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The Sedition Act of 1918 (Pub. L. Tooltip Public Law (United States) 65–150, 40 Stat. 553, enacted May 16, 1918) was an Act of the United States Congress that extended the Espionage Act of 1917 to cover a broader range of offenses, notably speech and the expression of opinion that cast the government or the war effort in a negative light or ...
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.
Passed by a Federalist-controlled Congress on July 14, the Sedition Act of 1798 was part of a series of measures, commonly known as the Alien and Sedition Acts, ostensibly designed to deal with the threats involved in the “quasi-war” with France.
The Sedition Act made it a crime for American citizens to "print, utter, or publish...any false, scandalous, and malicious writing" about the government. The laws were directed against Democratic-Republicans, the party typically favored by new citizens.
The Alien and Sedition Acts were a set of four laws enacted in 1798 that applied restrictions to immigration and speech in the United States.
Alien and Sedition Acts, four internal security laws passed by the U.S. Congress in 1798, restricting aliens and curtailing the excesses of an unrestrained press, in anticipation of an expected war with France as a result of the XYZ Affair (1797).
The Alien Act granted the President unilateral authority to deport non-citizens who were subjects of foreign enemies. The Sedition Act attacked the core of free speech and a free press—the right to criticize the government.
Passed in 1798, the Alien and Sedition Acts were four laws regulating aliens and restricting criticism of public officials. This guide provides access to digital materials at the Library of Congress, links to external websites, and a print bibliography.
The Sedition Act was the most controversial and made it a crime to publish “false, scandalous, and malicious writing” about the federal government, Congress, or the president and was used to silence political opposition.
The Sedition Act empowered the Justice Department to move aggressively to silence dissent. In June 1918, Eugene V. Debs (1855–1926), founder of the Socialist Party and a perennial presidential candidate, was arrested for denouncing the war as a capitalist-driven pursuit of profits.