Definitely dissenters! Dissenters were people who tried to avoid enlistment in the military during World War 1. They were often jailed for long periods of time, and had to pay huge amounts of money when they were convicted.
<em>During World War I, the federal government placed the greatest legal restrictions on dissenters.
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Dissenters opposed World War I. They did not want to enlist in the Army to go to war. If they were caught, they were sent to war. Among the people who opposed war were pacifists, radicals, members of the clergy, feminist, liberal professors, and liberal publishers. These people expressed antiwar dissent.
During the American Revolution, Samuel Adams and John Hancock supported the colonists (also known as the rebels, or the Americans) and were against Great Britain.
