14: War is the Health of the State

Question 1

British and American governments lied about the “innocent cargo” of this famous ship sunk by a German submarine in 1915

Answer 1

Lusitania

Question 2

Woodrow Wilson, 1914, supported “the righteous conquest of _______ _______”

Answer 2

Foreign markets

Question 3

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?

Answer 3

Tying U.S. financial interests to a British victory in the war

Question 4

How many American men volunteered for WWI in the weeks after the declaration?

Answer 4

73,000 (1,000,000 were needed)

Question 5

True or False: In Chicago, the vote for the Socialist Party went from 3.6 percent in 1915 to 23 percent in 1917

Answer 5

False, it was 34.7% in 1917

Question 6

Which 1917 Act was used to imprison Americans who spoke or wrote against the war?

Answer 6

The Espionage Act

Question 7

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”

Answer 7

True

Question 8

This leader of the Socialist party was imprisoned for 32-months for violating the Espionage Act

Answer 8

Eugene Debs

Question 9

How many people went to prison under the Espionage Act?

Answer 9

900

Question 10

How many prosecutions were there under the Espionage Act?

Answer 10

2,000

Question 11

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)

Answer 11

48