The '''Sedition Act''' of 1918 was an amendment to the [[Espionage Act]] of 1917 passed by Congress at the urging of President [[Woodrow Wilson]], who was concerned that any antiwar speech and organizing to oppose the draft and the war effort constituted a real threat to an American victory. | The '''Sedition Act''' of 1918 was an amendment to the [[Espionage Act]] of 1917 passed by Congress at the urging of President [[Woodrow Wilson]], who was concerned that any antiwar speech and organizing to oppose the draft and the war effort constituted a real threat to an American victory. |