Fill in the blanks using the words in the Word Bank. Some of the words may be used more than once. 15 Points

Word Bank

A. Mitchell Palmer║Boston police force

Marcus Garvey║J. Edgar Hoover

Bolsheviks║Red Scare

Nicola Sacco║anarchists

“back-to-Africa”║steelworkers

2,500║bolshevism

Chicago║anti-foreign

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Fear of Radicalism

The (1)___ took control of Russia in November 1917. They
encouraged workers around the world to overthrow (2)___.
The actions of (3)___ (people who believed there should be
no government) and bombings by them in 1919 frightened
Americans. This wave of fear led to the (4)___, a period when
the government went after communists and others with radical views. In late 1919 and early 1920, Attorney General (5)___ and his deputy (6)___ ordered the arrest of suspected Communists and anarchists. (7)___ and the antiradical feelings surfaced during the 1921 criminal trial of (8)___ and Bartolomeo Vanzetti who were convicted of robbery and murder although neither had a criminal record and the evidence against them was weak. Labor Unrest When the war ended, workers demanded wage increases to keep up with rapidly rising prices, launching more than (9)___ strikes in 1919.

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Most Americans approved when officials fired the entire (11)___ following a strike in Boston in 1919. Many Americans associated unions with radicalism and (12)___, leading to a sharp drop in union membership in the 1920s. Racial Unrest In 1919 in the South, more than 70 African Americans were lynched. In (13)___ during a violent riot, whites stoned and drowned an African American youth swimming in Lake Michigan. Many African Americans turned to (14)___, a powerful leader who supported a (15)___ movement.