World War I And Bringing People Together

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we were at war. Opponents of the war were equally criticized and were called traitors. War in reality showed that America was really a divided nation, still young, and making mistakes.
World War I showed the separation of the rich, and the lower class. The rich just got richer, while the poor went and fought the battles. "The master class has always declared the war; the subject class has always fought the battles. The master class has all to gain and nothing to lose, while the subject class has nothing to gain and all to lose-especially their lives..." (Eugene V. Debs, Page 169) This is a perfect example of how some Americans felt toward the war. Many thought America entered the war to protect its interest, which was the money and weapons that it loaned out to the allies. Eugene felt that the poor lacked a voice in Americas decisions. Eugene, like many socialists felt that in time Americas true voice would be heard, and that voice was the American working class. While the rich ...

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