Question

According to harries and Harries, what were two reasons the espionage and sedition acts were passed?

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Read The Last Days of Innocence: America at War 1917–1918,  by Harries and Harries (Random House, 1997)

According to harries and Harries, what were two reasons the espionage and sedition acts were passed?

Answer:

The Espionage Act (1917) and the Sedition Act (1918) were enacted to grant the government more reliable means to control the information related to the word effort. On one hand, there was the need to control what citizens said publicly about the war, to make sure that messages that incite disloyalty don´t spread.

Explanation:

At the same time, it was important to safeguard sensitive information about the war preparations, so the government being able of suppressing dangerous publications revealing secret details about the war.