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Assignment:

Q 1. For the following questions, watch the video posted in the module called, Documentary- Free Speech and Hate Speech.

Which of the following is true of free speech?

1. It is protected by the 5th amendment to the U.S. constitution.

2. Free speech applies to government and government entities.

3. Public universities are not protected by free speech.

4. Private companies cannot censor employees' free speech.

Q 2. All of the following are limits to free speech EXCEPT

1. Hate Speech

2. Making a threat

3. Copyright

4. Blackmail

Q 3. When does hate speech become a crime?

1. When the hate speech directly and immediately incites violence.

2. If the targets of that speech feel that their safety is threatened by that speech.

3. It is always a crime.

Q 4. Universities may be able to cancel a controversial speaker if it can be shown that the event may threaten public safety or the costs of security are too high.

1. True

2. False

Q 5. The rest of the questions are based on the Reading- World War I and the First Amendment. The reading is in the module.

Which of the following statements about the Espionage Act is FALSE?

1. The act made it unlawful to share military secrets.

2. The act made it unlawful to promote military insubordination.

3. The act made it unlawful to interfere with the draft.

4. The maximum penalty for impeding the draft was five years in prison.

Q 6. What was the argument of Charles Schenck and the Socialist Party regarding the draft and the Espionage Act?

1. The draft was unconstitutional because it violated the 13th amendment.

2. Americans should resist the draft because it was essentially involuntary servitude.

3. The Espionage Act violated first amendment rights.

4. All of the answers are correct.

Q 7. Which of the following statements about the Sedition Act of 1918 is FALSE?

1. It made illegal any critique of the government.

2. It violates the first amendment.

3. It resulted in less than 200 arrests.

4. It was used to block anti-war publications being sent through the mail

Q 8. Which of the following statements about Eugene Debs is FALSE?

1. In the Election of 1912, he garnered 6% of the vote on the Socialist Party ticket.

2. Debs served 8 years of his ten year sentence.

3. He ran for president again from his jail cell in Atlanta, GA.

4. Debs argued that the war would disproportionately hurt the working class who would be the majority of the fighting forces.