WORLD WAR I
CAUSES AND COURSE OF THE WAR
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Question
[CLICK ON ANY CHOICE TO KNOW THE RIGHT ANSWER]
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Fourteenth Amendment permitted suspending the Bill of Rights in wartime
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nation’s war effort would be threatened if dissenters were allowed free speech
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public should be shielded from hearing about the reality of the war
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other countries at war had already limited civil liberties
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Detailed explanation-1: -The Espionage Act of 1917 prohibited obtaining information, recording pictures, or copying descriptions of any information relating to the national defense with intent or reason to believe that the information may be used for the injury of the United States or to the advantage of any foreign nation.
Detailed explanation-2: -The Sedition Act of 1918 curtailed the free speech rights of U.S. citizens during time of war. Passed on May 16, 1918, as an amendment to Title I of the Espionage Act of 1917, the act provided for further and expanded limitations on speech.
Detailed explanation-3: -President Wilson sponsored the Espionage and Sedition Acts, prohibiting interference with the draft and outlawing criticism of the government, the armed forces, or the war effort. Violators were imprisoned or fined. Some 1, 500 people were arrested for violating these laws, including Eugene V.
Detailed explanation-4: -The Sedition and Espionage Acts Were Designed to Quash Dissent During WWI. As the United States entered World War I, President Wilson and Congress sought to silence vocal and written opposition to U.S. involvement in the war.