D) Significant limitations of freedom of speech and freedom of the press.
The Sedition Act (May 16, 1918) was an extension to The Espionage Act (June 15, 1917). They were both federal laws enacted during World War I to suppress free expression.
The Espionage Act penalized disloyalty, giving false reports, or anyone who interfered with the war effort or military operations by obtaining and delivering information relating to "national defense" and the mailing of newspapers and magazines. The Act authorized federal officials to punish whoever did so.
As for the Sedition Act, it extended the restriction to any public expression of opposition to American involvement in the war, by making it illegal to write or speak opinions against its participation, as well as the U.S. Constitution, the government, the American uniform, or the US flag.
