What's is the alien and sedition act of 1918?

The Sedition Act of 1918, enacted during World War I, made it a crime to "willfully utter, print, write, or publish any disloyal, profane, scurrilous, or abusive language about the form of the Government of the United States" or to "willfully urge, incite, or advocate any curtailment of the production" of the things " ...
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The Alien and Sedition Act of 1918 is to cover a broader range of offenses, notably speech and the expression of opinion that cast the government, or the war efforts. 

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