The arrest and prosecution of Eugene Debs in the early 1900s was representative of
A.
challenges to the growing power of political machines.
B.
the restriction of free speech during a time of war.
C.
efforts to regulate industry in order to protect workers.
D.
the impact of Jim Crow laws on life in the South.
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The arrest and prosecution of Eugene Debs in the early 1900s was representative of:
B. the restriction of free speech during a time of war.
Eugene Debs was arrested under the Espionage Act for his anti-war speech during World War I, which exemplified the government's suppression of dissenting voices during a time of national conflict.
