may 16, 1918 - Sedition Act

Description:

This Law made it illegal to print or write anything bad or that made the U.S. Government look bad. This was similar to the Espionage Act, which happened about a year before this.

Info:https://www.history.com/this-day-in-history/u-s-congress-passes-sedition-act

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ByMaxwell Clayton

15 Dec 2018

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Date:

may 16, 1918

Now

~ 108 years ago

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