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congress passed the espionage act
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main targets for conformity were americans who immigrated from other nations.
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president wilson expressed some apprehension about U.S. attitudes towards the war.
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congress passed the sedition act
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wages in some industries -espacially the metal trades, shipbuilding, and meat packing rose during the war years by as much as 20%
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the war was not univercially popular, the government embarked on a massive propoganda campaign to justify civiilian sacrifices and sell the war to the public.
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in the fall of 1918 an international flu gripped the nation united states suffered a home front crisis that affected both men and women
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hundreds of thousands of african americans immigrated to chicago, new york, and philidalphia.
