The Espionage Act of 1917 made it a crime to interfere with the war effort, disrupt military recruitment, or to attempt to aid a nation at war with the U.S. Wartime violence on the part of local groups of citizens, sometimes … See more

The legislation came so late in the war, just a few months before Armistice Day, that prosecutions under the provisions of the Sedition Act were … See more

• Sedition Act of 1798, outlawing false statements criticizing the American government, which expired in 1801.
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• Kohn, Stephen M., American Political Prisoners: Prosecutions under the Espionage and Sedition Acts (Westport, CT: Praeger, 1994)
• Murphy, … See more

President Wilson and his Attorney General Thomas Watt Gregory viewed the bill as a political compromise. They hoped to avoid hearings that would embarrass the administration for its … See more

As part of a sweeping repeal of wartime laws, Congress repealed the Sedition Act on December 13, 1920. In 1921, president Woodrow Wilson See more

• Avrich, Paul, Sacco and Vanzetti: The Anarchist Background (Princeton: Princeton University Press, 1991)
• Hagedorn, Ann, Savage Peace: Hope and Fear in America, … See more