World War I: From Isolation to Involvement

Question 1

Think about what you know about the Espionage and Sedition Acts.Now apply that to some real-world situations.Check any action that would have been outlawed by these acts.

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A labor union holds a strike at a munitions factory.; A person says that the government made a mistake by getting involved in the war.; A speaker suggests that people should stop work to protest the war.

Question 2

The Supreme Court upheld both convictions on the grounds that

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free speech can be limited to protect the country.

Question 3

Which of these constitutional rights was the basis for Schenck’s and Deb’s arguments?

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the right to free speech

Question 4

Which of these factors caused anti-immigrant, anti-anarchist, and antisocialist feelings to rise in the 1910s and 1920s?Check all of the boxes that apply.

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a distrust of immigrants, who made up large parts of these groups; concerns about communism after the Russian Revolution; the growth of nativism in America; questions about the loyalty of socialists because they opposed the war

Question 5

Which of these factors could have influenced the Sacco and Vanzetti case?Check all that apply.

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prejudice or distrust toward immigrants; fear of anarchist violence; distrust of those who did not seem to fully support the government

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