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gptkbp:instance_of
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gptkb:United_States_federal_law
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gptkbp:bfsLayer
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4
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gptkbp:bfsParent
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gptkb:1918_Sedition_Act
gptkb:Sedition_Act_of_1918
gptkb:Espionage_Act_of_1917
gptkb:the_Espionage_Act_of_1917
gptkb:Espionage_Act
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gptkbp:amended_by
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1950
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gptkbp:associated_with
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gptkb:Mc_Carthyism
Red Scare
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gptkbp:controversy
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civil liberties concerns
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gptkbp:enacted_by
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gptkb:legislation
gptkb:1940
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gptkbp:enforces
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gptkb:FBI
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gptkbp:historical_context
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Cold War era
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gptkbp:historical_debate
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government overreach
balance between security and liberty
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gptkbp:historical_significance
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first peacetime sedition law in the U. S.
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https://www.w3.org/2000/01/rdf-schema#label
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Smith Act
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gptkbp:impact
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gptkb:Communist_Party_USA
political dissent
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gptkbp:influenced_by
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fear of communism
fear of fascism
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gptkbp:is_aimed_at
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gptkb:political_movement
socialists
communists
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gptkbp:is_criticized_for
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chilling effect on free speech
vague definitions of advocacy
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gptkbp:legacy
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influence on later anti-communist laws
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gptkbp:legal_issue
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Supreme Court rulings
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gptkbp:legislation
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gptkb:Hatch_Act
gptkb:Mc_Carran_Internal_Security_Act
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gptkbp:notable_event
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gptkb:Dennis_v._United_States
gptkb:Yates_v._United_States
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gptkbp:notable_figures
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gptkb:James_W._Ford
gptkb:Dr._Paul_Robeson
gptkb:Murray_Rothbard
gptkb:Eugene_Dennis
gptkb:Harry_Bridges
gptkb:David_Dellinger
gptkb:Doris_Kearns_Goodwin
gptkb:Howard_Fast
gptkb:Elizabeth_Gurley_Flynn
gptkb:Benjamin_Gitlow
gptkb:William_Z._Foster
gptkb:William_H._Mc_Carthy
gptkb:Robert_W._Dunn
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gptkbp:penalty_shootout
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fines
imprisonment
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gptkbp:purpose
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criminalize advocating the violent overthrow of the government
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gptkbp:related_event
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gptkb:Smith_Act_trials
Smith Act prosecutions
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gptkbp:related_to
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First Amendment rights
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gptkbp:repealed_by
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gptkb:1974
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gptkbp:signed_by
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President Harry S. Truman
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gptkbp:was_a_response_to
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support from conservative groups
protests from civil rights organizations
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