WORLD WAR I
CAUSES AND COURSE OF THE WAR
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The Alien and Sedition Acts
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The Espionage Act
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The Res Scare
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None of the above
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Detailed explanation-1: -Sedition Act of 1918 (1918) 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.
Detailed explanation-2: -Passed in preparation for an anticipated war with France, the Alien and Sedition Acts tightened restrictions on foreign-born Americans and limited speech critical of the government.
Detailed explanation-3: -During World War I, President Woodrow Wilson pushed for new laws that criminalized core First Amendment speech. Congress passed the Espionage Act shortly after the U.S. entered the war. The Act made it a crime to convey information intended to interfere with the war effort.
Detailed explanation-4: -After the United States entered the war, in June 1917, Congress passed the Espionage Act, building on the 1911 law, with important new elements added in.
Detailed explanation-5: -The Espionage Act of 1917 prohibited obtaining information, recording pictures, or copying descriptions of any information relating to the national defense with intent or reason to believe that the information may be used for the injury of the United States or to the advantage of any foreign nation.