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WWI
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History
11th Grade
02/09/2006

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18th Amendment
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Prohibition - alcohol illegal
*caused rebellion
*supported by womens temprence unions
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19th Amendment
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womens sufferage
*women granted the vote
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Eugene Debbs
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Sentenced to prison time because he was an anti-war demonstrator.
*ran for president from prison
*eventually pardoned by President Harding
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Schenk vs. US
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Congress ha sthe power to restrict speech if words "are used in such circumstances and in such a nature as to present a clear and present danger"
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Debs vs. US
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Affirmed the guilt of debs for his anti-war speech
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Abrams vs. US
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Upheld sedition act and convicted 4 russian immigrants who printed pamphlets denouncing american intervention in the russian revolution
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Wilsons 14 points
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"blueprint" for peace, had post war boundry proposals, general principles for governing international conduct.
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League of Nations
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Proposed after WWI by wilson to keep the peace and involve the cooperation of many countires. US never joined b/c congress would not approve it as the other countries wanted it.
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