Progressive Era in Minnesota 1899-1918

History

Chrislock, Carl H.

Americas

Minnesota Historical Society Press

<p>In compelling narrative style, this book offers the first hard look at the motives and activities of this uniquely powerful state agency, which used loyalty as a weapon to protect the existing socioeconomic order against a rising tide of radicalism on the home front.<br><br>April 1917: The governor of Minnesota put the State Capitol in St. Paul under heavy military guard. Newspapers filled their columns with rumors of terrorist activities. Then the United States declared war on Germany. In the midst of patriotic hysteria, the state legislature passed a bill establishing the Minnesota Commission of Public Safety to "do . . . all acts and things necessary" to defend the state from its enemies.</p>

Watchdog of Loyalty: The Minnesota Commission of Public Safety During World War I

This thought-provoking study of the Progressive movement traces its rise and decline in Minnesota, its link with the Granger, Farmers Alliance, Populist, and Nonpartisan League traditions, and the tragic divisions created by World War I—especially the loyalty issue.Progressivism focused the nation's attention on attempts to reform its political and economic systems. Against this backdrop of national and internationsl events, historian Carl H. Chrislock records the rise and decline of the movement in Minnesota, where Progressivism had many links with earlier Granger, Farmers Alliance, and Populist traditions. Clearly written and thought provoking, this book also tells the stories of the Bull Moose campaign of 1912, strikes on the Mesabi Range, and the painful divisions of loyalty before and during World War I.

Progressive Era in Minnesota, 1899-1918

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Progressive Era in Minnesota 1899-1918

Watchdog of Loyalty: The Minnesota Commission of Public Safety During World War I

Watchdog of Loyalty: The Minnesota Commission of Public Safety During World War I

Progressive Era in Minnesota, 1899-1918