The Party of Fear
Professor David H. BennettFebruary 16, 2012
Elisha Williams (1694-1755)
Break the Pope’s Neck
George Washington (1732-1799)U.S. President, 1789-1797
Ursuline Convent, Charlestown, MA
Riots of 1834
Maria Monk (1816-1849)
Awful Disclosures of Maria Monk (1836)
Samuel F.B. Morse (1791-1872)
American Republican Party, est.1843 (Native American Party)
The Organization of the Star Spangled Bannerest. 1849 by Charles Allen
The Know Nothing Party
Levi Boone, Mayor of Chicago 1855-1856
New Immigration, 1890’s
American Protective Association, est. 1887
•Henry F. Bowers (1837-1911)
Professor E.A. Ross (1866-1951)
Woodrow Wilson (1856-1924)U.S. President, 1913-1921
The Red Scare, 1919
A. Mitchell Palmer (1872-1936)Attorney General of the U.S., 1919-1921
Sacco and Vanzetti (executed 1927)
Ku Klux KlanSecond KKK, est. 1921 in Georgia
March in Washington, 1925
Hiram Wesley Evans (1881-1936)Imperial Wizard, Ku Klux Klan, 1922-1939
D.C. Stephenson (1891-1966)(Grand Dragon of Indiana)
Henry Ford (1863-1947)The Dearborn Independent, 1920-1927
William Dudley Pelley (1890-1965)Silver Shirt Legion (1933-1941)
Father Charles Coughlin (1891-1979)
Dr. Francis Townsend (1867-1960)
Huey Long (1893-1935)Governor of LA, 1928-1932U.S. Senator, 1932-1935
Gerald L.K. Smith (1898-1976)
Alger Hiss (1904-1996)
Whittaker Chambers (1901-1961)
HUAC (1938-1975)House Un-American Activities Committee
Joseph R. McCarthy (1908-1957)U.S. Senator, 1947-1957
Millard Tydings (1890-1961)U.S. Senator, 1927-1951
Joseph Welch (1890-1960)
John Birch Society, est.1958
Robert W. Welch Jr., (1899-1985)
Jerry Falwell (1933-2007)
Jimmy Swaggert (1935-)
Pat Robertson (1930-)
Timothy LaHaye (1926-)
Jim Bakker (1940-)
Moral Majority (1979-1989)
Ralph Reed Jr. (1961-)
James C. Dobson (1936-)Focus on Family, est. 1977
Christian Identity
Aryan Nations, est. 1970sRichard Girnt Butler (1918-2004)
Christian Patriots Defense League
Covenant, Sword and the Arm of the Lord, est. 1971
•James Ellison•Elijah, MO •Siege, April 19-20, 1985
Louis Beam (1946-)
William L. Pierce (1933-2002)The Turner Diaries 1978
Oklahoma City bombing (1995)Timothy McVeigh (executed, 2001)
Waco (1993) and Ruby Ridge (1992)
Michigan Militia Corps, est.1994•Norman Olson
Militia of Montana, est.1992
•John Trochman