USA HISTORY

AMERICAN IMPERIALISM(1890 1919)

THE UNITED STATES IN WORLD WAR I

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Which of the following most accurately describes the government’s strategy to control the flow of information during the war?

(A) The government, fully aware that American boys were giving their lives on the battlefields of Europe, made no effort to limit the flow of information

(B) Congress approved the publication and distribution of war-time propaganda, but made no attempt to limit individual liberties

(C) ** The government, fearful that anti-war sentiments might harm the war effort, limited each citizen’s freedom of speech in favor of national security

(D) Congress closed newspapers and executed anyone believed to be guilty of spreading anti-war information or propaganda