"Iowa Senators Have Defenders" Newspaper Article, March 7, 1917

    A newspaper article that appeared in a Marshalltown, IA newspaper focused on the Iowa Senators.
    Courtesy of Library of Congress, "Iowa Senators Have Defenders," Evening Times-Republican, 7 March 1917

    Description 

    This article that appeared in the Evening Times-Republican, a newspaper from Marshalltown, Iowa, outlined support for Iowa's senators in opposing the armed neutrality bill and opposition to the senators' actions to not speak to Iowans in the Iowa House. The article also outlines both sides of the conflict and provides a text of the "Rayburn Resolution" proposed in the Iowa House.  

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    Source-Dependent Questions

    • What rationale did defenders from Iowa use to support the senators’ actions?
    • Why would the senators "not be supporting the majority of Iowans?"
    • How did a debate like this set up conflict about the United States’ role in global conflict after the war?

    Citation Information 

    "Iowa Senators Have Defenders," Evening Times-Republican, 7 March 1917. Courtesy of Library of Congress

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