Schenck v. United States

The late 1800s and the early 1900s were a time of great political unrest in the United States. There were a number of political movements, including anarchism, socialism, and communism. Strongly linked with the socialist and communist movements was the labor movement. With the end of World War I and the success of the Bolshevik Revolution in Russia, a fear of communism coalesced into the Red Scare of 1919–20. Little distinction was made between socialists and communists, and all social activists were generally considered to be part of ...