
How did the Palmer raids deprive radicals of their civil rights? Pg.580
The Palmer raids deprive radicals of their civil rights by restricted the rights of radicals to criticize the government under the terms of the Espionage and Sedition Acts. Then it restricted the rights of newspaper publishers to write anti-government articles or editorials.
Level Three Question:
In your opinion, how was the government’s response to the 1919 and 1920 attacks different to its response to the attacks of September 11,