1916 Election WW – “He kept us out of the war.” Rep. – Charles Evans Hughes WW went to bed thinking he lost Barely won California – won by 3K votes

Selective Service Act = Draft

American Expeditionary Force John J. Pershing – US commander

Doughboy

CPI - Creel

4 Minute Men

War Industries Board Bernard Baruch – in charge

Chicago Race Riot - 1919

Eugene Debs – Sedition Act – 10 years!!! Anti-War Sentiments Eugene Debs – Sedition Act – 10 years!!!

Schenck vs. US Justice Holmes sets out the "clear and present danger" test: The most stringent protection of free speech would not protect a man in falsely shouting fire in a theatre and causing a panic. [...] The question in every case is whether the words used are used in such circumstances and are of such a nature as to create a clear and present danger that they will bring about the substantive evils that Congress has a right to prevent