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A few examples:

  • 33 states outlawed the display of red and black flags
  • Local authorities investigated residents who did not subscribe to Liberty Loans
  • Schools revised their course offerings to ensure patriotism, teachers were required to sign Liberty Oaths.
  • The APL helped the Justice Department identify radicals and critics of war by spying on their neighbors and and carrying out slacker raids.
  • Men were stopped on the street and asked to give proof of their draft registration
  • German foods such as Hamburgers and saurkraut had their names changed to "liberty sandwich," and liberty cabbage."
  • Persons suspected of loyalty were forced to kiss the American flag in public.

-cite: "Give Me Liberty" by Eric Foner

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