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attorney general a. mitchell palmer conducted a series of raids.
the most spectacular of the palmer raids occurred in january
1920.

• start of the department of world war i, 1913-1917, u.s.

department of labor, www.dol.gov (accessed november 21, 2013)
what was the primary reason for the raids described in this excerpt?
to prevent workers from joining labor organizations
to block civil rights advocates from staging public protests
to suppress the teaching of evolution in colleges
to halt the spread of communist ideas of radicals.
clear all

Explanation:

The Palmer Raids were conducted during the Red Scare. The main aim was to suppress and halt the spread of communist ideas and radical leftist ideologies which were seen as a threat to the existing social and political order in the U.S. at that time.

Answer:

To halt the spread of communist ideas of radicalism.