ECON 113 Chapter Notes - Chapter 5: Espionage Act Of 1917, Palmer Raids, Camp Funston
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Calamities: world war i and the flu epidemic, 1917- 1919. January 1917: wilson signs the purchase of the dutch west indies a. k. a u. s. virgin islands. June 1916: congress nearly doubles the size of the u. s. army in the aftermath of the lusitania sinking. September 1916: revenue act doubles basic income tax from 1% to 2%, raised surtax on high incomes, adding a graduated income tax and special taxes on munitions and corporate profits. April 1917: senate votes to declare war on germany. Jeannette rankin, first woman ever elected to congress, voted against the declaration. May 1917: selective service act begins the draft to create a larger army. Socialists e. g. eugene v. debs: sedition act of 1918: people or countries cannot say negative things about the government or the war. January 1919: eighteenth amendment is ratified, beginning the prohibition. October 1919: woodrow wilson has a stroke on his national tour to promote the formation of a.
