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Palmer Raids | CK-12 Foundation Skip Navigation  8.1: The Palmer
Raids  Created by: CK-12  In 1917, a revolution toppled Russia’s
Czar, and replaced him with a communist government. Also,
immediately after World War One, the country experienced high
inflation, high unemployment, and a number of labor strikes.
Against this backdrop, the United States began arresting and
deporting anyone suspected of “radical” thinking (e.g.,
Communism, socialism, anarchism, pro-labor). These arrests
became known as the “Palmer Raids” after the Attorney General of
the United States, A. Mitchell Palmer.  The Case Against the
“Reds” – A. Mitchell Palmer  Source: Excerpt from an essay
written by A. Mitchell Palmer called “The Case Against the
‘Reds,'” 1920.         1. Sourcing: Who wrote this document?
What is his perspective?   2. Sourcing: What do you predict he
will say?   3. Close reading: Palmer says, “Like a prairie-fire,
the blaze of revolution was sweeping ove