Justice at War: Civil Liberties and Civil Rights During the Great War [1917-1919]
President Wilson turned America’s participation in World War I into a fervent ideological crusade for democracy
leading to the clash of individual rights and national security under the Espionage Act during WWI
Nativism and Anti-German Sentiment
Espionage and Sedition Acts 1917
6,000 arrests|2,000 prosecutions| 1,500 convictions
Eugene V. Debs [Socialist]
Charles T. Schenck [Socialist]
Special Guest: Andy Menzie in a conversation about Schenck
