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Palmer Raids: Reasonable Reaction or Hysterical Hype
Further Reading

Web Sites

American Experience–Emma Goldman-People and Events–PBS, People & Events: Prelude to the Red Scare: The Espionage and Sedition Acts http://www.pbs.org/wgbh/amex/goldman/peopleevents/e_redscare.html

This website, a part of the PBS program American Experience, offers a good one-to-two-page summary of the Red Scare as well as explanations of the roles of the Espionage and Sedition Acts. Some images are also included.

DISCovering U.S. History. Online Edition. Gale, 2003. Student Resource Center. Thomson Gale. 26 January 2006 , Palmer Raids Target Immigrants, 1919-1920 http://teachers.sheboygan.k12.wi.us/tgentine/documents/PalmerRaidsTarg...

This pdf provides an easy-to-read synopsis of the Palmer Raids. The content includes helpful tools such as a list of predominant people involved, a summary of the events, a look at the impact of this event, and additional resources to reference.

Major Acts of Congress, Espionage Act (1917) and Sedition Act (1918) http://www.enotes.com/major-acts-congress/espionage-act-sedition-act

This site defines the Espionage and Sedition Acts, includes excerpts from the acts, and discusses how they affected Constitutional rights and played a significant role in the round up of radicals during the Red Scare. Examples of prosecutions under these acts are also provided.

The Emma Goldman Papers University of California, Berkeley , War Resistance, Anti-Militarism, and Deportation, 1917-1919 http://sunsite.berkeley.edu/Goldman/Exhibition/deportation.html#plea

The Red Scare-Center of History and New Media-George Mason University, Between the Wars: The Palmer Raids http://chnm.gmu.edu/courses/hist409/red.html

This website gives a brief synopsis of the Palmer Raids and conveys the climate of fear prevalent during this post World War I era. Several interesting primary sources are given as links.

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