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Sep 21, 2020 · Fearing that anti-war speeches and street pamphlets would undermine the war effort, President Woodrow Wilson and Congress passed two laws, the Espionage Act of 1917 and the Sedition Act of...
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Students will be able to (“SWBAT”) Read, paraphrase, and analyze primary source documents including the Espionage Act of 1918 and landmark Supreme Court cases tied to the clear and present danger doctrine. Gather and organize evidence from complex text.
The law set punishments for acts of interference in foreign policy and sought to prevent espionage. It authorized stiff fines and prison terms of up to 20 years for anyone who obstructed the ...
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Fearing that anti-war speeches and street pamphlets would undermine the war effort, President Woodrow Wilson and Congress passed two laws, the Espionage Act of 1917 and the Sedition Act of 1918, that criminalized any “disloyal, profane, scurrilous, or abusive language” about the U.S. government or military, or any speech intended to ...
Espionage and Sedition acts in two Illinois federal courts not only reveals distinctly dif-ferent profiles of offenses and offenders but also elucidates the dynamic in which law, courts, and the public temper function as social controls. Though historical scholarship has not neglected legal prosecution of the Espionage and Sedition acts, the ...
The Espionage Act (15 June 1917), enacted quickly by Congress following the U.S. declaration of war on Germany, authorized federal officials to make summary arrests of people whose opinions “threatened national security.”.
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In June 1917, Congress passed the Espionage Act. The piece of legislation gave postal officials the authority to ban newspapers and magazines from the mails and threatened individuals convicted of obstructing the draft with $10,000 fines and 20 years in jail.
