WORLD WAR I
CAUSES AND COURSE OF THE WAR
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passed over President Woodrow Wilson’s veto.
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placed limitations on freedoms of speech and press.
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placed limitations on freedoms of speech and religion.
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were designed to stop antiwar propaganda but were not enforced.
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Detailed explanation-1: -The Sedition law was formed by Thomas Macaulay, a British historian, in 1837. The law was implemented in 1870 to curtail the freedom of speech and expression of Indian freedom fighters against Britishers. Leaders like Subhash Chandra Bose, Mahatma Gandhi, and Bal Gangadhar Tilak were charged under the law.
Detailed explanation-2: -In 1961, the Punjab High Court held that sedition violated the freedom of speech guaranteed in Article 19, and declared it unconstitutional. Allahabad High Court proceeded to do the same, and the matter moved to the Supreme Court.
Detailed explanation-3: -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.