3. Do you think this law was necessary? Why or why not? Use evidence to support
your answer.
The Sedition Act of 1918
This is an excerpt from the Sedition Act, signed into law by President Woodrow Wilson in 1918. Along with the Espionage Act, the law shrunk the rights of Americans. Wilson and the United States Congress claimed dissent would harm America's effort to win the war. Congress repealed the act in December 1920, two years after the end of WWI.
Whoever, when the United States is at war, shall willfully utter, print, write or publish any disloyal, profane, scurrilous, or abusive language about the form of government of the United States or the Constitution of the United States, or the military or naval forces of the United States, or the flag of the United States, or the uniform of the Army or Navy of the United States . . . or shall willfully utter, print, write, or publish any language intended to incite, provoke, or encourage resistance to the United States . . . shall be punished by a fine of not more than $10,000 or the imprisonment for not more than twenty years, or both.
Source: The Sedition Act of 1918 was passed by the United States Congress on May 16, 1918.

Yes, this Sedition Act of 1918 was necessary to be applied in the country in order to stop the use abusive language about the form of the Government of the United States of America. Use of such type of abusive and disloyal language about the form of the Government in the tense environment of war produce more problems for the government as well as leads to decrease of trust of people on the government so this law was necessary to be imposed across the country.

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The Sedition Act of 1918 was unconstitutional and therefore unnecessary. This is because it provided more grounds for the limitation on Freedom of Speech.

What led to the enactment of the Sedition Act of 1918?

One of the upsides of the Act is that it was created to forestall anti-war activists who made false statements regarding the US war efforts.

The Sedition Act also made illegal any and all conspiracies to stifle the efforts of the US government.

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