All of the Following Statements About the Palmer Raids Are

question 6

Multiple Choice

All of the following statements about the Palmer Raids are true EXCEPT:

• A) the Palmer Raids were part of the Red Scare.
• B) J. Edgar Hoover oversaw the Palmer Raids.
• C) over 5,000 people were arrested during the Palmer Raids.
• D) the government deported hundreds of radicals.
• E) the Palmer Raids represented an expansion of civil liberties.

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