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INTOLERANCE AND CIVIL LIBERTIES IN WORLD WAR I
President Woodrow Wilson in his speech conveyed war message on April 6, 1917. He said that United States was to embark upon a crusade to "make the world safe for democracy". This message was outrageous as it did not tell anything to secure democracy at home as there were German-American, socialists, pacifists and those who were leading the unions of the industrial workers all of them were against this but Mr. president did not mention them in his speech. It is true that America’s participation in the World War one gave rise to the subjugation of the civil rights as well as caused intolerance in society. Successive legislation in this regard was done to impose the civil and political rights of the dissident units of society. Besides, these laws were also discriminatory for the immigrants. The first attack on the rights of the civil society was when Seduction Act was passed in 1798. This act was meant to limit the free speech and freedom of the journalists. Moreover, the government was harping on the propaganda to sell the war to its citizens. …show more content…
In order to mobilize the citizen for war, a committee was formed by Woodrow Wilson. The committee which was headed by George Creel who openly persuaded people that war is good and legitimate actively infusing intolerant views in the citizens. For this purpose about 150000 people from different fields of life were hired to sell the war to the people. Paid writers were telling stories about the atrocities of the German while the artists were portraying German troops as the vultures of the age. All of this resulted in turning American society into intolerant and full of
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INTOLERANCE AND CIVIL LIBERTIES IN WORLD WAR I
President Woodrow Wilson in his speech conveyed war message on April 6, 1917. He said that United States was to embark upon a crusade to "make the world safe for democracy". This message was outrageous as it did not tell anything to secure democracy at home as there were German-American, socialists, pacifists and those who were leading the unions of the industrial workers all of them were against this but Mr. president did not mention them in his speech. It is true that America’s participation in the World War one gave rise to the subjugation of the civil rights as well as caused intolerance in society. Successive legislation in this regard was done to impose the civil and political rights of the dissident units of society. Besides, these laws were also discriminatory for the immigrants. The first attack on the rights of the civil society was when Seduction Act was passed in 1798. This act was meant to limit the free speech and freedom of the journalists. Moreover, the government was harping on the propaganda to sell the war to its citizens. …show more content…
In order to mobilize the citizen for war, a committee was formed by Woodrow Wilson. The committee which was headed by George Creel who openly persuaded people that war is good and legitimate actively infusing intolerant views in the citizens. For this purpose about 150000 people from different fields of life were hired to sell the war to the people. Paid writers were telling stories about the atrocities of the German while the artists were portraying German troops as the vultures of the age. All of this resulted in turning American society into intolerant and full of