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... > social science subjects > criminology and criminal justice > criminology > social history of crime > documents and acts shaping the American system of criminal justice > Sedition Act of 1918

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Sedition Act of 1918  

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  • The Sedition Act of 1918 was a law that forbade the use of “disloyal, profane, scurrilous, or abusive language” about the U.S. government, its flag, or its armed forces from its signature by President Woodrow Wilson on May 16, 1918, through its repeal on March 3, 1921. [Source: The Social History of Crime and Punishment in America: An Encylopedia; Sedition Act of 1918]

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