Civil Liberties: The Red Scare

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Civil LibertiesThe Red Scare War on Terrorism
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The First Red Scare (1910s-1920s)

• Fighting Bolshevism ( Communism)
• Espionage, Sedition Alien Acts (1917-18)
• Mitchell Palmers Raids (1919-20)
• Political Cartoons

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Put Them Out Keep Them Out
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Come Unto Me, Ye Opprest!
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SayDo I Look Sick?
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Cause Consequence
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Soak It Hard
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Draw Your Own Cartoons

• Defending National Security
• Protecting Civil Liberties

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Civil Liberties Since September 11

• Fighting Communism vs. Fighting Terrorism
• Espionage Act (1917) vs. USA PATRIOT Act (2001)
• Political Cartoons in an Age of Political
  Correctness?

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Somewhere in Afgoneistan
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Big Barbeque at Osamas Place
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Terrorist Hunting License
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To the Taliban
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We the People