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the constitution and national security

the constitution and national security. Free Speech vs. National Security. Precedents: Alien & Sedition Acts Abraham Lincoln, habeas corpus World War I. The United States at War. The Ideological War The Committee on Public Information George Creel Propaganda “Four minute men”

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the constitution and national security

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  1. the constitution and national security

  2. Free Speech vs. National Security • Precedents: • Alien & Sedition Acts • Abraham Lincoln, habeas corpus • World War I

  3. The United States at War • The Ideological War • The Committee on Public Information • George Creel • Propaganda • “Four minute men” • Super-patriotism • Condemned all things German • Espionage Act 1917, Sedition Act 1918 • 1500 Americans arrested • Schenck vs. U.S. (1919) • “Clear and present danger” • Gitlow v. New York (1925)

  4. Japanese-Americans • Feb. 1942, anti-Japanese sentiment • Gen. John L. DeWitt • Feb. 19, 1942: Executive Order 9066 • Internment • 120,000 total

  5. Japanese-Americans • 1988 Congressional apology, compensation • Korematsu v. U.S. (1944)

  6. The Truman Years • The “Great Fear,” McCarthyism • Conditions for the Red Scare • Soviet atomic bomb, 1949 • China “goes communist,” 1949 • The H-bomb • NSC-68

  7. The “Great Fear” • HUAC - House Committee on Un-American Activities • The “Hollywood 10” • J. Edgar Hoover and the FBI • Motivations: • WWII • Religion • The economy • Red-baiting • Why were communists bad? • Truman and loyalty • Dennis v. U.S. (1951)

  8. McCarthyism • Joseph McCarthy • Afraid to challenge • Some evidence • Sensational cases • Alger Hiss/ Whittaker Chambers • Julius and Ethel Rosenberg • Korean War • Army-McCarthy hearings

  9. The Red Scare • Restricted free speech • International affairs • Dampened positive mood

  10. The Vietnam Era • Anti-war protest • United States v. O’Brien (1968) • Other cases

  11. The Modern Era • The USA PATRIOT Act • Critics • Proponents • The Constitution in U.S. History

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