History 1BB3: America and the World: The Twentieth Century

Dr. Stephen M. Streeter

McMaster University, Winter 2002

 

American Opposition to World War I

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I. Opponents of World War I

1. progressives

Jane Addams
Progressive Party
Robert La Follete

2. socialists

Socialist Party
Eugene Debs

3. anarchists

Emma Goldman

4. labor unions

International Workers of the World (IWW or "wobblies")

5. pacifists, conscientious objectors, and feminists

6. German and Irish immigrants

II. Peace Organizations

League to Enforce Peace (LEP)
Women's Peace Party
American Union Against Militarism (AUAM)

III. Red Scare

war preparedness parades
Espionage and Sedition Acts (1917, 1918)
Palmer Raids

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