Why did the US Congress pass the Espionage Act in 1917? A. to compel US citizens to enlist for draft B. to punish all US citizen
s of German descent C. to revoke freedom of speech and freedom of the press D. to prohibit US citizens from disclosing any information related to the war
The correct answer is D) to prohibit US citizens from disclosing any information related to the war.
The US Congress passed the Espionage Act in 1917 to prohibit US citizens from disclosing any information related to the war.
On April 6, 1917, the United States entered World War 1. Two months after that, the US Congress passed the Espionage Act: On June 15, 1917, it was signed into law by President Woodrow Wilson. The act made it federal crime any act that could interfere with the US military or that helped any enemy nation. It also stated that any individual that shared information with the enemy would be sentenced to death.
The French who had direct contact with the Americans were able to successfully implement Enlightenment ideas into a new political system. The National Assembly in France even used the American Declaration of Independence as a model when drafting the Declaration of the Rights of Man and the Citizen in 1789
