(55,
             58). This turned the home front into a war zone for the socialists, the
             IWW, pacifists and the other left leaning groups.
             This was further affected by the Espionage Act of June 1917 and the
             Sedition Act of 1918, and through this the members of the left were
             arrested and locked in jails for their dissent. The role of Woodrow Wilson
             in these acts of repression during the War was contradictory with support
             of free speech in theory, but opposition to it in practice (87). This was
             clearly seen when the progressives started to cast doubts on the anti-labor
             and anti-immigrant slant of his policies. This disillusionment with Wilson
             and disappointment at their signal lack of success were only parts of the
             wounds of war for the progressives. The worst damage inflicted on them was
             through the demolishment of their philosophy and this was regarding the
             malleability of society, the value of education and publicity as important
             The survey of the social dislocations of the War was the first part of
             his study, and the other part is the study by Kennedy of the econom
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