Civil Liberties World Wars

War Industries Board

Agency that coordinated labor and management to ensure factories produced war-related materials.

Food Administration

Agency that ensured enough food was produced for soldiers and civilians during the war.

Espionage Act of 1917

Act that made it a crime to oppose the war or interfere with the draft.

Sedition Act of 1918

Act that made criticizing the war illegal.

Schenck v. United States

Supreme Court case that upheld restrictions on civil liberties, ruling that speech can be limited if it presents a clear and present danger.

Selective Service Act of 1917

Legislation that led to the registration of 24 million men for the draft.

American Protective League (APL)

A private group that worked with the government to harass suspected radicals and draft dodgers.

Palmer Raids

A series of raids led by Attorney General A. Mitchell Palmer to arrest suspected radicals without warrants.

Korematsu v. United States

Supreme Court case that upheld the relocation of Japanese Americans during WWII as a martial necessity.

Executive Order 9066

Order issued by Roosevelt authorizing the relocation of over 100,000 Japanese Americans to internment camps.

Rosie the Riveter

A symbol representing women who worked in factories during WWII.

War Production Board

Organization created to manage wartime production and convert civilian industries to production for the war effort.

Committee on Public Information (CPI)

Agency created to promote war support through propaganda efforts.

Anti-Immigrant Hysteria

Widespread discrimination and cultural imposition against immigrants during WWI, particularly Germans.

Draft Dodging

The act of avoiding military service, which was targeted by various government and private agencies.

Civil Liberties

Personal rights and freedoms that are protected from government interference.

President Woodrow Wilson

Played a pivotal role in leading the U.S. into World War I while simultaneously restricting civil liberties at home. His administration passed acts which criminalized anti-war speech and dissent

Railroad Administration

controlled rail transport during the war

Fuel Agency

rationed coal and oil during the war

Eugene Debs

American socialist who was jailed for anti-war activism during World War I.

President Franklin D. Roosevelt

Led American during WWII. championed democracy while restricting civil rights, especially for japanese americans.

Japanese Relocation

began in 1942. large population of japenese americans on the west coast forced to relocate to internment camps after executive order 9066. Associated with japanese who were wartime enemies. Suspected of being spies for the japanese.

War manpower commission

A U.S. government agency established in 1942 to oversee the allocation of labor and resources for wartime production, ensuring that there were enough workers to meet the demands of World War II.

office of price administration

A U.S. government agency established in 1941 to control inflation during World War II by regulating prices and rationing consumer goods.