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title: "How did the Red Scare epitomize the fear of communism in the United States and lead to immigrant restrictions in the 1920s?"  
description: "How did the Red Scare epitomize the fear of communism in the United States and lead to immigrant restrictions in the 1920s?"  
author: "Howard fuller"  
published: 2018-04-23  
canonical: https://answers.mindstick.com/qa/41328/how-did-the-red-scare-epitomize-the-fear-of-communism-in-the-united-states-and-lead-to-immigrant-restrictions-in-the-1920s  
category: "history, politics & society"  
tags: ["usa history"]  
reading_time: 1 minute  

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# How did the Red Scare epitomize the fear of communism in the United States and lead to immigrant restrictions in the 1920s?

How did the [Red](https://www.mindstick.com/blog/300870/benefits-for-red-palm-oil) Scare epitomize the [fear of communism](https://answers.mindstick.com/qa/42190/the-heightened-fear-of-communism-that-swept-america-in-the-early-20s-was-called-what) in the [United States](https://answers.mindstick.com/qa/41822/what-was-the-costliest-battle-in-the-history-of-the-united-states-marines-corps) and lead to immigrant [restrictions](https://www.mindstick.com/news/2343/a-handbook-for-social-media-parental-restrictions) in the 1920s?


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