Labbe 1
Ryan Labbe
Communications 261
Prof. Olmstead
November 18, 2004
Espionage Act of 1917 and Sedition Act (Amendment) of 1918
On April 2nd 1917, President Woodrow Wilson of the United States of America, “…went before Congress and called for a declaration of war. Both the House and the Senate voted overwhelmingly in favor of going to war with Germany.”# This was an act that led to much resistance among the American people. Not four months earlier the American people re-elected President Wilson, partly because of his success in keeping the United States out of this European war. However, a series of events, such as the Germans continuing submarine warfare and the attacks on five American ships, led President Wilson to sever diplomatic relations with Germany and send the United States into what would be labeled as World War I. As a result of the war the
Labbe 2
government enacted the Espionage Act of 1917 and the Sedition Act of 1918 which led to the......
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