1. The Red Scare, Cultural Hegemony
An ideological war which prompted mass paranoia and caused, among many other things, what would be known as the Red Scare, which began in 1919 and ended in 1921. ... What caused the Red Scare? At the heart of the Red Scare was the conscription law of May 18, 1917, which was put in place during World War I for the armed Forces to be able to conscript more Americans. ... Nevertheless, the conscientious objectors were targeted in the Red Scare after the war. ... From the very beginning of the Red Scare, the Wobblies were the subject of attack by the government, because they were a symbo...
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