What authority was given to the postmaster general under the espionage and sedition acts?
a. to arrest those who protested the war
b. to sentence violators with large fines
c. to deport those who broke the law
d. to hold any mail that violated the acts

Correct answer choice is :

The idea of the Espionage Act was to prevent interruption with military operations, to forbid support of U.S. enemies during wartime or to encourage rebellion in the military. The Espionage Act gave US mail officials the power to forbid the mailing of newspapers and magazines. The law also frightened individuals condemned of preventing the draft with $10,000 fines and 20 years in jail. The U.S. Congress revised the Espionage law with the Sedition Act of 1918. Its objective was to make it illegal to write or speak anything significant of American engagement in the war. The Sedition Act of 1918 made it a federal crime to use unfaithful, temporal, obscene, or abusive language about the Constitution, the government, the American outfit, or the US flag.

The authority that was given to the postmaster general under the Espionage and Sedition Acts was to hold any mail that violated the acts.

Further Explanation:-

The Espionage act which was introduced in1917 is a federal law which was  in United States. This act was passed just shortly after some time when the United States became involved in the world war-1. This act has been amended many times in past years. This act was made to stop the interference in regards to military operations or recruitment.  

This was done in order to prevent problems in military and to stop the support of enemies of United States during the time of war. During the period of 1919, The Supreme court of United States ruled unanimously through the case of Schenckvs United States because the act did not violated the freedom of speech and against those people who are convicted under those provisions.  

This act was based on defense secrets act of 1911. The authority that was given to the postmaster general under the Espionage and Sedition Acts was to hold any mail that violated the acts.  

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Answer Details:

Grade – High School

Subject - History

Chapter – The Espionage Act  

Keywords – The Espionage act, United States, Supreme Court, World-War, Provisions, Convicted, Schenck, Enemies, Violated, Postmaster.