In terms of its effect on domestic affairs in the u. s., the espionage and sedition act of 1917 resulted in:

Congress augmented the Espionage Act with the Sedition Act in order to prohibit speaking, writing, or publishing any disloyal, profane, scurrilous, or abusive language intended to cause contempt, scorn or disrespect for the United States government, or the US Constitution.

world war i began in 1914, after the assassination of archduke franz ferdinand, and lasted until 1918. during the conflict, germany, austria-hungary, bulgaria and the ottoman empire (the central powers) fought against great britain, france, russia, italy, romania, japan and the united states (the allied powers). to new military technologies and the horrors of trench warfare, world war i saw unprecedented levels of carnage and destruction. by the time the war was over and the allied powers claimed victory, more than 16 million people—soldiers and civilians alike—were dead.

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after the french-indian war.