Why did congress pass the espionage act of 1917 an the sedition act in 1918

enforced largely by a. mitchell palmer, the united states attorney general under president  woodrow wilson, the espionage act essentially made it a crime for any person to convey information intended to interfere with the u.s. armed forces prosecution of the war effort or to promote the success of the country’s enemies. anyone found guilty of such acts would be subject to a fine of $10,000 and a prison sentence of 20 years.

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the majority of cambodians living today were born after the khmer rouge was ousted in 1979 and some who survived can forget how bad it was. when khmer rouge forces seized phnom penh on april 17, 1975, the couple was living with eight of their children in a rural town called kampong chhnang.

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