1. The Justice Department under Palmer reacted to fear that Communists would take over the country by hunting down suspected Communists, socialists, and anarchists. Him and his agents trampled people's civil rights by invading private homes and offices and jailing suspects without allowing them legal counsel, yet failed to discover any important evidence.
2. Many thought Palmer was just looking for a campaign issue to gain support for his presidential aspirations and the public soon decided that he didn't know what he was talking about.
3. The KKK reacted by destroying saloons, opposing unions, and driving Roman Catholics, Jews, and foreign-born people out of the country.
4. By the end of the 1920's, the KKK's criminal activity had led to a decrease in power, popularity, and membership.
5. Sacco and Vanzetti became victims of the red scare as they were put to death by electric chair because they were immigrants and were thought to have robbed and murdered.
6. The Boston Police Strike was unpopular with the public because the police were said to be striking against the public safety, and the public were unhappy with this, and soon after this the strike had ended.
7. Massachusetts Governor Calvin Coolidge became popular because he was said to have saved Boston from communism and anarchy by ending being the cause of the Boston Police strike.
8. The strike at U.S. Steel was unpopular because the workers wanted things that were unnecessary such as bargaining rights and union recognition. The public was also probably not too fond of their propaganda campaign.
9. Wilson had responded to the steel strike with the want of a compromise which would prevent the abuse of the strikers.
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