Now for a Round-up

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Title

Now for a Round-up

Subject

World War I

Description

Wartime measures like the Espionage Act (1917) and Sedition Act (1918) gave the government wide power to suppress dissent. At a time of active socialist and labor movements, those who questioned the war for any reason quickly came under suspicion and were sometimes arrested. The Post Office refused to deliver publications that were critical of the war or the draft, and required foreign-language newspapers to submit translations for approval, causing many to self-censor or to fail economically.

Source

Library of Congress

Rights

Library of Congress

Comments

Citation

“Now for a Round-up,” Fairfield Photos, accessed March 28, 2024, https://fairfieldmuseum.omeka.net/items/show/1004.