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espionage and sedition acts
congress passed the espionage act -
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war at home
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the war at home
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anti-immigrant hysteria
main targets for conformity were americans who immigrated from other nations. -
attacks on civil libery
president wilson expressed some apprehension about U.S. attitudes towards the war. -
war
congress passed the sedition act -
war economy
wages in some industries -espacially the metal trades, shipbuilding, and meat packing rose during the war years by as much as 20% -
selling the war
the war was not univercially popular, the government embarked on a massive propoganda campaign to justify civiilian sacrifices and sell the war to the public. -
the flu epidemic
in the fall of 1918 an international flu gripped the nation united states suffered a home front crisis that affected both men and women -
african americans and the war
hundreds of thousands of african americans immigrated to chicago, new york, and philidalphia.
