The correct answer is D) sharply limited free speech when it implemented the Defense of the Realm Act.
The British government sharply limited free speech when it implemented the Defense of the Realm Act.
We are talking about the difficult times in Britain's history when the English government decided to enter World EWar I. This DORA Act or Defence of the Realm Act was approved in Britain on August 8, 1914. The goal of this act was to censor all the voices it considered enemies or that critiqued the British war effort.
Of course, the Defence of the Realm Act was authoritarian. It exerted total social surveillance and control over the British people. The act conceded many powers to the English government such as take private property to be controlled by the government to support the British troops.
The reaction of anti-war activists was immediate. People like Willi Gallacher or Bertrand Russel raised their voices and protested.
<span>The Civil Rights Movement lost its focus after 1968 because of the death of Martin Luther King who was the movements de facto leader.</span> The shock, grief, and rage that ensued following the assassination of Martin Luther King become the veritable end of the movement. <span />
Differences Between Chinese, Japanese and Korean
What are the similarities and differences between Japanese, Chinese and Korean, and how should we go about learning them? To what extent can learning one help you with the others? Let me share my experience in learning these three Asian languages.
Differences between Chinese Japanese and KoreanMandarin Chinese: Intense and Structured
I spent almost a year studying Mandarin full time in Hong Kong. It was 1968 and I was a young Canadian diplomat (Canada was preparing to recognize the People’s Republic of China).
Many members of the English gentry became willing to emigrate to the American colonies after the break with the Catholic church kept younger sons from having secure futures within <span>the Church.
In the past, they knew their sons' future was set within the church, but after there were major changes in religion in England, they were not so sure anymore, and thus decided to move to America.
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