First Red Scare Questions
1. Explain the connection between the powers the American government acquired during World War I and the First Red Scare.
2. Explain the connection between the First Red Scare and the Russian Revolution.
3. Why did the USSR's ideological commitments worry American leadership and how did this make conflict inevitable?
4. Was the US government right to worry about the possibility of a Bolshevik-style revolution in the United States?
Whole Group Question: How could the First Red Scare be seen as an attempt to deal with the 'insubordination'/restlessness of Americans which had been festering since the 1870s?
2. Explain the connection between the First Red Scare and the Russian Revolution.
3. Why did the USSR's ideological commitments worry American leadership and how did this make conflict inevitable?
4. Was the US government right to worry about the possibility of a Bolshevik-style revolution in the United States?
Whole Group Question: How could the First Red Scare be seen as an attempt to deal with the 'insubordination'/restlessness of Americans which had been festering since the 1870s?