History of the United States II / Unit 8 USH2 1076 short lesson, about 20 seconds
The Espionage and Sedition Acts
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The idea
The Espionage Act of June nineteen seventeen and the Sedition Act of nineteen eighteen made opposing the war a federal crime.
In practice
Digital History's account of postal officials empowered to ban newspapers and magazines from the mails.
Where people slip
More than two thousand people were charged, and many received twenty-year sentences, the anchor says.
Your place on the trail
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