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Espionage and Sedition Acts

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Curtis Strite

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Updated: 1/20/2022

Under these, a person could be fined and jailed for interfering with the war effort or for saying anything disloyal about the the govt. or war effort

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When was the sedition act and espionage act repealed?

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Which acts limited freedom of speech during world war 1?

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Were the Espionage and Sedition Acts justifiable in a time of war?

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