Bolshevism fears drove states to legislate nationalism coercively

Evidence

Without federal aid, the states in 1919-1920 rushed in to press the crusade for Americanization. A deluge of legislation designed to counteract Bolshevism with nationalism poured out of state legislatures. — John Higham, Strangers in the Land, 1563

Categorization

• XREF: Directly evidences the reader’s research question about threat-driven solidarity legislation and how manufactured enemies (Bolshevism) license coercive assimilation. — connects to: Official nationalism is an anticipatory strategy by threatened dominant groups — Benedict Anderson, Imagined Communities: Reflections on…, 385; Official nationalism serves threatened ruling classes, not great powers alone — Benedict Anderson, Imagined Communities: Reflections on…, 380; Ruling-class nationalism aimed to discipline the crowd into a nation (+1 more)

Broader Connections

• Official nationalism is an anticipatory strategy by threatened dominant groups #corroborates (0.85) — Benedict Anderson, Imagined Communities, 385
• Official nationalism serves threatened ruling classes, not great powers alone #expands (0.80) — Benedict Anderson, Imagined Communities, 380
• Ruling-class nationalism aimed to discipline the crowd into a nation #corroborates (0.80)