This cartoon is depicting the "Red Scare" of the 1920's. After the Bolshevik Revolution in Russia, Americans began to develop a fear of communism. People began to fear immigrants who would destroy the American way of life. As a result, Attorney General Palmer began to conduct a series of raids that targeted communists and suspected communists in order to purge America of them. When his house was bombed, as well as Wall Street, Palmer increased his resolve in taking down communists.