Espionage Act DBQ

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The government says we can’t get our natural or unalienable rights taken away. They have basically lied to us the WHOLE ENTIRE TIME. In Document A talks about the Espionage Act. The Espionage Act was past in 1917 when people were calling our government bad because the government had no power and the people of the UNITED STATES of AMERICA had the freedom of speech. The Sedition Act was past in 1918 when the Espionage Act wasn’t working out , so they had to make another law that was more strict. Document 2 talks about a guy by the name of Charles T. Schenck. He was convicted for violationg the Espionage Act. He helped convince soldiers or future soldiers rather, enter or sign up for the draft. When he went to the Suprem Court arguing

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