In His Article "The Case Against the Reds" in Forum

question 19

Multiple Choice

In his article "The Case against the Reds" in Forum magazine in 1920 (Document 21.1) , Attorney General A. Mitchell Palmer declared that "[r]obbery, not war, is the ideal of communism. This has been demonstrated in Russia, Germany, and in America." What was Palmer comparing communism to?

• A) Criminality
• B) Jingoism
• C) Nationalism
• D) Internationalism

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