Under the Espionage and Sedition Acts of 1917-1918?
-there were 25 prosecutions and 10 convictions
-speaking and writing against Germany and Italy became a crime
-criticism of government leaders or war policies became a crime
-censorship was aimed more at "middle America" than at socialists or other radicals
-Milwaukee and other Midwestern towns with large numbers of Germans were put under martial law
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