Though Wilson and Congress regarded the Sedition Act as crucial in order to stifle the spread of dissent within the country in that time of war, modern legal scholars consider the act as contrary to the letter and spirit of the U.S. This was the same penalty that had been imposed for acts of espionage in the earlier legislation. Those who were found guilty of such actions, the act stated, shall be punished by a fine of not more than $10,000 or imprisonment for not more than twenty years, or both. government, the flag, the Constitution or the military agitating against the production of necessary war materials or advocating, teaching or defending any of these acts. armed forces’ prosecution of the war effort or to promote the success of the country’s enemies.Īimed at socialists, pacifists and other anti-war activists, the Sedition Act imposed harsh penalties on anyone found guilty of making false statements that interfered with the prosecution of the war insulting or abusing the U.S. entrance into the war in early April 1917, made it a crime for any person to convey information intended to interfere with the U.S.
The Espionage Act, passed shortly after the U.S. Mitchell Palmer, the United States attorney general under President Woodrow Wilson. On May 16, 1918, the United States Congress passes the Sedition Act, a piece of legislation designed to protect America’s participation in World War I.Īlong with the Espionage Act of the previous year, the Sedition Act was orchestrated largely by A.
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