The law was extended on May 16, 1918, by the Sedition Act<span> of 1918, actually a set of amendments to the </span>Espionage Act<span>, which prohibited many forms of speech, including "any disloyal, profane, scurrilous, or abusive language about the form of government of the United States ... or the flag of the United States</span>
<span>biggest reasons why the reformers were worried about the government is because they believed it was corrupt
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