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Read the following resources to refresh your understanding of the issues surrounding domestic implications of American intervention in WWI. As you read, think about how you might revise your answers to the Reflect on Your Knowledge questions based on new knowledge gained from the readings.
Making the World "Safe for Democracy": Woodrow Wilson Asks for War
http://historymatters.gmu.edu/d/4943
"It Has No Popular Support": Robert M. La Follette Votes Against a Declaration of War
http://historymatters.gmu.edu/d/5017
War Is "a Blessing, Not a Curse": The Case for Why We Must Fight
http://historymatters.gmu.edu/d/4939
The War and the Intellectuals: Randolph Bourne Vents His Animus Against War
http://historymatters.gmu.edu/d/4941
James W. Gerard: Loyalty
http://memory.loc.gov/ammem/ndlpedu/features/timeline/ progress/ wwone/ loyalty.html
Schenk v. United States (1914)
http://www.vlib.us/amdocs/texts/schenk.htm
Debs v. United States (1919)
http://caselaw.lp.findlaw.com/scripts/getcase.pl?court=us&vol=249&invol=211
Abrams et al. v. United States (1919)
http://caselaw.lp.findlaw.com/scripts/getcase.pl?court=us&vol=250&invol=616
Optional
McClymer, John. War and Welfare: Social Engineering in America, 1890-1925. Westport, CT: Greenwood Press, 1980.
Painter, Nell. Standing at Armageddon: The United States, 1877-1919. New York: W. W. Norton & Company, 1989.
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