Question

What we're many Americans terrified of in the early 1920's

Answer 1

Red Scare: The promotion of a widespread fear of potential rise of communism or anarchism by a society or state.

(First Red Scare: 1917-1920)

Answer 2

One reason that many Americans were terrified would be that the constitution was past creating the era of prohibition. Thus meaning that crime rates were higher because alcohol was banned. People started to create gangs and the mafia approached this era as well