World War I and the Red Scare I A very brief reference to the Great War and a Couple of Key Points 1 the Great Migration jobs open up in factories black population goes north to work in factories 2 Woodrow Wilson the Versailles Treaty and the Decline of Progressivism a 14 points including freedom of the seas and a League of Nations b making the world safe for democracy 3 British French Russians vs Germans Austria Hungary 4 1st industrial war 5 Bloodiest war until WWII 6 A more avoidable war in history The Antiwar Movement in World War I 1 Progressive doubters a Jane Addams and the Women s Peace Party b Alice Paul II 2 Isolationists and Anti Imperialists a William Jennings Bryan 3 Labor Protestors a wages prices and labor unrest b socialists communists etc Eugene V Debs i III The Reaction to Antiwar Activities 1 Anti German feelings and nativism a the American Protective League assisted FBI in monitoring antiwar behavior 2 US legislative executive reactions a Post Office censorship 1917 b Trading With The Enemy Act of 1917 censors press c The Committee on Public Information created by Wilson to get support for the war led to creation of Uncle Sam d Two Biggies i ii the Espionage Act of 1917 imposes sentences of up to 20 years for anyone aiding the enemy or found disloyal obstructing the draft the Sedition Act of 1918 amendment to the espionage act disloyal profane abusive language against the government army flag draft etc 1500 people arrested including Eugene V Debs and the Wobblies 3 Supreme Court Reactions a Schenk vs United States 1919 b Abrams vs United States 1919 c Pierce vs United States 1920 IV The Red Scare 1 letter bombs mailed to thirty government officials 2 A Mitchell Palmer J Edgar Hoover and the Radical 3 The Red Ark deportations 4 January 1920 the Palmer Raids arrest some 10 000 Division people V 5 Mitchell s May Day warnings and the end of the Scare The 1920s the end of Progressivism and the rise of the consumer society
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