The administration reaction to the level headed discussions
over U.S cooperation in World War I is passed the Espionage and Sedition Acts.
These acts of World War I (1917, 1918) were the principal attacks since 1798
into government direction of First Amendment rights. This criminalization of
specific types of expression, conviction, and affiliation brought about the
indictment of more than 2,000 cases, yet in response, they additionally created
a development to secure the common freedoms of all Americans.
