The U.S. Congress amended the Espionage <span>law with the Sedition </span>Act<span> of 1918. Its purpose was to make it illegal to write or speak anything critical of American involvement </span>in<span> the </span>war<span>.</span>
The reasons Congress passed the Espionage<span> and Sedition </span>Acts during WW1<span> were: ... The U.S. Congress amended the </span>Espionage<span>law with the Sedition </span>Act<span> of 1918. Its purpose was to make it illegal to write or speak anything critical of American involvement </span>in<span> the</span>war<span>.</span>
The major Allied powers in World War I were Great Britain (and the British Empire), France, and the Russian Empire, formally linked by the Treaty of London of September 5, 1914.
