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During this decade, 250,000 private citizens joined the government-sponsored American Protective League. A bill in this decade was near-unanimously passed except for a sole dissenting vote from Meyer London. (20[1])In this decade, Congress refused to seat Wisconsin representative Victor Berger, (20[1])and the Statue (20[1])of Liberty was damaged (20[1])in the Black Tom (20[2])explosion. (20[3])An activist (20[1])was arrested (20[2])in this decade (20[1])after (20[1])a speech made in (*) Canton, Ohio. (10[1])That activist, (10[1])like (10[1])Alexander Berkman and Emma Goldman, (10[1])was prosecuted under an (10[1])Espionage (10[2])Act (10[2])passed in this (10[1])decade. (10[1])A president was re-elected in this decade on the campaign slogan “He Kept Us Out of War.” (10[3])For 10 points, name this decade where the Zimmerman Telegram helped bring the US into World War I. (10[3])■END■ (10[5])

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