Exploring American Histories: Printed Page 685

Interpret the Evidence and Put It in Context

Interpret the Evidence

  1. Question

    What elements of Mollie Steimer’s and Frayhayt’s arguments (Documents 21.5 and 21.6) would have seemed most threatening to the court and the American public?

  2. Question

    Why does Justice Oliver Wendell Holmes (Document 21.7) believe it is important to safeguard free speech rights? On what does he base his argument?

  3. Question

    Where does Zechariah Chafee (Document 21.8) draw the line between free speech and unlawful activity?

  4. Question

    According to A. Mitchell Palmer (Document 21.10), why is it necessary and constitutional to suppress the rights of Communists?

  5. Question

    What does Billy Ireland’s cartoon (Document 21.9) conclude about the success of the American melting pot?

  6. Question

    Compare the statements from Mollie Steimer, Oliver Wendell Holmes, and A. Mitchell Palmer. How does each define and understand anarchism and other radical ideologies?

Put It in Context