First Red Scare

proper noun

A period during the early 20th-century history of the United States marked by a widespread fear of far-left extremism, including but not limited to Bolshevism, socialism, and anarchism.

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Meanings

proper noun
  1. historicalA period during the early 20th-century history of the United States marked by a widespread fear of far-left extremism, including but not limited to Bolshevism, socialism, and anarchism.
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First Red Scare. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/First%20Red%20Scare

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“First Red Scare.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/First%20Red%20Scare. Accessed November 3, 2026.

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WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “First Red Scare,” accessed November 3, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/First%20Red%20Scare.

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