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Progressing to War
The Great War
as a
Progressive Crusade
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We are ALL Americans!We are ALL Americans!
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Creel Commission FilmCreel Commission Film
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The “Menace of the Seas”
The “Menace of the Seas”
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1917 – Selective Service Act
1917 – Selective Service Act
24,000,000 men registered 24,000,000 men registered for the draft by the end of for the draft by the end of 1918.1918.
4,800,000 men served in 4,800,000 men served in WW1 (2,000,000 saw active WW1 (2,000,000 saw active combat).combat).
400,000 African-Americans 400,000 African-Americans served in segregated units.served in segregated units.
15,000 Native-Americans 15,000 Native-Americans served served as scouts, messengers, and as scouts, messengers, and snipers in non-segregated snipers in non-segregated units.units.
24,000,000 men registered 24,000,000 men registered for the draft by the end of for the draft by the end of 1918.1918.
4,800,000 men served in 4,800,000 men served in WW1 (2,000,000 saw active WW1 (2,000,000 saw active combat).combat).
400,000 African-Americans 400,000 African-Americans served in segregated units.served in segregated units.
15,000 Native-Americans 15,000 Native-Americans served served as scouts, messengers, and as scouts, messengers, and snipers in non-segregated snipers in non-segregated units.units.
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Government Excess & Threats
to the Civil Liberties of Americans
Government Excess & Threats
to the Civil Liberties of Americans
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.
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.
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Government Excess & Threats to the Civil Liberties of
Americans
Government Excess & Threats to the Civil Liberties of
Americans2. 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., the US Constitution, or the US armed forces or to willfully urge, incite, or advocate any curtailment of production of things necessary or essential to the prosecution of the war…with intent of such curtailment to cripple or hinder, the US in the prosecution of the war.
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., the US Constitution, or the US armed forces or to willfully urge, incite, or advocate any curtailment of production of things necessary or essential to the prosecution of the war…with intent of such curtailment to cripple or hinder, the US in the prosecution of the war.
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Government Excess & Threats to the Civil Liberties of
Americans
Government Excess & Threats to the Civil Liberties of
Americans3. Schenck v. US – 1919
- in ordinary times the mailing of the leaflets
would have been protected by the 1st
Amendment. - BUT, every act of speech must be judged acc. to the circumstances in which it was spoken. -The most stringent protection of free speech would not protect a man in falsely shouting fire in a theater and causing a panic. [Chief Justice Oliver Wendell Holmes] - If an act of speech posed a clear and present danger, then Congress had the power to restrain such speech.
3. Schenck v. US – 1919 - in ordinary times the mailing of the leaflets
would have been protected by the 1st
Amendment. - BUT, every act of speech must be judged acc. to the circumstances in which it was spoken. -The most stringent protection of free speech would not protect a man in falsely shouting fire in a theater and causing a panic. [Chief Justice Oliver Wendell Holmes] - If an act of speech posed a clear and present danger, then Congress had the power to restrain such speech.
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Government Excess & Threats
to the Civil Liberties of Americans
Government Excess & Threats
to the Civil Liberties of Americans
4. Abrams v. US – 1919 - majority ruling --> cited Holmes’ “Clear and present danger” doctrine. - Holmes & Brandeis dissented:
The best test of truth is the power
of the thought to get itself accepted
in the competition of the market,
denying that a “silly leaflet” published by an “unknown man”
constituted such a danger.
4. Abrams v. US – 1919 - majority ruling --> cited Holmes’ “Clear and present danger” doctrine. - Holmes & Brandeis dissented:
The best test of truth is the power
of the thought to get itself accepted
in the competition of the market,
denying that a “silly leaflet” published by an “unknown man”
constituted such a danger.
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Coal Miners’ Strike - 1919Coal Miners’ Strike - 1919
“Keeping Warm” – Los Angeles Times“Keeping Warm” – Los Angeles Times
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The “Red Scare”The “Red Scare”
“What a Year Has Brought Forth” – NY World
“What a Year Has Brought Forth” – NY World
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“Red Scare” -- Anti-Bolshevism“Red Scare” -- Anti-Bolshevism
“Put Them Out & Keep Them Out” – Philadelphia Inquirer
“Put Them Out & Keep Them Out” – Philadelphia Inquirer
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Government Excess & Threats
to the Civil Liberties of Americans
Government Excess & Threats
to the Civil Liberties of Americans
5. Post-war labor unrest:
* Coal Miners Strike of 1919
* Steel Strike of 1919
* Boston Police Strike of 1919
5. Post-war labor unrest:
* Coal Miners Strike of 1919
* Steel Strike of 1919
* Boston Police Strike of 1919
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Government Excess & Threats to the Civil Liberties of
Americans
Government Excess & Threats to the Civil Liberties of
Americans
1919 - 3rd. International goal --> promote worldwide communism.
Attorney General, A. Mitchell Palmer (The Case Against the Reds)
Palmer Raids - 1920
1919 - 3rd. International goal --> promote worldwide communism.
Attorney General, A. Mitchell Palmer (The Case Against the Reds)
Palmer Raids - 1920
6. “The Red Scare”:6. “The Red Scare”: