Palmer house was bombed and he blamed it on the communists along with Americas other problems.
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to arrest people who were thought to be radicals
During the First Red Scare the raids on suspected political radicals were known as Palmer Raids, named after US Attorney General Alexander Palmer, who ordered the US Justice Department to conduct the raids.
The Palmer Raids following World War I were caused by fear of Communists, anarchists, socialists and other leftists. This fear had been present in the U.S. for decades but it was greatly heightened by the Communist overthrow of their government in Russia during the war as well as a general strike and other labor unrest and an increased number of violent acts by leftists here in the U.S. The Palmer Raids were a government action, but the fear of Communists was widespread among the people during this time of the "Red Scare".
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socialists, communists, and anarchists