Question

_________ act, defined as publishing malicious writing against the U.S. government, became a crime in the late 1700s and again during World War I.

Answer 1

sedition

Step-by-step explanation:

Sedition act was one of the four laws passed by the Congress of the United States in 1798 with the background of the possibility of war with France. The Sedition Act has made publication of "any fraudulent, scandalous and malicious content" about the government or its officials a crime. While the federalists justify the Act as a measure against the hostile France, Democratic-Republicans mentioned it a violation of freedom of speech and freedom of the press.