![]() ![]() government or army, stopping the mailing of socialist newspapers and more. Postal Service used it to suppress mail that it felt was disloyal to the U.S. Also illustrated in concise and alarming effect is how the Sedition Act and the Espionage Act were used to jail citizens as well. ![]() Many chilling acts of violence and harassment conducted by the APL and similar groups under the guise of patriotism are depicted. In AMERICAN MIDNIGHT, distinguished author Adam Hochschild has recreated a period in American history (1917-1921) when mob violence seemed to dictate national policy, and resistance to war or support of minorities could result in imprisonment or death for American citizens willing to speak out. Department of Justice and President Wilson. The American Protection League (APL), a private organization, had the approval to operate by the U.S. ![]() Hochschild ( To End All Wars) recounts the horrors inflicted on individual citizens for attempting to speak their conscience about the U.S. Students learn about World War I, but not much is studied about the violent harassment and jailing of conscientious objectors, socialists, members of the International Workers of the World (Wobblies), and the frequent, unpunished lynchings of Black people during this period. The chaotic period between 19 is an underrepresented era of American history. ![]()
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