Red Scare (dun dun dun) By itouchesrock Period: Jan 1, 1917 to Dec 31, 1917 Russian Revolution Bolsheviks win and start communist Soviet Union, leads to Red Scare Period: Feb 6, 1919 to Feb 11, 1919 Seattle Labor Strike 65,000 Seattle workers went on strike for better wages. The strike was regarded as the work of Bolsheviks and anarchists.