The administration reaction to the level headed discussions over U.S cooperation in World War I is passed the Espionage and Sedition Acts. These acts of World War I (1917, 1918) were the principal attacks since 1798 into government direction of First Amendment rights. This criminalization of specific types of expression, conviction, and affiliation brought about the indictment of more than 2,000 cases, yet in response, they additionally created a development to secure the common freedoms of all Americans.