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Propaganda and Loyalty in Wartime
1. Sally Malinski is a newspaper editor. She has been writing editorials asking people to protest
against the war by not paying taxes and by refusing to make guns and weapons. Government
lawyers want her to be put in jail. What do you think should be done? Explain your answer.
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2. Steven Becker works on the docks loading supplies to go to Europe to help the British. His
grandparents came from Germany, and Steve does not want American weapons to be used to
kill German soldiers. He begins passing out leaflets urging all German-American dockworkers
to go on strike and refuse to load supplies. Government lawyers want to put Steve in jail. What
do you think should be done with Steve? Explain your answer.
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3. Helen Chen is a librarian in a small town. The mayor and town council decide that all proGerman books should be taken from the library because Germany is an enemy country. Helen
Chen refuses to do this and she writes letters defending her actions to the local newspaper. The
mayor demands that she resign because she is unpatriotic, but she refuses. The mayor files a
lawsuit to fire Helen. What do you think should be done? Explain your answer.
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4. You have been invited to speak at an assembly in a local high school. Students want to hear
your opinion on how much freedom of speech a person should have during a time of war. What
would you say to them?
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