SAQs for APUSH Topic 8.3 — The Red Scare

Ten questions designed to help students review for the annual exam and that relate to two different periods in American history, both characterized by the widespread fear of a potential rise of communism in the U.S.

1. The First Red Scare occurred immediately after World War I. Name and briefly describe one external (meaning it didn’t happen in the U.S.) cause of this Red Scare.
2. Name and briefly describe one internal cause of the First Red Scare.
3. The First Red Scare resulted in official restrictions on freedom of speech. Name and briefly describe one piece of historical evidence in support of this claim.
4. The First Red Scare resulted in attacks on labor activism. Name and briefly describe one piece of historical evidence in support of this claim.
5. The First Red Scare resulted in attacks on immigration and immigrant culture. Name and briefly describe one piece of historical evidence in support of this claim.
6. From what part of Europe during the First Red Scare did most immigrants to the United States come from?
7. After World War II, Americans experienced a Second Red Scare. Name and briefly describe one external (meaning it didn’t happen in the U.S.) cause of this Red Scare.
8. Name and briefly describe one internal cause of the Second Red Scare.
9. Name and briefly describe one federal response to the Second Red Scare.
10. Briefly describe one similarity and one difference between the First Red Scare and the Second Red Scare.

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