History of the United States II / Unit 8 USH2 1079 short lesson, about 20 seconds
Debs Behind Bars
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The idea
Eugene Debs, the Socialist leader of unit six, was sentenced to ten years in prison for speaking against the war.
In practice
Debs running for president in nineteen twenty from a prison cell.
Where people slip
A man who had twice won nearly a million votes was jailed for a speech. That is what the wartime laws meant in practice.
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