Espionage and Sedition Acts (1917) (24 oct. 1917 – 2 janv. 1927)

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The Act made it a crime to convey information intended to interfere with the war effort. Later, the Sedition Act imposed harsh penalties for a wide range of dissenting speech, including speech abusing the U.S. government, the flag, the Constitution, and the military.

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