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After the united State entered the war, government propaganda helped inflame prejudice against recent immigrants. In the suspicious atmosphere of the time, conspiracy theories flourished, and foreign spies were believed to be everywhere. this cartoons reveal the hysteria that gripped the country in 1917
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in 1917 congress passed the espionage act, you could be fined $10,000 for interferring with war efforts
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With this act, a person could be sentenced 20 years in jail for interferring with war efforts
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Women get the right to vote
