14: War is the Health of the State Flashcards
British and American governments lied about the “innocent cargo” of this famous ship sunk by a German submarine in 1915
Lusitania
Woodrow Wilson, 1914, supported “the righteous conquest of _______ _______”
Foreign markets
What was the result of J.P. Morgan’s lending to the British after Woodrow Wilson lifted the ban on private lending to the allies?
Tying U.S. financial interests to a British victory in the war
How many American men volunteered for WWI in the weeks after the declaration?
73,000 (1,000,000 were needed)
True or False: In Chicago, the vote for the Socialist Party went from 3.6 percent in 1915 to 23 percent in 1917
False, it was 34.7% in 1917
Which 1917 Act was used to imprison Americans who spoke or wrote against the war?
The Espionage Act
True or False: The Supreme Court unanimously ruled that imprisoning Charles Schenck for distributing anti-war leaflets did not violate the first amendment, saying that freedom of speech would not protect someone “falsely shouting fire in a theatre”
True
This leader of the Socialist party was imprisoned for 32-months for violating the Espionage Act
Eugene Debs
How many people went to prison under the Espionage Act?
900
How many prosecutions were there under the Espionage Act?
2,000
In October 1917, 165 IWW were arrested for conspiring to hinder the draft and encourage desertion. How many received sentences that were greater than 10 years? (According to Zinn, this shattered the IWW)
48