A Dictionary of American History

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Author: Thomas L. Purvis  | Date: 1995

Sabotage Act

Sabotage Act (20 April 1918) This law forbade obstruction of the US war effort in World War I by destroying property or interfering with the production or shipment of military supplies. It was largely aimed at radical labor unions, like the Industrial Workers of the World, who might strike to block war production. There were 10 arrests for anti-US sabotage.

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Chicago: Thomas L. Purvis, "Sabotage Act," A Dictionary of American History in A Dictionary of American History (Cambridge, Mass.: Blackwell Reference, 1995), Original Sources, accessed May 4, 2024, http://originalsources.com/Document.aspx?DocID=7SCSF9W6B8R4MJH.

MLA: Purvis, Thomas L. "Sabotage Act." A Dictionary of American History, in A Dictionary of American History, Cambridge, Mass., Blackwell Reference, 1995, Original Sources. 4 May. 2024. http://originalsources.com/Document.aspx?DocID=7SCSF9W6B8R4MJH.

Harvard: Purvis, TL, 'Sabotage Act' in A Dictionary of American History. cited in 1995, A Dictionary of American History, Blackwell Reference, Cambridge, Mass.. Original Sources, retrieved 4 May 2024, from http://originalsources.com/Document.aspx?DocID=7SCSF9W6B8R4MJH.