WWI: The Homefront (SSUSH15b)

Multiple Choice

Why did the US government enact the Espionage Act of 1917?

• to help the military intercept and decode enemy communications

• to recruit German Americans who were willing to work undercover in Germany

• to stop people from interfering with the country's war effort in World War I

• to create a national intelligence organization for peacetime opertations

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Read the quote from Eugene Debs. Then, complete the statement in the dropbox below:

"The working class have never yet had a voice in declaring war. If war is right, let it be declared by the people - you, who have your lives to lose." - Euegene Debs, June 16, 1918



Eugene Debs was arrested and prosecuted for giving a speech in Canton, Ohio. He was charged with violating the Espionage Act. The Espionage Act​

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Multiple Choice

A major effect of the Great Migration was the

• growing African American population in rural communities in the North

• growing African American populations in northern cities

• growing African American populations in towns along the Pacific Coast

• growing African American populations in major cities along the Atlantic Coast