The Domestic US During WWI

Russian Revolution

RED SCARE 1920s1950s

Red Scare in the US What was the Fear? What was the Cause? Possible Solutions?

Palmer Raids ARE YOU A COMMUNIST?

Evidence of a Red Scare in the US 1919 Schenck v. U.S. Charles Schenck urges men to oppose the draft possibly violating Espionage Act *5 men rob a factory payroll in Sacco and Vanzetti were questioned and each possessed a gun. *Vanzetti refused to take the stand Sacco takes stand but not able to convince the jury

Guns and Butter Building your army for war

An Industrial Nation

Who will Make the Guns?

Who will fight?

How will the government Gain Support and Prevent Revolution Sedition Act May 1918 SECTION 3. Whoever, when the United States is at war, shall willfully make or convey false reports or false statements with intent to interfere with the operation or success of the military or naval forces of the United States, or to promote the success of its enemies, or shall willfully make or convey false reports, or false statements,... or incite insubordination, disloyalty, mutiny, or refusal of duty, in the military or naval forces of the United States, or shall willfully obstruct... the recruiting or enlistment service of the United States, or... shall willfully utter, print, write, or publish any disloyal, profane, scurrilous, or abusive language about the form of government of the United States, or the Constitution of the United States, or the military or naval forces of the United States... or shall willfully display the flag of any foreign enemy, or shall willfully... urge, incite, or advocate any curtailment of production... or advocate, teach, defend, or suggest the doing of any of the acts or things in this section enumerated and whoever shall by word or act support or favor the cause of any country with which the United States is at war or by word or act oppose the cause of the United States therein, shall be punished by a fine of not more than $10,000 or imprisonment for not more than twenty years, or both....

Espionage Act Section 1 That: (a) whoever, for the purpose of obtaining information respecting the national defence with intent or reason to believe that the information to be obtained is to be used to the injury of the United States, or to the advantage of any foreign nation, goes upon, enters, flies over, or otherwise obtains information, concerning any vessel, aircraft, work of defence, navy yard, naval station, submarine base, coaling station, fort, battery, torpedo station, dockyard, canal, railroad, arsenal, camp, factory, mine, telegraph, telephone, wireless, or signal station, building, office, or other place connected with the national defence, owned or constructed, or in progress of construction by the United States or under the control or the United States, or of any of its officers or agents, or within the exclusive jurisdiction of the United States, or any place in which any vessel, aircraft, arms, munitions, or other materials or instruments for use in time of war are being made, prepared, repaired. or stored, under any contract or agreement with the United States, or with any person on behalf of the United States, or otherwise on behalf of the United States, or any prohibited place within the meaning of section six of this title; or

The United States Inside and Outside Domestic Issues: Booming economy, fear of communism, people moving to secure jobs, women advances, suppression of speech Foreign: World War I

What Next? Next Stop: End of WWI and the Roaring 20s