1. The Red Scare, Cultural Hegemony
Examples of this can be seen in our schools history of teaching. ... He did so, preparing three bills for that purpose, proposing three distinct grades of instruction which were elementary schools, colleges, and the University. ... At the heart of the Red Scare was the conscription law of May 18, 1917, which was put in place during World War I for the armed Forces to be able to conscript more Americans. ... In 1917, the US government made a law which gave the Secretary of Labor the power to arrest or deport any alien "advocating or teaching" destruction of property or the "overthrow of gover...
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