Central government takes power from state government. Government examines private mail and telegrams. Military leaders allowed to arrest citizens without warrants. Freedom of speech and the press ended by arrests and presidential orders. Draft of citizens.
Government seizes private property.
Taxes raised to support war. Hate propaganda sponsored by government, let to persecution of Americans of German descent, Irish-American, and Jews. Vigilante groups form to lynch labor leaders and pacifists. Espionage Act gave strict punishment to those critical of war censorship of mails. Supreme Court grants government right to overthrow freedom of speech.