This paper seeks to determine the relationship between socio-economic inequality and domestic terrorism in America. Domestic Terrorism poses an immense threat to national security, the life of individuals, the economy, and adversely effects society as whole. This draws up existing literature and data analysis from multiple fields of study. Primarily focusing on the study of criminology utilizing existing theories and how people commit crimes utilizing it to discern factors of domestic terrorism. While pulling on research done globally to describe how a nation’s citizens reach the point of committing acts of terror against society and the government. This focuses primarily on social disparity between persons or groups and society as whole, while the strain from economic inequality leads to poverty in communities. Lack of proper education also is a critical factor for these fields that create at risk people and or communities susceptible to radicalization and committing acts of terror. Overall, this paper depicts the issues within society that can be attributed to dangerous problems such as domestic terrorism and highlights the need for preventative polices rather than reactive ones.