Question

Why did Congress pass the Espionage Act in 1917 and the Sedition Act in 1918?

to suppress resistance to the government’s efforts to fight World War I
to persuade U.S. citizens to support the United States’ entry into World War I
to provide a Constitutional basis for putting German-Americans in prison camps
to give the government authority to carry out secret attacks on the Central Powers

Answer 1

Answer:

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