Friday, May 04, 2007

During Times of War...

We are currently studying Washington State history. Our topic this week was Washington during World War I. We studied the war effort, isolationists, and the response of the government war opposition. The question on the final quiz was as follows:

9. The Government passed the ____________________ Act, making it illegal for people to speak out against the war.

The correct answer was "Sedition." However, this is a word with which many students are not familiar. About half got it right, the other half gave such answers as suction, edition, sunction (?!), sedation, and my personal favorite, seduction! I suppose it is a Friday.

1 comment:

Anonymous said...

said ishain