Like a prairie-fire, the blaze of revolution was sweeping over
every American institution of law and order a year ago. It was
eating its way into the homes of the American workman, its
sharp tongues of revolutionary heat were licking the altars of the
churches, leaping into the belfry of the school bell, crawling into
the sacred corners of American homes, seeking to replace
marriage vows with libertine laws, burning up the foundations of
society.
Robbery, not war, is the ideal of communism. This has been
demonstrated in Russia, Germany, and in America. As a foe, the
anarchist is fearless of his own life, for his creed is a fanaticism
that admits no respect of any other creed. Obviously it is the
creed of any criminal mind, which reasons always from motives
impossible to clean thought. Crime is the degenerate factor in
society.
Upon these two basic certainties, first that "Reds" were criminal
aliens, and secondly that the American government must
prevent crime, it was decided that there could be no nice
distinctions drawn between the theoretical ideals of the radicals
and their actual violations of our national laws. An assassin may
have brilliant intellectuality, he may be able to excuse his murder
or robbery with fine oratory, but any theory which excuses crime
is not wanted in America.
How did Congress respond to concerns such as those expressed in the essay?
(1 point)
O It passed the McCarran Act.
O It passed the Dawes Act and the National Security Act.
O It passed the Espionage Act and the Sedition Act.
O It passed the War Powers Act.