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The Palmer Raids
Following World War I, Woodrow Wilson appointed Alexander Mitchell Palmer as his attorney general. Palmer and J. ... This campaign consisted of illegal raids from 1919 to 1921.
Palmer believed that communism was “eating its way into the homes of the American workman”. ... After the bombings, the raids against the radicals and leftists began. The raids were led by Palmer and Hoover. These raids were well publicized and very elaborate. ... Palmer and his men attacked union offices and the headquarters of the communist and socialist organizations. ...
Palmer and Hoover deported 249 of the arrested people to the Soviet Union aboard the ship The Buford.
Approximate Word count = 440 Approximate Pages = 1.8 (250 words per page double spaced)
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