USA HISTORY

AMERICAN IMPERIALISM(1890 1919)

THE UNITED STATES IN WORLD WAR I

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The Sedition Act of 1918 forbade

(A) citizenship for immigrants.

(B) German Americans to vote for president.

(C) African Americans to attend public schools.

(D) ** abusive language against the United States.

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Concept note-1: -The Sedition Act of 1918 curtailed the free speech rights of U.S. citizens during time of war. Passed on May 16, 1918, as an amendment to Title I of the Espionage Act of 1917, the act provided for further and expanded limitations on speech.