The Espionage and Sedition Acts of 1917 and 1918

The Espionage Act of 1917 targeted spying and efforts to interfere with the U.S. war effort. The Sedition Act of 1918 also punished certain public statements opposing or criticizing the government or the war. So the best answer is “targeted spying, dissent, and disapproval of the war.”

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