AMERICAN HOME FRONT DURING WWI Legislation 1 Espionage

Legislation 1. Espionage Act – 1917 § § § forbade actions that obstructed recruitment

LEGISLATION 2. Sedition Act – 1918 • it was a crime to speak against

GOVERNMENT EXCESS & TO THE CIVIL LIBERTIES OF 3. Schenck v. US – 1919

WWI ERA AMENDMENT 1919: 18 th Amendment—PROHIBITION § Because of wartime spirit of self-denial,

POST WWI AMENDMENT 1920: 19 th Amendment—Women’s suffrage

TREATY OF VERSAILLES Ends the WAR! Treaty punished Germany harshly! Possible cause of WWII

WILSON’S DECLINE Lots of critics—some believed too harsh, some too lenient Isolationists hate the

A CHANGING SOCIETY IN THE NORTH Discuss the Great Migration of the 20 th

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AMERICAN HOME FRONT DURING WWI

Legislation 1. Espionage Act – 1917 § § § forbade actions that obstructed recruitment or efforts to promote insubordination in the military ordered the Postmaster General to remove Leftist materials from the mail fines of up to $10, 000 and/or up to 20 years in prison

LEGISLATION 2. Sedition Act – 1918 • it was a crime to speak against the purchase of war bonds or willfully utter, print, write or publish any disloyal, profane, scurrilous, or abusive language about this form of US Govt

GOVERNMENT EXCESS & TO THE CIVIL LIBERTIES OF 3. Schenck v. US – 1919 • THREATS AMERICANS If an act of speech posed a clear and present danger, then Congress had the power to restrain such speech.

WWI ERA AMENDMENT 1919: 18 th Amendment—PROHIBITION § Because of wartime spirit of self-denial, and partly because of anti-Germanic sentiment

POST WWI AMENDMENT 1920: 19 th Amendment—Women’s suffrage

TREATY OF VERSAILLES Ends the WAR! Treaty punished Germany harshly! Possible cause of WWII Some good points: liberated many minority peoples—ex. Poles. http: //www. youtube. com/watch? v=g. Kz. Z 1 Ow. PXgk

WILSON’S DECLINE Lots of critics—some believed too harsh, some too lenient Isolationists hate the idea of a League Irreconcilables

A CHANGING SOCIETY IN THE NORTH Discuss the Great Migration of the 20 th c. How did the migration impact Northern Industry? How did African American’s view of the North change or remain constant?